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Right....because no punter or FG kicker has ever been coached a day in their life....geez.They are not even close to being the same. One of the biggest jobs of a ST coach is to make sure all the guys on each team get on the field asap when they are supposed to. On third down he is making sure the punting team is together and ready to go if needed. Nothing pisses off a HC more than having to waste a TO because some meathead is standing on the sidelines with his helmet off not paying attention and causing the team to use a TO. The ST coach does not call plays or design an offense or defense. All FG formations are the same. Most other ST formations are the same with only a couple of different variations. For example, what coaching does he do on the kick off team other than to remind everyone to sprint down field and stay in your lanes? He doesn't teach the kicker to kick longer or more accurate or teach the punter to punt further. It used to be the ST coach was somebody off the coaching staff that either volunteered to be the ST coach or was asked to by the HC. Only fairly recently has it become popular to hire a coach mainly for that role, but that is more due to the fact that it is such a pain in the a$$ for another coach to have to do while he is trying to coach his unit on the field.