This is an interesting article and I’m glad I came across it. I do think it’s good for coaches to have some modicum of playing experience, although I challenge the fact that good coaches need to have been good players – like Spurrier and Jackson. If you look at some of the best major league managers, many of them were marginal players. I bet the same can be said about college coaches. I played baseball in college (not very well), but I am confident I could do a good job coaching a college team in the future. They say that the guys who sat on the bench may know the game better because they spend so much time watching and observing. Just some thoughts.

Best,
Josh Centor
NCAA
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