Teaching plays a huge part in the process. It is much harder in a small school setting to provide job availability especially early in the second semester.
I was hired at NK Mid April. I felt like I was way behind from a football standpoint. The difference with my situation would be I was already a teacher in the building and had been a defensive coordinator on the team so i had already had an opportunity to work with our kids. Also factored in would be i took over for a coach that was retiring rather than one that had been fired.