Discover Our Story

Empowering Texas High
School Coaches

We are a group of coaches looking for a way to help coaches navigate the challenges of the ever changing climate of our profession.

Coaches are leaving the profession at an unprecedented rate. Why is that the case? We hear you saying you feel isolated and you don’t have anyone that gets  what you are going through.  You don’t know where to turn for help. You start to forget why you chose this in the first place.

We hope this page will  restore in each of you the feeling that you are a part of something special and you are making a difference.  When I was a first year coach my mentor invited me over to his back porch to “cuss and discuss” as he put it.  I learned right there that the Back Porch was more than a place at your house. It’s a place to grow closer, build loyalty, and have the camaraderie that we all need to know we aren’t going at this alone.

The Back Porch has been a blessing to our careers and we want to extend it statewide.

Early in our careers there was a website that was a lot like this – until kids and parents found it. We still talk about some of the stuff that was on that website.  One night on the back porch this idea started to formulate and after talking with some other coaches we decided to put it out there.  We aren’t out to make a bunch of money on this site.  We are trying to create a comfortable place to hang out, and we’ll do all we can to make it a useful stop for each of you.