NCAA COACHES ACADEMY

The Executive Coaching Program

 

 

Schedule:  The Executive Coaching Program will be conducted for a 12-month period beginning January 1 and concluding December 31 annually.  Participants will meet with each of their assigned mentors once during the 12-month period. 

 

 

Participants:  The Executive Coaching Program is designed for ethnic minority football coaches with the skills and experience to succeed as head coaches at the Division I-A level.  Ethnic minority head coaches at Division I-AA and Division II as well as assistant and coordinator coaches at all levels with a minimum of eight (8) years of experience are eligible to participate.  For the purposes of the program, ethnic minorities are described pursuant to the Federal Guidelines of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB):  American Indian or Native Alaskan; Asian or Pacific Islander; African American or Black; Latino or Hispanic.

 

 

Institutional Responsibilities:  Institutions shall support eligible coaches for participation in the Executive Coaching Program.  Upon enrollment, the participant must attend the introductory meeting as well as one meeting with each of their assigned mentors during the 12-month period.  There are no fees to participate. 

 

 

Coaches Academy Responsibilities:  The Executive Coaching Program shall provide each participant a veteran, high-profile head coach and an athletics administrator (directors of athletics or conference commissioners) to assist with career development, networking and exposure opportunities.  In addition, all travel-related costs to meet with the assigned mentors will be provided by the program.

 

 

Executive Coach Responsibilities:  Executive Coaches will meet with the assigned participant one time during the 12-month period.   In addition, Executive Coaches will maintain an appropriate level of contact with the participant through telephone and written communication. 

 

 

Application Procedure: 

·         Select coaches will be invited to participate in the Executive Coaching Program.

 

·         The Executive Coaching Program will enroll not more than 5 coaches in the pilot year.

 

 

Administration: The NCAA will administer the Executive Coach Program.   The NCAA will partner with the AFCA and the BCA in support of the program.

ADVANCED COACHING PROGRAM

Snapshot of the 2004 Class

 

  • 18        Number of African-American/Black participants
  • 1          Number of Native American participants
  • 1          Number of Asian participants

 

  • 12        Number representing Division I-A
  • 5          Number representing Division I-AA
  • 2          Number representing Division II
  • 1          Number representing Division III

 

  • 1          Number of participants from HBCU’s

 

  • 9          Number of Assistant Coaches enrolled
  • 5          Number of Associate/Assistant Head Coaches enrolled
  • 3          Number of Offensive Coordinators enrolled
  • 2          Number of Head Coaches enrolled
  • 1          Number of Defensive Coordinators enrolled

 

  • 47        Number of total applicants (26 DI-A; 12 DI-AA; 6 DII; 3 DIII)
  • 20        Number of applicants selected

 

  • 14.4   Average college coaching experience of class
  • 10.6     Average college coaching experience of all applicants

 

  • 23        Number of conferences represented in the applicant pool
  • 15        Number of conferences represented in the class

Big 10              4          Big 12              1          Southland        1         

ACC                2          Ivy League       1          West Coast      1

Pac 10             2          WAC               1          ECAC  1

Big East           1          MAC                1          PSAC               1

Ohio Valley     1          SEC                 1          So Atlantic      1

 

2004 Roster of Participants

 

Ronald Aiken, Defensive Line Coach, University of Iowa

Anthony Alford, Assistant Head Coach, Iowa State University

Roddrick Boykin, Defensive Coordinator, Edinboro University of Pennsylvania

Snapshot Continued

 

Duane Brooks, Assistant Coach/Defensive Line, Yale University

Earl Buckingham, Assistant Head Coach, San Jose State University

Erik Campbell, Assistant Head Coach, University of Michigan

Mark Gale, Associate Head Coach, Marshall University

Rodney Garner, Assistant Football Recruiting Coordinator, Univ. of Georgia

Daniel Gonzalez, Co-Offensive Coordinator, Lenoir Rhyne College

Darryl Jackson, Receivers Coach, Arizona State University

David Kelly, Offensive Coordinator, Stanford University

Michael London, Recruiting Coordinator/Asst. Coach, University of Virginia

Darryl Mason, Offensive Coordinator, Northwestern State University

Derek Mason, Assistant Head Coach, Saint Mary’s College of California

Reginald Mitchell, Recruiting Coord/Running Backs Coach, Michigan State

Albert Preston, Assistant Coach, University of Notre Dame

James Reese, III, Head Coach, Tennessee State University

Thielen Smith, Defensive Line Coach, Clemson University

Rubin Stevenson, Head Coach, Frostburg State University

Donald Thompson, Assistant Coach, University of Illinois