From practices, to games, to game plans and scouting, being a coach requires a lot of work during the season, but that doesn’t mean their family life at home is on pause as they have to switch from coach to parent.

“It is a balancing act every single day,” head volleyball coach Ui Womble said. “With athletics we practice before school. We want to maximize our time on the volleyball court to get everything done, so what we do is our sub varsity practices go first and our assistant coaches who don’t have to get kiddos to school start their practice, and I drop off my kids then hustle to school and get that done, during volleyball season I have a lot of help, but some days my kids get taken to middle school volleyball and they go to lots of games. They are here a lot but it’s a good place for them to be.”

However, it can be difficult to manage coaching and family, especially for those with kids.

“First of all, for me and my family we couldn’t do it alone,” basketball coach Ben Manning said. “It takes a village, so we get a lot of help from grandparents that will watch our daughter for us, definitely couldn’t do it without them but striking a balance is just about communication with my kids and my wife. When I go home I’m home and I leave everything coaching up here. When I’m home, I’m home.”