SPECIAL GUEST POST FROM DAN CHRISTENSEN 

Almost every athletic department says it has a good culture.

You hear words like collaborative, supportive, family-oriented, student-centered, and close-knit in job postings and interviews all the time.

But when coaches are considering a job, what actually convinces them that the culture is healthy?

As part of our 2026 College Coaching Job Search Study, we asked more than 300 college coaches:

“Which signs most strongly suggest that an athletic department has a healthy culture?”

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SPECIAL GUEST POST FROM DAN CHRISTENSEN 

By the time a coaching search reaches the finalist stage, it is easy for an athletic department to think primarily about one question:

Do we want to hire this person?

That is obviously important.

But the candidate is trying to answer an equally important question:

Do I actually want this job?

As part of our 2026 College Coaching Job Search Study (to be published soon), we asked more than 300 college coaches which parts of a finalist or campus interview would be most valuable to them.

The top responses were:

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SPECIAL GUEST POST FROM DAN CHRISTENSEN 

Most college coaching job descriptions tell candidates plenty about what the institution expects from them.

They list responsibilities, qualifications, compliance expectations, and application instructions.

But they often say very little about something candidates care deeply about:

What will I actually have to work with if I take this job?

As part of our 2026 College Coaching Job Search Study, we asked more than 300 college coaches:

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