Possible bill would mean big raise for Florida high school sports coaches

What if the minimum stipend for a high school football coach in Florida was $22,500 a year?

The Florida Coaches Coalition is working with state Rep. Adam Anderson, R-Palm Harbor, on a bill that could see high school coaches paid $15 per hour for a minimum number of hours.

Football head coaches would be required to work a minimum of 1,500 hours a year, which would mean a $22,500 stipend. Baseball, basketball, soccer, softball and volleyball head coaches would be required to work 1,000 hours a year for a $15,000 stipend. Head coaches in other sports, as well as football assistant coaches, would be required to work a minimum of 750 hours, which would be an $11,250 stipend.

For head football coaches in most counties, it would mean more than quadrupling their current stipend, and it would make Florida more competitive in pay with states such as Texas, Alabama, Georgia and South Carolina.

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The Florida Coaches Coalition is working with state Rep. Adam Anderson, R-Palm Harbor, on a bill that could see high school coaches paid $15 per hour for a minimum number of hours.

“What we’re asking is that coaching supplements be attached to mandatory hours paid for hours working as opposed to school districts guessing how many hours they’re working,” said Dr. Andrew Ramjit, executive director of the Florida Coaches Coalition. “That’s just paying these coaches minimum wages. Coaches have been unfairly treated and overlooked for the job they put in. I like to call coaching the No. 1 dropout prevention program. The work coaches do is overlooked by school districts and…

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Author : Palm Beach Daily News

Publish date : 2024-03-09 10:12:08

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