The development of this special module is in response to the 14 new intercollegiate wrestling teams being established at faith-based schools, in the past 15 months.
This Academy Workshop represents a collaborated effort between the NWCA and the Fellowship of Christian Athletes (FCA). Dr. Dan Gould of Michigan State University a nationally renowned coaching development expert and the architect of the NWCA Leadership Academy will deliver the CEO training program for the coaches while Carl Perry, the new FCA National Director for wrestling, will oversee the delivery of the faith-based component of the curriculum.
The two-day workshop, which will have 25 coaches along with seven mentors and several guest speakers, is being hosted by FCA Board member, Mark Mestemacher and the staff at the Jon Davis Wrestling Center in Edwardsville, Illinois.
The NWCA has awarded a full "scholarship" to each of these coaches which covers transportation, meals, lodging, and tuition. This funding was provided by donors who firmly believe in the importance of providing young coaches with the tools and training necessary to be successful coaches.
The coaches invited to the leadership academy include: James Bailey, Tim Bradley, Paul Collum, Timothy Ferreira, BJ Futrell, Marcus Gordon, Allen Hackmann, Roosevelt Hadley, Joseph Hawkins, George Hiler, Nick Matiash, Jon McGovern, Andrew Nicola, Paul Reedy, Doug Reese, Kelly Revells, Anderson Sainci, Ben Sprunger, Eric Terrazas, Cy Wainwright, Jason Warthan, Anthony Willaert, Trent Zempel, and Joshua Zupancic.
Mentors for the FCA Workshop are:
Guest speakers for this workshop include:
“The fact that we are able to scholarship these twenty-five coaches for this workshop is a testament to the donors who believe in the sport of wrestling and the coaches who are mentoring our future leaders. Being able to pair this endeavor with the FCA is a great opportunity for us to help educate coaches who want to coach at faith-based schools around the country,†said Mike Moyer, NWCA Executive Director.
The goal of the Academy is two-fold: to help coaches strengthen their CEO skills in an effort to protect their programs and to promote best practices for improving retention & graduation rates. Since 2009, the NWCA has provided scholarship to 60 college coaches who have completed the course and this August, the NWCA will scholarship an additional 60 coaches to take part in the Academy. To learn more about the NWCA Coaching Leadership Academy visit http://www.nwcaonline.com/NWCAWebSite/coachingdevelopment/leadership.aspx .
The National Wrestling Coaches Association, established in 1928, is a non-profit organization for the advancement of all levels of the sport of wrestling with primary emphasis on developing coaches who work in academic environments. The membership embraces all people interested in amateur wrestling.
The three core competencies of the NWCA are: Coaching Development, student-athlete welfare, and promotion of wrestling.
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