My wife is an experienced volleyball coach (5a varsity asst / jv coach for 4 of her 6 years). We just had a baby so she has decided to stay home and make money doing some stay at home / online jobs and would like to coach club as well. Can anyone here give a salary range she might expect for each of the following types of club coaching roles?

1. Local team head coach
2. Regional team head coach
3. National team assistant coach
4. National team head coach

Any suggestions as to clubs you recommend would be great too. She knows who the talented clubs are (skyline, TAV, etc) more looking for who the best one to work for might be.

Have no idea the pay but doesn't coaching club VB require a LOT of travel? Seems like they are constantly going out of town for tourneys. How would that work with a new baby?

There are local teams (no travel and most tournaments are Saturday only I would guess), regional teams (limited travel) and national teams (significant travel). Obviously if she did the national team then I would have to help with the baby (who at that point would be ~1 year old).

First off, Goose do we know each other? If you're interested in more details about the clubs/personalities, feel free to email me (joeolson2009 gmail)

A lot of this is based on both the club and her experience, but I'll do my best to give you some estimates.

1. Local team head coach [Local team are pretty much an after-thought. It's likely going to be 250-300 dollars a month w/ 1 practice a week if it's a younger group and maybe 300-450 if it's an older group that practices 2x a week. I would generally recommend to stay away from this if your wife enjoys coaching vs. being a cheerleader. Most of the girls that are playing local have no real chance of playing in college, but that doesn't mean that the parents necessarily agree.]
2. Regional team head coach [Not a huge difference between Local and Regional, but I'd guess Regional might just travel for 1-2 out of state tournaments. So consider this more of a 2nd, 3rd, etc team ... As always depending on the club, but you should be making 600+ at least]
3. National team assistant coach
4. National team head coach

For 3 and 4, it's really difficult to guess. For some clubs, it might be 650-800 for an Assistant job while it could be 500 at another club. For Head Coaches, things are all over the place based on experience. I don't know what the Head Coaches at TAV/Skyline are making, but I can imagine that LJ, Ping, Landon, etc are doing pretty well. (Maybe 1300+?) but they are the exception. It should be safe to estimate north of 750 for most clubs, definitely for a top 10 team.

Make sure you address per diem, travel expenses, clinic expectations, etc. Some clubs have 2 practices a week and then a mandatory positional for each coach. That might be tough for your wife with a new child. Look into private lessons at the club - how much does it cost for court time? How often do people normally do this? Does your wife have a specialty - ie could she run a setting clinic? That's where you can really start to make some money over the summer. $20/kid for 2 hours with 3-4 coaches can be pretty lucrative if you build enough interest and provide consistent value.

Hope this helps.

Thanks Joe. I don't know you, but my wife may. I will send this info onto her.

I recently interviewed a guy that was a local club coach, but his position was volunteer and unpaid. It was 5/6th grade if I remember correctly.

Goose,

No worries. If you guys have any questions, or want any introductions into the clubs let me know. (I coach for Victory, my fiance coaches for TAV, and I know folks at just about any club in the metroplex)