Nearly 20 year ago, Daryl Siedentop wrote that in good high school physical education programs, PE teachers rarely coached. His point was not that coaching developed bad teaching habits, but rather that it was difficult to successfully combine both jobs. The planning and preparation needed to effectively teach or successfully coach takes time. Trying to do both while meeting family and other social responsibilities can easily become a time management nightmare. And because successful teaching is less noticed, judged, or rewarded than successful coaching, it is understandable that many teacher-coaches choose to focus most of their energy on athletics. In this article, the author contends that athletics can be a wonderful educational experience, and that physical educators can learn a lot if they reflect about the characteristics of successful coaching programs.