• Skip to content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
SimpliFaster

SimpliFaster

cart

Top Header Element

  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • Twitter
  • YouTube
  • Login
  • cartCart
  • (925) 461-5990
  • Shop
  • Request a Quote
  • Blog
  • Buyer’s Guide
  • Freelap Friday Five
  • Podcast
  • Job Board
    • Candidate
    • Employer
    • Facebook
    • Instagram
    • Twitter
    • YouTube

Getting Fired: The Croc Show Featuring Scott Salwasser (Part 3)

Blog| ByElton Crochran

ShareTweetLinkedInEmail

Croc Sal Part 3

“It’s the ugly underbelly of our profession—the higher you go, the greater the rewards financially, the greater the acclaim, and the higher the level of competition…but also the higher the risk. I actually managed to go a long time ‘escaping The Reaper’ as I like to say. Survived coaching changes at several D1 schools or made moves a year or so before The Reaper arrived on campus. But he finally got me and chased me for a couple years in a row.”

How should college strength and conditioning coaches deal with getting let go from a valued position and what factors can help mitigate that risk? Scott Salwasser, Director of Athletic Performance at Bishop Lynch High School in Dallas, Texas, wraps up his 3-part conversation with Coach Croc, this time focusing on harsh realities of the job where longevity can be tied to factors outside your control.

It’s the ugly underbelly of our profession—the higher you go, the greater the rewards financially, the greater the acclaim, and the higher the level of competition…but also the higher the risk, says @CoachSSal. Share on X

“Twice I’ve been a victim of *everybody got let go.* We just didn’t win enough games,” Coach Salwasser explains. “You can’t let that affect your confidence or your belief in yourself, because it’s going to happen to you if you coach long enough at a high enough level.”

For younger coaches, there is always a calculation to make, particularly those starting families. Coach Croc offers comparison points in terms of the relative stability for coaching in high school vs. Division 3 vs. at a Power 5 school, and the range of benefits at each higher competitive level can bring a greater suddenness of getting let go. Meanwhile, Coach Sal discusses added factors for coaches to consider when being offered a college position.

“It’s not just the school, it’s the staff. Know what year (of their contract) that head coach is on, know what type of success they’re having, and also know that if you’re coming in…someone else got let go. And that means you’re expected to be the savior and if you’re not, guess what happens to everyone? Gone.”


Video 1. The Croc Show featuring Coach Scott Salwasser.

Since you’re here…
…we have a small favor to ask. More people are reading SimpliFaster than ever, and each week we bring you compelling content from coaches, sport scientists, and physiotherapists who are devoted to building better athletes. Please take a moment to share the articles on social media, engage the authors with questions and comments below, and link to articles when appropriate if you have a blog or participate on forums of related topics. — SF


ShareTweetLinkedInEmail
LoginComment
src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw=="

Elton Crochran

Elton Crochran is the Head S&C Coach at Veterans Memorial High School in San Antonio, TX. Prior to coaching at Veterans, Coach Croc spent over seven years as a collegiate S&C coach with stops at Marshall University, Incarnate Word, and Texas A&M University-Kingsville, where he spent over a year as the Head S&C coach. Coach Croc currently holds his NSCA CSCS and master's degree in Kinesiology from Hardin-Simmons University.

Reader Interactions

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Primary Sidebar

FEATURED

  • Using Speed and Power Data to Bucket and Train Faster Athletes
  • Plyometric Training Systems: Developmental vs. Progressive
  • 9 (Fun!) Games to Develop Movement Skills and Athleticism

Latest Posts

  • 1080 Sprint: Four Essential Tips You Won’t Find in the Manual
  • Running Through Time: An Athlete’s Story of Resilience and Recovery
  • Rapid Fire—Episode #14 Featuring Rodrigo Alvira Isla: Training Smarter in the NBA and G League

Topics

  • Adult training
  • App features
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Athlete
  • Athlete performance
  • Baseball
  • Buyer's Guide
  • Career
  • Certifications
  • Changing with the Game
  • Coach
  • Coaching
  • Coaching workflows
  • Coching
  • College athlete
  • Course Reviews
  • Dasher
  • Data management
  • EMG
  • Force plates
  • Future innovations
  • Game On Series
  • Getting Started
  • Injury prevention
  • Misconceptions Series
  • Motion tracking
  • Out of My Lane Series
  • Performance technology
  • Physical education
  • Plyometric training
  • Pneumatic resistance
  • Power
  • Power development
  • Practice
  • Rapid Fire
  • Reflectorless timing system
  • Running
  • Speed
  • Sports
  • Sports technology
  • Sprinters
  • Strength and conditioning
  • Strength training
  • Summer School with Dan Mullins
  • The Croc Show
  • Track and field
  • Training
  • Training efficiency
  • Wave loading
  • What I've Added/What I've Dropped Series
  • Youth athletics
  • Youth coaching

Categories

  • Blog
  • Buyer's Guide
  • Freelap Friday Five
  • Podcasts

COMPANY

  • Contact Us
  • Write for SimpliFaster
  • Affiliate Program
  • Terms of Use
  • SimpliFaster Privacy Policy
  • DMCA Policy
  • Return and Refund Policy
  • Disclaimer

Coaches Resources

  • Shop Online
  • SimpliFaster Blog
  • Buyer’s Guide
  • Freelap Friday Five
  • Coaches Job Listing

CONTACT INFORMATION

13100 Tech City Circle Suite 200

Alachua, FL 32615

(925) 461-5990 (office)

(925) 461-5991 (fax)

(800) 634-5990 (toll free in US)

Logo of BuyBoard Purchasing Cooperative. The word Buy is yellow and shaped like a shopping cart, while Board and Purchasing Cooperative are in blue text.
  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • Twitter
  • YouTube

SIGNUP FOR NEWSLETTER

Loading

Copyright © 2025 SimpliFaster. All Rights Reserved.