COACHING PRINCIPLES EXAM EXAM SCRIPT
2026 TEST PAPER QUESTIONS AND
SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
◉ three absolutes. Answer: rely upon your own ability; complete
faith in players, team and coaching staff; importance of cooperation
with administration
◉ reasons to choose coaching. Answer: like sports, enjoy playing the
game, liked your own coach, want to be a college coach someday,
needed to declare a major, prestige, excitement and glamour
associated with coaching, extra money, like working with young
people, want to teach young people to enjoy the game.
◉ vocation v. job security. Answer: the odds against getting fired
◉ life of a high school coach. Answer: anything but dull, every day
brings new challenges
◉ steps in applying for a position. Answer: find out about the
position, call first, paperwork, interview
◉ points of decision. Answer: BA/BS --> High School -->College
, BA/BS --> grad asst. -->MA/MS -->college/HS
Related field(club, training fac, privates)
Non-related fields(little league, church league)
◉ types of coaches. Answer: idealist, rolling stone, climber,
ambitious, hanger-on
◉ special relationships a coach should have. Answer: admin, faculty,
other coaches, press, athletics, parents, asst coaches, band director,
guidance office, grounds crew, community, equipment salesman,
cheerleaders, secretaries, student body
◉ roles of a head coach. Answer: teacher, disciplinarian, salesperson,
public relations, guidance counselor, diplomat, organizer, example,
detective, psychologist, judge and jury, leader, mother/father figure,
dictator, politician, actor, fundraiser, field general, equipment
manager, trainer, citizen of the school and community
◉ three general ways a teacher will affect a student's learning.
Answer: image, verbal communication, non-verbal communication
◉ qualities of an assistant coach. Answer: loyalty, teacher,
enthusiasm, knowledge of the sport, initiative, dependability,
philosophy, desire to be a head coach, playing experience,
2026 TEST PAPER QUESTIONS AND
SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
◉ three absolutes. Answer: rely upon your own ability; complete
faith in players, team and coaching staff; importance of cooperation
with administration
◉ reasons to choose coaching. Answer: like sports, enjoy playing the
game, liked your own coach, want to be a college coach someday,
needed to declare a major, prestige, excitement and glamour
associated with coaching, extra money, like working with young
people, want to teach young people to enjoy the game.
◉ vocation v. job security. Answer: the odds against getting fired
◉ life of a high school coach. Answer: anything but dull, every day
brings new challenges
◉ steps in applying for a position. Answer: find out about the
position, call first, paperwork, interview
◉ points of decision. Answer: BA/BS --> High School -->College
, BA/BS --> grad asst. -->MA/MS -->college/HS
Related field(club, training fac, privates)
Non-related fields(little league, church league)
◉ types of coaches. Answer: idealist, rolling stone, climber,
ambitious, hanger-on
◉ special relationships a coach should have. Answer: admin, faculty,
other coaches, press, athletics, parents, asst coaches, band director,
guidance office, grounds crew, community, equipment salesman,
cheerleaders, secretaries, student body
◉ roles of a head coach. Answer: teacher, disciplinarian, salesperson,
public relations, guidance counselor, diplomat, organizer, example,
detective, psychologist, judge and jury, leader, mother/father figure,
dictator, politician, actor, fundraiser, field general, equipment
manager, trainer, citizen of the school and community
◉ three general ways a teacher will affect a student's learning.
Answer: image, verbal communication, non-verbal communication
◉ qualities of an assistant coach. Answer: loyalty, teacher,
enthusiasm, knowledge of the sport, initiative, dependability,
philosophy, desire to be a head coach, playing experience,
