And how does one get an "A" license? You pay USSF a pile of money for their coaching classes, starting at "E".
You can thank the NASL lawsuit for this. USSF gonna be going very by the book with sanctioning right now. Curious why Brandt hasn't been bumping these off over the years. In 20 years as college HC you'd think he could do one of these every other year or so to get to B before he got to the Riverhounds then get the A the past 2 years.
The days of my kids in youth soccer are way behind me now, but I recall an effort by our local State Assn, Cal South, to require all coaches of teams at high school age or above to have at least a D license - for which they offered week-long classes. My response as a club board member as was that I thought the background check was more important for youth soccer coaches than any coaching license. I took the half-day F course which was so bad it isn't even offered any more, and the 2-day E course (eventually the minimum required to be a club coach), which wasn't all that rigorous - two people in the class passed the course in their wheelchairs (after their checks cleared, of course).
i can't believe someone who's been in the business that long didn't have the foresight to expect he'd need the license at some point, even if he only saw it as a hoop to be jumped through.
Agreed. Instead of waiting out Warming, move on and get Brandt while you can. There is no reason Penn State shouldn't be in the NCAAs every year and competing at the national level. Brandt could take them there and I would think he'd be interested in that position.
For all the years Brandt has been coaching, he could have gotten the A for peanuts years ago. I'm rather surprised he didn't. One didn't have to start at E either. For years, X-amount of coaching years in college could get a straight pass to the B or A. This is all on Brandt and Riverhounds. Common job requirements. Zidane had similar issue in Spain. It's not limited to US. I'm sure quick Google searches could get more "unknown" situations. But, we never usually hear about it because people are going through the requirements so they don't have to be one of those situations.
The Zizou (our family worship. with Titi TH14 also) story is that he was finishing his UEFA and French diplomas at the time the Spanish federation (a bunch of old political retards by the way) wanted to make a political statement leveraging a foreigner case. But they lost as European regulations allow to be coach while you are finishing your studies. ZZ having already various diplomas and being in his last months was cleared by the Spanish Sport Administrative Court itself. Meaning the REF had to eat its own feces. This precision to highlight that indeed Brandt and the RH could have better managed their ship. I.e. anticipating and making sure he was on the road to get the required paper. I am sure a derogation would have been obtained if he waw able to prove he was a good pupil.