Guest Speaker Summary: Vic Mitchell

Coach Mitchell’s main points included volunteering, the positives and negatives of coaching, and what it means to be a coach. He said that volunteering is the best way to get recognized. It shows you are willing to work hard which can get your name recognized. The positives of coaching were that it is a fun lifestyle and enjoyable. The negatives were that it requires a lot of time and little compensation for the amount of work. Recruiting is a very big part of coaching at the college level so it can be negative if you do not meet your recruiting goals for the year. Being a coach means that you are there to teach, motivate, discipline, and evaluate. You have to find that ways that people like to be motivated and go with it. These four objectives are the main responsibilities of coaching. A question for Coach Mitchell was  Q: What kind of work is a GA expected to do? A: They GA’s are expected to be there when the coach is there. They get travel information together and they are basically there when the coach is there and usually sometimes before and after too. They are overworked but it can be a big head start for them in the coaching world. It gets their foot in the door in bigger ways than volunteering or just trying to work your way up. Sport leadership I learned for Coach Mitchell is that it is very important to volunteer and to look for opportunities and not just wait on them to come to you. He said to find what you are best at and then start there. He also said to have a plan, especially when you are going in for an interview. Then you need to develop a philosophy that you are going to go by.

Guest Speaker: Bill Popp

Coach Popp’s main points were about the NAIA, the AAC, and the addition of football. He said that there are about $1.7 million in athletic scholarships. He also talked about what goals coaches and schools have to reach recruiting wise. We are now going to be using a program called Front Rush to help with recruiting. He said that the school spends about $1.5 million on operations such as travel and equipment for athletics each year. The last things that Coach Popp talked about were the changes that have went on here since he has been here. He named the new sports that have been added and he talked about the addition of football and what will change with that.  Questions that I had were answered. They were: Q: Will Reinhardt be getting a GA program? A: Eventually we will. Q: What all is expected to be done by next fall? A: New athletic building, field, and the resident hall. Sport leadership that I learned was what all goes into being an athletic director and that it does take hard work to accomplish the goals that you have for yourself. I need to focus on building my resume, contacts, and experience. By doing this it will help me in the long run of potential job choices.

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Welcome to my blog for PED 350. I play soccer here at Reinhardt, here is the website http://www.reinhardteagles.com/sport/9/2.php