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Hey Coach’s Wife—You are NOT Failing

I see you trying to figure out how to be the best employee and cheer your man on at the same time. It’s impossible to be in two places at the same time. Don’t feel guilty. You are doing the best you can.

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You Might Be a Coach’s Wife (PART TWO!)

Your coach is out until at least 2:00 am every Friday night, and you don’t question it.

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Support for the Woman Grieving a Miscarriage This Season

This is one of those times when what’s going on at home can be prioritized over what’s going on at the field, even if it’s just for a few hours.

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When Coach Takes a Nap

When the alarm system dings for the open door, I feel a breath of relief exhale. A helper and a second teammate has finally entered the game. Then, he sits in his arm chair and before I can ask how his morning went or what they ate for lunch, snores resound from his side of the room.

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My House Won’t Be Clean This Season and I’m Not Sorry About It

As spring football approached this past year, my coach shared with me that he was going to take a year off to focus on completing his associate’s degree and determine what he wanted to do next. We talked about his feelings about being away from the game, my feelings about him stepping away ...

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You Don’t Have to Go to Every Game, and Other Things I’ve Learned

Don’t let anyone give you grief for doing what’s best for you.

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Hey Coach’s Wife, It’s Okay to Have Expectations

Yes, football and marriage are team sports. And for the team to get stronger and for the game to go well, each member needs their expectations set and then met. That's what makes a good team into a great one.

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5 Ways to Support to Your Husband During Season

There are hundreds of opportunities as coaches' wives to choose a good attitude about whatever is coming up. It could be him arriving home later than you expected, an event he forgot to tell you about, an added scrimmage or picked up game, or finding out he has to work when you thought he had ...

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I Gave Him the Green Light

Could he do this job without my blessing? Yes. But, when I give him my blessing and fully 100% support him, does it make his job easier? Absolutely. And when his job is made easier, does he dedicate himself a little more? Stay at practice a little later? Have a little less weight on his ...

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Coach’s Hobbies Used to Make to Mad … But Now That’s Changed

It’s a balance around here. I’m not talking about work and life balance. I’m talking realistic expectations of projects getting done over fishing.

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I See You, Coach

I see you when you can’t tear your eyes away from your phone due to the twenty different conversations you’re having with players, parents, school officials. I see the hurt in your eyes when the first word our one-year-old son says to you is bye-bye because he’s so used to you leaving. I ...

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When Your Coach is a Mountain Climber

Have you ever driven past a big fancy turf field with shining new lights and your husband leans over to ask, “How would you feel about moving to Georgetown?” Or perhaps you were taken aback by a dinner conversation he struck up out of blue saying, “You know, there is this opening in Houston….” ...

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