How should players address their coach??

[ConorMacleod]

I prefer Coach or Coach-first name. But that's just for the girls team I coach. ANY boy that decides he wants to be around my girls can call me "Mr. Last Name, Sir". And I will call him "son". As in, "what, exactly, are you doing here, son?!"

 

[Anthony Vertuccio]

Coach Vertuccio..Coach Tucc..Coach V or just Coach! I am a coach not a pal! Just wondering, how many of the dad coaches say call me Coach First Name and how many of the non dad coaches say call me Coach Last Name?

 

[CoachKevin]

I told them they had to address me as Supreme Commander

 

[JJsqueeze]

coach-first name.

Daughters tried to call me dad a few times but I told them I'm not their dad at practice or during games so take a lap.

A couple of girls have called me by my first name- I told them I'm not their buddy so take a lap.


The best is when you see them out about town and out of nowhere you hear "Coach!"

 

[Lobster Birch]

If I ever hear anyone address me by Mr. MyLastName, I'd assume I was being arrested, standing in front of a judge or that I was a patient in a medical institution. From my limited involvement in softball (3yrs) in Seattle all the kids call their coach "Coach FirstName" or even just by their first name.

 

[canyonjoe]

Growing up I always referred to any coach as Coach last name and any grown up as Mr. Last name. I actually like it better now with coach or Mr. first name. I would tell my kid to go with whatever the coaches want to be called. All to day have wanted Coach first name. May change in High School.

 

[AngelsFan01]

Around here, I don't know any Coach-last names in rec or travel. It's always Coach-first name.

What drives me absolutely crazy is when Coach DD's call them "dad" - Back in the day when I was coaching Little League baseball and first couple years of DD's softball, I always insisted my own kids call me coach. Right now we have a coach and his older daughter helping on our team and it also drives me crazy that she calls him "dad." The other coaches all refer to the others as coach-first name and it should be the same with her (and her little sister!).

 

[3'sDad]

Coach - first name is preferred; or Mr/Mrs - last name.

When someone called me Mr. Last name I'm always looking around to see if my dad was there.

 

[T.J.]

I've never had my DD's call me coach....I'm their Dad...here, there and everywhere.

 

[Amy in AZ.]

I agree with TJ. But, I am older. Kids either respect me, by now, or they don't. I am mom, Mimi, and Amy. I don't have many rules, except that I don't like the word "can't," as in "I can't slide."