Product Description

This book offers the first complete summary of information on undergraduate and graduate athletic coaching majors and minors, including contact details and essential references. There is a tremendous need for quality coaching education programs. These needs are being recognised and more states are beginning to require that interscholastic coaches complete coaching education programs. The primary goal of this directory is to provide a list of colleges and universities in the United States that offer coaching education programs. It should serve as a guide to students interested in the coaching profession; high school guidance counsellors and parents advising perspective students; faculty involved in researching and developing coaching education programs; and individuals and organisations involved in coaching education. Each entry includes the available program descriptions, course offerings, practice and internships, websites, and key contact people for 158 undergraduate programs and 21 graduate programs in the field. The appendices offer the reader the opportunity to review programs by state or by program requirements ,such as field experience and important information about accreditation and certification.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1834149 in Books
• Published on: 1998-12
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 237 pages

About the Author
Challace Joe McMillin is a professor in the Department of Kinesiology in the College of Education and Psychology at James Madison University, and has been at the university since the fall of 1971.

He started the track and football programs at James Madison University in 1972, serving as the head track coach until 1976 and the head football coach until 1985. During his coaching career he received "Coach of the Year" honors on numerous occasions, including the Kodak College Division District III Coach of the Year in 1975. He received his Ed.D. in sport psychology from the University of Virginia in 1990 and was inducted into the James Madison University Sport Hall of Fame in 1994. Dr. McMillin's teaching interests include coaching education, sport performance enhancement, athletic administration, and social-psychological issues in sport. His research interests are leadership issues in sport and coaching education. Dr. McMillin works with athletic teams and individuals in performance enhancement. He has presented at several local, regional, and national events/conferences on motivation, leadership development, goal setting, philosophy development, and coaching- education issues