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**Guest** · 08-11-2021, 03:01 PM

Seattle United supposedly has a two-year rule but any such rule does not apply to coaches who are also directors. Directors seem to keep teams as long as they want them.

**Guest** · 08-11-2021, 08:36 PM

It’s a terrible idea to stay with the same coach for longer then two years . It’s ok if you are one of the favorites (or pay for privates) but most kids need to be able to flourish and learn about different idea s . If you stay with one coach that’s set on the same ideas you fail to grow .

**Guest** · 08-11-2021, 10:13 PM

If your coach is a great teacher, is teaching a modern style of play according to a defined curriculum and game model, has the education and experience to adjust training from year to year to account for physical and emotional maturation, and your are learning and thriving, there’s no good reason to change. And some people say it’s always good to change in order “to hear another voice.“ What if the other voice is uneducated and incompetent? If you have a great coach, you are lucky. Stick with it as long as you can and don’t believe the grass is always greener on the other side.

**Guest** · 08-12-2021, 03:18 PM

Most clubs, at least the bigger clubs, have a habit of changing coaches either every year or two. There are probably many reasons why. I personally think it is a good idea as each coach tends to focus on something different and has a different style of play. But it does suck when your kid has a great coach, then has to change next season.

Overall I think the practice is good. Both for players and coaches.

**Guest** · 08-20-2021, 04:10 AM

Some Gunners coaches have been w/ their teams 5-6 years!

**Guest** · 08-20-2021, 06:11 AM

Originally posted by Guest View Post

Some Gunners coaches have been w/ their teams 5-6 years!

That is a long time. What is the reasoning behind it?

Also curious to hear what other people, coaches and parents think of having the same coach for a long time.

**Guest** · 08-20-2021, 09:20 AM

There is almost no reason for a coach to stay with a team more than a couple years (other than selfishness and ego on the part of a coach that has cobbled together a good team). If we look a nearly every professional academy, coaches are placed based upon their level of expertise. Overseas it's very uncommon (in a professional club) to see a coach elevate in age with a team. Sure coaches move when openings occur, but you don't see a U11 coach carry a team to (even) U14. Coaches, like teachers, often have ages where their style, communication, technical training vs. tactical knowledge are aligned with the developmental pathway. This is even true of the MLS academy model.

So in the youth, amateur pay-to-play model, you have coaches that recruit-win-and don't want to give up the team.