Coach Elroy's Case Study

Have you ever wondered what it would be like to be a successful track coach and coach your protégés to a successful season? Through job shadowing, personal experience, and research, I have found out just how much hard work goes into coaching.

Joe Ehrmann describes how he has developed his philosophy of coaching by relating the story of his life in his youth, high school and in college describing two different types of coaches he had played for. The first are coaches who were impersonal, authoritarian, and sometimes abusive which he calls transactional coaches; this is in contrast to the humane coaches he calls transformative coaches. Coaches must face this responsibility because we all remember our coaches. “This is the awesome power and responsibility of coaching: You give your players memories, for better or for worse that stay with them until the day they die” (Ehrmann, 2011 p 46-47). Joe Erhmann goes on to ask, “What is the moral and ethical composition of their program?

Of the multitude of reasons that exists why the Ole Miss football program was so delayed in its integration process comes the necessary role the football program played in keeping the university open during the integration of the university itself. As the entire university went into turmoil, the football program stood strong. During the 1962 season, which was played parallel with Meredith’s appearance on campus, the team went undefeated and still is considered one of the greatest teams since. In his essay explaining the parallel between the integration of Ole Miss and the ’62 team, Wright Thompson states, “The 1962 Ole Miss football team fascinated me. That year, perhaps because of the school’s near self-destruction over integration, or perhaps in spite of it, the team managed the most remarkable season seen in Oxford before or since” (1). This strong and winning team, lead by coach Henry Vaught, kept the university running when it looked as though it would implode on itself. Many turned to the idols of the campus, the football players, to keep

Corey Nelson, a son, father, coach, role model, and mentor have shown exquisite will and heart in his still young life. Nelson is currently a Sprints coach for Track and Field at Mesa Community College. He has lived a very decorated life so far with a boat load of accomplishments and success that dates back to his high school days at Rancho Cotate High School in Rohnert Park, California to coaching success with three of his sprint athletes posting national qualifying times. Most athletes can only dream of the success Corey Nelson has achieved, but with the knowledge he’s decided to pass down and teach, he can make dreams come true.

"I tell you, looking at it from last year, it’s arguably the best d-line, defensive front. It’s arguably one of the best defenses that I’ve ever seen," head coach Dana Holgorsen said. "One of the linebackers, NFL guy. Another one of the linebackers has a ton of starts but where the real, real good dudes are, the d-line. Not only were they, just like with the one guy the Harris kid obviously, he’s top-10 pick, but they have some young d-tackles who are going to be big time guys. They’re depth was really good.

The following week was the first challenge for Illinois playing against nationally ranked team North Carolina. Illinois’s defense was talked about the whole week, with the major question if Illinois’s defense could hold high power North Carolina’s offense. North Carolina having athletes at the wide receiver and running back positions. The first challenge for Lovie at the collegiate

Brenda Morehead-Campbell attended Toledo Public Schools and is a 1975 graduate of Jesup Scott High School. She started her athletic career as a track runner in the sixth grade at Fulton Elementary School. During high school, Ms. Morehead competed in many national championship track meets. She gained exposure to the international track level as a sprinter during her sophomore year of high school at the USA vs. Russia championship meet. In her senior year of high school, the State of Ohio had the first ever girl’s track meet where she won the 100 and 200 yard dash, long jump, and successfully anchored the winning 800-yard dash relay team.

His brother Matthew Robinson really inspired him to continue in athletics. Matthew won a silver medal for the 200-meter dash-

The Pioneer boys basketball team has strung together three impressive weeks to end January. After a slow start to the new year, winning one and losing two in the first week of January, Alder has won six in a row. Those six wins highlight a win 59 to 47 over the Division-1 Hilliard Darby Panthers on January 19 and 60 to 44 win over their conference and county foe, Fairbanks. Junior guard Andrew Koenig’s scoring has assisted the Pioneers’ success over this long. He put up a career-high 33 points against Fairbanks. When asked about his team’s success over the past few weeks, he said, “ “ The Pioneers finish out January with a grueling, three game week. On Monday the 25th, Alder beat Shekinah Christian with a score of 90 to 77. They followed

Senior linebacker Stephen Thayer helped the football team finish the regular season with a 9-2 win for the Vikings against MidAmerica Nazarene University on Senior Day. He finished with 10 tackles and two tackles-for-loss.

Weeks before the first race, I was named to the varsity team. I remained a varsity racer from seventh grade continuing into my senior year. I was undefeated in section three which led me to be crowned section three overall champion in 2017 (junior year).

• Coach Bill Yoast, former head coach, and now the assistant coach, defensive coordinator. He is a single-parent family raising a daughter. He was nominated to Virginia High School Hall of Fame.

Elaine Hall, also known as Coach E, is truly an outstanding woman. Every parent who raises a child with a disability is already an amazing individual, however, Coach E exceeds this status through her unique idea of The Miracle Project. It was obvious through some of the clips on the film that the rehearsals did not always go so well. Oftentimes a lot of the children would enter into their own world or focus on one thing that differed from what was being rehearsed which could lead to a distraction. Coach E would handle these situations very well by joining what the child was doing instead of yelling at them or trying to redirect them back to the rehearsal activity. This was visible when Wyatt began talking about the bullies at his school. Instead

My name is Meghan Kuntz. I am the goalkeeper on the U16 Minnesota Thunder Academy ECNL team that Coach Constable saw at the Sanford Event. I just wanted to let you know that I am still a sophomore in high school, but I am definitely interested in Nova Southeastern University and was wondering if there is anything else you needed from me to help you fully evaluate

My topic is similar to yours. I have always been intrigued to examine the relationship between coach and athlete. In my experience, I have found coaches who provide positive support and are constructive with their criticism are more enjoyable to play for and give the athlete a more positive experience. Coaches that come across as condescending seem to push kids away from the game. It is important that the student-athlete has a positive experience, especially student-athletes at a young age. I feel if a student-athlete has a negative experience at the interscholastic level he or she will be less likely to stick with the sport.