[Basketball Guru]

Most schools like to have teachers as coaches because they can maintain administrative control over that person, which is not a bad thing. If a person is not a teacher then their behavior cannot be controlled with the threat of losing their livlihood and career. If a non teacher gets out of line they could just quit and return to their regular job, nothing lost, except maybe a little pride. Plus, being in the school all day with the players, a coach can help out with academics and behavior issues. Personally, I think the head coach should always be a teacher, if they can perform the duties. A person should not be a coach merely because they are a teacher, that causes problems also. Seen that happen before.