Inside a Texas high school football coach's 16-hour day
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- Опубликовано: 26 сен 2024
- A day in the life of Arlington Martin football coach Bob Wager, who spends 90 hours a week on the job.
Video by Jared Christopher/Fort Worth Star-Telegram
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Why be a football coach when you can be a Vin Diesel stunt double
50Bands lol
50Bands I can't unsee that
Omg i was thinking of that i was like wait is this a prank
"I'd rather work 90 hours at a job I like versus 40 hours at a job I hate"
Always said by someone who isnt making 6 figures a year
@@TheDubDoubt money isn't everything
@@troydamico376 kinda is
@@witty2898 You wouldn't know since you lost 2 world wars.
It's 1. Family 2. Money. The coach has family
Last year, over 250 football coaches in Texas made over $100K as the Head Coach. And if you are the head coach in Texas, you do not have to teach any classes.
Andy Jayroe terrible.
@@spacecoast4890 a good coach will make that $100k back for the school 10 fold.
My golf coach isn’t a teacher and he doesn’t make any money.
My schools coaches make like $1000....
In NC the head coaches at high schools aren't teachers, theres 4 high schools in my county and all 4 hire exclusive head coaches
Outsiders may think this is crazy but once you turn 5yrs old it's all about football out here in Texas.
on hood it is and I'm a varsity small forward for the same school he coaching at I played for him this year too
Anything taken to an extreme is crazy, at the end of the day it's a big distraction to what really matters.
No it isn't lol
io ta'e.
Not really lol
i love how he calls the good parts and moments of his life “highlights”. A true coach
Bald Coaches are always the ones who have winning teams.
Jesse F2TE I wonder if it has anything to do with high testosterone levels. High T causes baldness and also pretty much the fuel to a competitive spirit.
Jesse F2TE dude my team had a bald coach and we won are district this was in junior high
@@andrewp5732 An elevated testosterone level isn't the cause of hair loss. Hair loss results when certain hair follicles on the scalp are highly sensitive to another hormone called dihydrotestosterone (DHT). As a result of this extreme sensitivity, hair follicles shrink and eventually disappear.
@@andrewp5732 I woulding think so since he isnt bald just cut his hair very short. But yeah he may have high testerone that fuels his leadership
Ryan Dennler yes, but DHT is a bi product of testosterone, if there are high T level in a person there is a better chance that they will also have high DHT levels as a result.
THAT WEIGHT ROOM THO!!
Sj Cond ikr my schools weight room is like 1/4 that
Thomas P at least y'all have a weight room, ours is underneath an awning and we put the weights in these ghetto sheds.
hahahaha
This is the first time ive seen that picture of kyle outside of pka... Hello brother
lmao Martin (the school in the doc) just got a new one that's even bigger.
So we going to ignore how much help this boy was getting? 4:30
dude pretty much looks like vin diesel+channing tatum lol
lol
And sounds like Dabo Sweeney
"You cant have rules w/o relationship" I love that quote!
"You can't have rules without relationships."
The fact that the coaches work out with the players is raw af
I love this guy. Spoken like a true coach. He could care less about the money or fame. He is living a good life. Glad to see there are people like him in this world.
As the mother of 3 boys, 1 graduated Martin, 1 current and one coming next year. I wouldn't have them in any other school. It has been wonderful. True dedication to a purpose is so rare these days.
Spend more time with your kids... they're crying out for it. As a former high school hockey coach I can tell you family comes first.
His son is at practice
Your children want to spend time with you. Stop thinking "teaching and mentoring" other people's kids is more important than teaching and mentoring your young children. When they grow up you'll look back and feel bad. Or maybe this coach hates being at home. Makes you think
His son is the offensive coordinator, his daughter is the director of player personnel, and his dog is the head of stadium security. WHAT MORE DO YOU WANT!!!
My thoughts exactly, and their responses to what they want to be when they grow up show that they want to spend more time with him. Both of them want to be coaches, but they also made it a point that it was partially to spend more time with their dad.
MrJre4491 he’s joking dipshit
I’d love to have this guys setup. 90 hours of something you love>over 40 of something you hate is the wisest thing I’ve ever heard.
Am I the only one who noticed that man doing sign language in the weight room?
Lucas Medina fu Kanu
That Stanky ???
Man I already miss my football career. I'm a senior at a high school on Long Island and I just finished my last football season this year as a star 6 foot 5 wide receiver and rotational defensive end and outside linebacker. But im not gonna play in college. I can tell you that this sport has something really special about it, and those who don't play football don't know what special thing im talking about. You just form an indescribable bond with everyone on the team, considering you spend more hours at school/practice with your teammates/coaches every day then you do with your own family at home. Id give anything to go back and play one more game of high school football. And most people who got the opportunity to play high school football and no longer play it would also say the same thing, that they'd do anything to play one more game. Don't ever take anything for granted, no matter how glorious or how shitty it is, because nothing last forever.
Mr Tom Great comment brother.I can tell you played the game everything you said is so true.I had it made I had D1 schools wanting me Bama, LSU,Miss St, Ole Miss and Miami.and few others.I had decided to go with Miami to be closer to my family.Senior year was looking good for me 4 games in I had already 6 TD 522 yards on the ground and 280 yards in the air.We beat a rival team that was #3 in the state I got the winning TD life was perfect.One of the Miami coaches was there to watch me play.I remember after the game my mama and Uncle was saying come on lets go get a steak but no I wanted to go hang my team mates you know how it is you want to be with your brothers.I had girl I was gonna met up with just that feeling I still remember.Got a call that one of the guys at our school was having a party.We was like yeah lets go.On the way there we stop at a store where we could buy beer in bad part of town.My 2 brothers from the team go in to get the beer I get out to take a piss bathroom outside around the corner as Iam gonna around the corner a guy is running and next thing I know I heard shots I try to run back to the car guy shoots me in the back thinking I was the other guy I had a white shirt he had one on also.Hit my spine.It was over man I could not walk for awhile.What hurt most of all was not losing my dreams of playing collage ball,but letting my team down we was gonna take to state that year.The next 3 games we lost to easy schools I was laid up in hospital.They did not lose cause I was out it takes a team win.They just lost the will to win.I still think about it to this day what if we would have not stopped at that store or what if I would have just gone with my mama and uncle to eat a steak meet up with my brothers later.I never got in trouble before that I had ok grades good enough to get to Miami.You know I missed so much school I never graduated high school I gave up.I been in and out of jail.Its hard for me to type my hands go numb from nerve damage I had got from getting shot in the back.I just now getting my life together.Sorry I just wanted to share my story.Sorry for my bad typing I ever really told starngers this story of my life.Your so right don't take nothing for granted cause nothing last forever my life that night went from being the best day of my life to the worst.Take care man!
Mike Mike god damn man that's a hell of a story. God bless your still alive brother
Anthony Colao Yeah now I thank god everyday,but for awhile I was wishing I was dead.
Mike Mike I get where youre coming from on that, just look at everyday as a blessing and come at the day with the same mentality you had for a football game because im sure with your football mentality, you were able to conquer any challenge
Anthony Colao Thank you so much it means alot coming from another warrior cause thats what we was on that field.We was in battle every friday night.I knew the man next to me had my back.Thats the feeling I get with that comment you just left for me.Much Respect And Love To You!!
Nothing like high school football! I love it!
I love when the true essence of football shines through...hard work, trust, sacrifice and love. What I hate (as a parent) is the politics when the coach doesn't keep groups of parents outta his face vying for their kid to play when their kids further down the depth chart than mommy and daddy want him to be.
This is a great look inside of what we do as coaches to assist young men into growing up to be great people in this society in which we live. I'm so blessed and thankful to be a high school football coach. Good work Star Telegram Video!!
this guy seems like an awesome coach
I've no idea why anybody would dislike this video. Surely anyone has to admire the commitment and dedication that this man puts into his team. It's not about how many turn into professional football, it's about the character and worth ethic these kids get installed into them. Many of them with little or no role models in their own families to follow. All of these kids will benefit from their time with these coaches and become better men as a result. I'm totally inspired by this kind of dedication and selflessness that is all too missing these days.
Many down votes are likely because he has abandoned his family and kids to obsess over a trivial game that doesn't matter at all. Most of that time he's putting in has nothing to do with helping kids build character and work ethic.
Leggo My Ego Im guessing you never played football because it does help kids build character, work as a team, be competitive, be discipline, how to finish something you started, be accountable, how to lead, etc.
David Rosser right
@MrJre4491 there going to resent him
@Jew Hunter yet they do the same type of stuff with soccer academies...then again, your name tells me all i need to know about your character.
Love the concept of coaches working out along side their athletes. Keep up the good work, coach.
as an update Bob Wager made it to Nebraska as a tight ends coach but resigned after a DUI arrest. Really hope he turns it around and finds it back on the field. he seems like a good guy
You can tell his players love him. I gotta say, I have never been on a team with a coach player bond like this.
This man is the definition of inspiration. That is a football coach right there!
wish I could've experienced Texas high school football... nothing like those Friday night lights, but this is just a whole different level
Woah. That was so weird... I was literally just surfing through football videos and watched this one... All of the sudden, he said he grew up in Johnstown, New York. That's right near where I live. Just weird how it's a small town in the middle of New York that isn't famous or popular, it's right near me, and I just happened to watch this video about some high school football team in Texas. I'm sorry, but I just found that to be fascinating.
same here..wow it does seem strange
+abm92296 know he coaches at my highschool
And what's crazy is I live near Martin high school in Arlington
What a weird world, I'm from upstate NY too, and just stated listening to Flatbush zombies which is one of the profile pics above. Weird world indeed
I thought it sounded familiar. The Sir Bills if I remember correctly. I remember playing them in football quite well.
Texas, Florida, Georgia and Cali are best football states
virginia is 5th or maybe even arizona
+Prince Vegeta nah Alabama and Ohio
Louisiana too
Ohio
Mississippi
Love how he emphasizes that he wants to build relationships and great habits.
I think this coach shows great character and sees the importance of his job in molding the character of young men is more important than winning or losing, along with the fact he doesn't neglect his family. this really showed aspects of coaching that we don't realize
Why isn't this guy coaching college? I know it's Texas high school football, but this guy seems like a good fit
It's usually personal preference, I'd rather be a hs Coach. It's just being closer to the kids.
4 years late but I was in a journalist class at the same high school bob wager coaches at (Martin high school) and I was asked to do a report on why some high school coaches don’t want to go to college and coach. When I approached bob wager he said “ I want to be closer to the players” And talent wise he said “I
Could either be an assistant coach at a big college or be a head coach and a small school”
this is the high school Myles Garrett went to, just realised that
My high school coach joked that wives are football widows during the season
he ain't lying
And coaches are football cuckolds during the season.
That’s true and their kids are fatherless too
Much respect Coach Wager! Everything's BIGGER IN TEXAS!
including egos. Nothing wrong at all about being proud of where you come from but Texans ALWAYS have to make it known that they are from Texas even when the rest of the people couldn't give a crap and then they know almost nothing outside of Texas.
God Bless this man, from a Canadian Sports Management grad who teared up watching this.
Excuse my French, but I FUCKING Love this Video, the message it gives is so powerful, and the coaches who work out with the player, run with the player, those two stand out to me too, because people have no problem following some one, who does what they tell you to do with you, and him being more worried about the future his players will have, over how many games they win under him.
What a guy!, I have a stupid amount of respect for this man, keep it up!.
Takes a lot of work to setup a great sports program! I'm fortunate to be able to cover the great ones in Texas!!
You of the best high school coaches in football.Love you Coach!
Bro I wish football wasn’t so serious. It’s fun sometimes, but the amount of pain I go through outweighs the pleasure. It’s supposed to be a game! I’m already good at school, sometimes I think what my grades would be like if I didn’t play. I’d have all A’s. Colleges don’t give a crap if I played high school ball, all they want is grades.
Awesome. Lots of great folks out there coaching Texas HS football.
If I don't make it as a player I want to be a coach
I’ve never related much to anything, but this right here is the realest thing I’ve ever felt.
listen guys it isn't unfair, I'm only 13 and and play 8th grade football, but even then the middle school coaches love it, it's a mother teaching proffesion, and the kids arnt getting nothing, they are developing into men that work together and persevere through the rest of life, so what if you don't play college football, it shapes you into a man
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what you just said basically is like me saying, I'm only a freshman and play freshman football, what other football would you play?! xD I doubt you'd play 7th grade football at 13 years old.
+Jacob Frank I played 7th grade football at 12 and 8th grade this year
+ii Krypto but you said you were only 13 playing 8th grade football, you made it sound like it was impressive cause you were in a league above your age
+ii Krypto I don't mean to be an ass, just saying
I remember the 3 a day practices in the summer B4 school started. What I realize now was we were doing more than pra Tice, we were bonding as players and as friends.
its vin disels brother!
Brings back memories of My Football and Track time at Rowlett. Texas is where it’s at.
So jealous of any high school kid able to play HS football in Texas. Played my HS ball in Canada and the hype and passion was never as high as this. Espescially winning the provincial championship in 2013... all my school cares about is hockey :(
Nick Austin what school did you play for
It's opposite in the states, nobody gives a damn about hockey at Arizona State University. All about football & basketball.
Texas football is a religion no other state has the same hype or feel to the sport
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tucker lacey all you scrubs come to Cincinnati Ohio to learn some real football
just, wow. Bravo. As a Canadian I see hockey as this same kind of lifestyle sport. I just dont think it quite reaches the level football does there. Kudos to this man, an inspiration for us all
holy shit thats just crazy.. a good buddy of mine is in this video i remember we played for the for worth colts and it was the best experience of my life. dam wish i could go back to the old days.
i miss high school football everyday
this is why Myles Garret went 1st in the draft he went to Martin ....
Makes me wish we would have stayed in Texas after I retired. Great football, and what a great man to coach your kids into men. Consider yourselves Blessed.
As a former player I know what it takes and respect all players more then ever this commitment and sacrifice is one the reasons football is the greatest sport if u disagree ok but respect the dedication coaches staff and players make
jordan kendall I love 116!
As a o lineman football player I can say from the time I leave the house in the season to the time I get home it’s like a 60 hour job. 5:30 am O line meeting 7-8:45 weights 9:00-2:30 class, 3-5:30 practice that’s a typical Monday. The only day we are not doing something is Sunday
i played college football and pro. Im sorry i think this is ridiculous. only seeing your kids for 5 min a day so you can spend all your time coaching football. this doesn't seem selfless to me, i believe this is the opposite. When your kids are all grown up, im sure they wont look back at that time and say, "oh well, at least my dad was a good coach and this IS Texas"
brian howard Steve Spurrier once said that if you haven't figured it out by 6 o'clock at night , your not going to figure it out.
What position did u play pro?
brian howard i hope you realize that he literally doesn’t need to work 7 months of the year
Agree. I couldn't spend that much time around a bunch of other males when i have a female at home and kids too.
If I had small kids and a hot wife no way I would waste that much of my day away from them. Clearly the wife is fine with it since she appears very supportive. I also notice he has a pool and a nice home so he must make good money.
This man is a legend XD. During our senior year he road his motorcycle into the school during our senior goodbye party.
The type of morning I want everyday 3:01 “gotta have that funk”
Gotta love texas football. My son plays in texas, friday night lights nothing like it here in texas. Would love to have a coach like this apart of my sons football team. Only thing i would say is he definitly needs to make more time for his kids, they are only small once
Background music is way too loud.
Nothing I love more than seeing someone working hard😤🙏
I moved from lake travis (Austin, Texas) to Colorado in the 7th grade, I'm now a junior in high school. Football in Texas is so much more serious then in Colorado, in Colorado football is so soft compared to Texas ball. I've started on varsity for two years now and my team is 2nd best team in Colorado and we would get worked by any Texas team who is above a .500 record.
Zach Krause I'm in lake Travis, and Westlake isn't really a rival to us anymore, we've beaten them for 9 years straight now😂 We ended up winning 5 state championships in a row
Awesome video. My High School has a great program. They have won 7 State Championships, I believe. The program is run like a college program. Every minute is accounted for and scheduled out.
High School football is bigtime in Texas and a good program is beautiful to see ran and the whole town has a lifetime pride for the team.
I wish Canadian football was like this
My 6A high school in Texas played at AT&T Stadium for the state championship game last year, and just WOW I love Texas hs football, that had to be one of the best memories I’ve ever had
Who the fuck needs sleep anyway
thanks for making the video....that was 15 minutes and 36 seconds well spend watching an amazing man and his passion for football and his commitment to everyone in his life
This guy looks like an older Vin Diesel
theprocrastinaut Vin Diesel is black tho...
+JoninhoFIFA I don't see it en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vin_Diesel#/media/File:VinDieselMarch09.jpg
theprocrastinaut Vin diesel is like half Black... Look it up
My dad was a head basketball coach for my schools boys varsity team and he coached other sports like football, track and field, baseball, cross country, tennis, and was a science teacher plus a school bus driver and the athletic director because the school was a small 2A school. I know what this family goes through and lives. I loved it for 14/15 years of my life. My dad retired from 31 years of coaching and teaching
Seems like as far as working at a High School is concerned he was a Jack of all trades. He also sounds like a good guy who probably changed a lot of lives for the better and still loved his daughter. I hope (as someone who never had a father) that now you have the opportunity to spend more time with him.
got his start in good ol GTOWN!!!!!! He's the same here as he was when i played for him. He's amazing and these kids just dont realize what they have as a coach sitting in front of them. He showed us how to be great EVERYDAY an wasn't afraid to lead by example. A fearless competitor and role model.
His wife and kids will fall apart eventually. You can’t neglect your family and expect it to survive. Rules take relationships, families take time.
R Charbs my family does and my dad is coaching other sports, high school science teacher,athletic director for a 2A high school
R Charbs he literally doesn’t work for 7 months. He has 7 months to give them 247 attention. They probably get sick of him by july
Working 16 hours a day as football coach must be kind of fun for Wager, as long as he enjoys working with kids and studying game film. I feel the same way about all other Texas prep football coaches. New England Patriots coach Bill Bellichick, who spends AT LEAST 16 hours a day going through drills and watching film when the Patriots don't have a game, must be envious.
In the U.K. Coaches don't even prepare lessons and just improvise when you get there😂😂
When the son says I want to be a football coach like my dad !! Wow , just what a role model is
I think the JV squad at this school could win varsity State up here in Washington
You have to take the good with the bad when it comes to coaching and keep a cool head. Winning doesn't come easy but when it does, it becomes contagious.
lmao i just searched "texas" and found this video of my high school team. never knew they did this hahahha
Still love small high school football more than anything. This is great and all, but the bond you build with those 20-30 guys from a small school is beyond anything else.
Awesome video. Texas high school football till the end
This will get you ready for the next level 💯
As a former high school football coach in Oklahoma, I can totally relate to this coach. 6 am to 1 am during the season, my girls watched Disney movies in the team room when I cut film. That was my time with my daughters. Never a day off. The difference... Oklahoma doesn't make it worth the money. It's about .30c/hour. $30,000 in Oklahoma vs $70,000 in Texas.
BTW: Coach Wager is one of the highest paid coaches in the Dallas area at $100,000/year. He's taken his team to the Playoffs every season.
Sounds like the need of some pretty strong coffee.
Thank you for doing this. Appreciated!
This is my rival school that's crazy.
Carlos Aguilar do u beat them?
Bryan Hartman probably not
He’s a good man
This is a great video for the development of American Football in Uganda President Uganda Federation of American Football.
Came here after finding out he's joining Nebraska's staff. Welcome coach!
I wonder if this guy was hired before he decided to leave NY. If not I would of liked to have heard some input on what he did and how he came about this schools head coach
the last quote he said, was pretty much the exact same thing our varsity coach told us in the locker room after we lost in the championship game for our basketball team
Sorry about that man. My team is trash and looses almost all its games, so i know your pain
90 hour work week. 3 months vacation in the summer. Rough life.
Except coaches work through the summer opening weight rooms and attending clinics which you don't get paid for...
Stephen. They get payed a ton in the summer for hosting weight camps and stuff
James Koepplin "paid a ton" 😂
Summer is when the real work begins.
I coach, no we don't, we get paid for the season that is it.
His ego is huge but he doesn’t let it get to him one of the most humble man
I went out for the team freshmen year the coach dint like it cause I was deaf!
Not just in high school football but in the state of Texas….discipline is the foundation
That boy needs his father. Dude lives a hell of a life but sometimes enough is enough and we need to realize what’s important.
God....i rlly want to live in the USA and go on a HS. In germany we dont even have a football team...not even a Soccer Team (Soccer in europe is like football in usa).
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Don't go to the US they're full of shit
Ben Marshall why do u think so? Maybe u just life in the wrong place there
Gray Fullbuster I don't live in the US
I have friends in Germany who play football. There are some teams over there. Just not high school sports i dont think.
Seeing this video touched my heart
Vin diesels twin
I was just about to make that comment
That weight room is unbelievable for a high school. I think i would have given my left arm to play football in texas
so he is putting football above his family huh ....just wait till his kids get older and don't want anything to do with him....dude needs to get ahold of whats really important
most coaches have their kids with them on the field when they coach or bring them with them on the ride to games, if you've ever been in football you would know this
What would you rather have, have money to put food on the table, live a comfortable life, and put your kids through college. Or just be with them?
21 RB I can't imagine he's paid hourly. Most likely salary.
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Joe B. You don't care.
Imagine if we had teachers as passionate as this guy. Our schools would be churning out much better types of students.
Mao Zeduck we do