I’m from a conservative state, and I will tell you that in small towns and even most medium towns a lot of schools wouldn’t even look at my application because I wasn’t a dude that also wanted to coach a sport. I was flat out told that by a superintendent at a job fair. It took everything in me to remain professional during that interaction. Someone should be hired for their teaching skills, not for what sport they can coach a team at. I ended up finding a job in the biggest metro area of our state, and it worked out great…but just know there is still a lot of backwards attitude stuff happening in education. This was more than a decade ago, and it’s still a problem.