A couple of realities here:
1) Football rules the roost at most SC high schools.
2) To keep (overpay) football coaches, many schools routinely allowed them to double-dip as ADs. My question is: If FB coaches are putting in so many hours, how can they effectively serve all students and sports, in both genders, as ADs? Answer: They generally can't, and often don't.
3) I have been "inside" one Class AAAA athletics program where the FB coach/AD, also listed as an "Instructor", instructs exactly nothing. (But makes high $90s.)
4) Regarding WAHS, the boys' basketball and volleyball teams (among others) have been prominent statewide on and off for years. To state otherwise is ignorant.
5) The FB/soccer time comparison is irrelevant. Yes, top FB coaches give a bunch of time IN SEASON. So do top soccer coaches, by the way. But the "club" crack is ridiculous. Why do you think so many soccer coaches also work for clubs? Because it's one way to identify and develop high school players. Which is to say, there is no true off-season in soccer. Unlike FB, where many coaches collect ADDITIONAL stipends for mindlessly babysitting their schools' jayvee basketball teams, while volunteers do the real teaching and coaching.
