Why are there no female NFL coaches?
The reason is that before they coached, NFL head coaches played football. Of the 32 coaches that began last season as a NFL head coach, 10 of them played in the NFL. Of the 22 that did not play in the NFL, 20 of them played in college. The other two played high school football. Of those two, one was offered a walk on tryout in college but was much more gifted as a coach than physically so he was given a position as a student coach rather than a walk on player. The only coach that doesn't fit any of the categories above is Ben Mcadoo and he will be fired at the end of the season if not before.The point is that the 32 men that are NFL head coaches have been living and dying football since they were kids. They've played the game for years before they coached and then took a job as an Assistant Coach and worked their way up through the ranks. It is extremely rare for a female to play at even the high school level. Almost unheard of for a female to play at the college level and when they do it's always as a kicker. This limits the odds of females getting into coaching because they didn't play.
Can NFL teams trade their coach?
I could have sworn that after Jon Gruden or Herm Edwards were traded, the NFL changed their rule so that coaches were no longer allowed to be traded. Am I wrong? And if I'm right, does anybody have a source for that?
Why would an elite college football coach leave to coach in the NFL?
Coaching a top D1 program is obviously far more prestigious than coaching a AAA baseball team, an NBADL team, or an AHL team...But it still isn't the highest level of competition for the sport and the highest level of competition will tend to attract the best talent, even if that talent can earn a comparable salary by coaching at a lower level. Sure, there will be some coaches who turn down the NFL because they don't feel like they need the challenge, but most top coaches will eventually want to try it out if given the opportunity. I think that's especially the case if a coach is offered a significant amount of control over personnel and other decisions frequently left to the front office. Managing and building an NFL team is far more difficult than recruiting a bunch of kids to your school, especially when you are a big name school that is basically guaranteed a top-25 recruiting class every year. Top programs like Oregon and Alabama usually only face 2-3 teams per year that can really challenge them, and even gross mismanagement on the part of the coach can end in a double-digit win season if the talent is impressive enough. I think there's a feeling that any Joe Schmo can win 9-10 games/year if they have a brand name school on their polo. In the NFL, your team name and history are irrelevant. If you win the Super Bowl, you are the most successful person at the highest level of your profession, and nobody can say that you merely benefited from a stacked roster that you had little to do with (Jon Gruden perhaps being the exception depending on who you talk to).
What are your memories of former NFL coach Jerry Glanville?
(chuckling) I live in Portland, Oregon. Jerry Glanville took the head coaching job at Portland State University in 2007 and coached the team for three seasons. He had such a colorful career before then that we knew he being coach of the Vikings was going to be entertaining.In one of NFL Films’ productions, especially dealing with the relationship between head coaches and game officials, Glanville was quoted as telling an official whom he believed to be making “bad calls” that NFL stands for “not for long if you keep making calls like that!” Classic Glanville.Currently, Glanville works as the defensive coordinator for the Hamilton TigerCats of the Canadian Football League, having just been hired to the position on 23 February, 2018, after not being in football since his tenure at Portland State ended in 2009.No matter where he’s been, the man has always been quite “quotable”. Several media members who know him well speak well of him and of his fairly “folksy” manner and honesty. In a time where most sports coaches/managers are “close to the vest” with their thoughts and feelings, Glanville provides a “breath of fresh air”. He’s usually not been shy with his opinions. I believe that Canadians are going like him.
Who will be the first coach fired in the NFL after the season is over?
I would think it would be Brian Billick in Baltimore. He's got a 9 game losing streak, and his defense, which was the strength of team is getting old, as is QB Steve McNair. I would think it's time for a fresh start for that team. I suggest a good coach for that team would be Doug Williams, who won 3 SWAC titles at Grambling, and unlike many college coaches, knows the way the NFL is and wouldn't have to make as many adjustments.
How do NFL teams determine coaching staff budgets? Is it part of the head coach hiring negotiation?
NFL teams have someone called the VP or Director of Football Operations. Sometimes this is the GM, sometimes not, but that person is in charge of the budget for the team excluding player salaries and bonuses.Since staff is the only personnel related expense not covered under the salary cap, and staff can provide a significant competitive advantage, the budget for coaching staff is going to be whatever it takes to get or keep the people the GM and head coach want. The only exception to that would be if a team is cash strapped, but that’s pretty rare. The only team I know of that was ever actually broke during the salary cap era is the Buccaneers (Glazer spent way too much on Man U and had no money left to run his NFL team).Head coaching negotiations might include verification that the team would spend what it took to build the staff the coach wants.
Is Jim Harbaugh overrated as the NFL coach, as I can list his faults?
He certainly isn't. He had a great team go to the super bowl that I honestly didn't expect to go. I didn't think either the 49ers or Ravens should have been there but that's a different discussion. It seems to me that Jim Harbaugh was the glue that held San Francisco together. He left, and it seemed as if a lot of the pride and drive left the team too. Players were loyal to Harbaugh, players enjoyed playing for him. Granted, retirements, arrests, and other things contributed to the collapse of the 49ers, but I can only wonder what might have been if Harbaugh stuck around to provide a sense of stability through rocky times and milk the most out of what was left of his roster as well as make good decisions to build a new one. The stability at the figurehead position was lost and Harbaugh’s value at that position would have been immense both financially and physically on the field. So, to conclude, I don't think Harbaugh is overrated at all. I think he was underappreciated, undervalued, and disrespected in the 49ers building, which proved to be a grave mistake.It's also important to note that Harbaugh was able to make Colin Kaepernick productive and not an injured, malpracticed regular season disaster.
National Football League (NFL): Does the head coach create the playbook?
Although they will likely have input into the offense, defense and special teams philosophies, they rarely are the architects of those playbooks. Head coaches will hire coordinators with whom they share similar views of how a successful team is built. There are, of course, exceptions. Jon Gruden comes to mind. In Oakland and Tampa, he acted as head coach and OC. Recently, Lovie Smith took over as DC of the Buccaneers. It usually does not end well when a HC cannot trust someone to handle their job. There are times when a coordinator is first elevated to head coach, and wants to use what he believes is a successful playbook (offense or defense). Eventually, he has to let his coordinators do their own thing. When a HC becomes too involved in gameday decisions, bad things happen. When there is a change in head coaches, the new coach will usually bring in his own coordinators, therefore, the entire team must learn new playbooks. This can be detrimental to the development of young players (especially QBs).
If an NFL head coach runs the offense and calls the plays, what does the offensive coordinator do?
Per Wikipedia:"The offensive coordinator is in charge of the team's offensive game plan... Several position coaches work under the coordinator... The coordinator may also coach a position (typically quarterbacks)."press box instead of being on the sideline. There are advantages and disadvantages to both locations."There is a lot that goes into game/team preparations. Scouting defenses, installing the playbook, managing other position groups, potentially determing personnel groupings, scripting opening drives (as opposed to calling plays ad hoc later in the game). During they may also be in the press box identifying defensive fronts or poor play execution and relaying that down the the offense.When not on offense the head coach has a lot to manage beside plays, such as time outs, challenges, penalty assessments, etc. Managing the afformentioned tasks would be distracting from the game. The offensive coordinator handles many of these duties and can provide feedback to the head coach to adjust the playcalling. Lastly, of course every team and culture is different. This why there are head coaches that call plays and some that do not. The role will be defined by the expectations set forth by the head coach.