<p>My school teachers don’t really know who I really am compared to my coaches. I know some colleges require a teacher recommendation but would a coach count since he technically works for my high school? He’s not a teacher, he just comes after school to coach track.</p>
<p>If a college specifically asks for a teacher recommendation - it should be a classroom teacher in an academic subject (not the Phys Ed teacher). If your coach has also taught you in the classroom and can speak to both your class work and your personal qualities thats awesome. Otherwise, you should get the academic teachers to write letters and many colleges will accept additional letters. If you think your coach will be able to tell more about your work ethic, leadership etc then you could ask your coach to write an additional letter. </p>
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Dang it, my swim coach is also the Phys ED teacher so I can’t use him now.</p>
<p>I have another coach and he is also an English teacher for my school but I never had his class. Can I still ask him to write a letter of recommendation? </p>
<p>If the college asks for a teacher recommendation, they want a recommendation from an academic teacher (English/math/science/social science/foreign language) that had you as a student. Some colleges request that the teacher have taught you junior or senior year. A coach who has not taught you in an academic environment does not fit these parameters, although you can still use as a supplemental reference if the college allows.</p>
<p>Usually a teacher’s recommendation is written by a core subject teacher preferably from junior/senior. However, many schools allow additional recommendation(s) that may allow any teacher, employer, coach, etc to submit LOR. Check with each school’s website or their CommonApp.</p>