Coaches Corner
Coaches Corner-For Coaches by Coaches
United Soccer Coaches is dedicated to giving our coaches a voice in the world of soccer and we are pleased to showcase a new feature for coaches by coaches. Our Advocacy Groups, representing United Soccer Coaches members, have been asked to submit blog content on a variety of topics that cover countless aspects of the game and other responsibilities of a coach: career development, leadership, recruiting, culture, diversity and much more. This is the first post of what will become a weekly blog to provide coaches with helpful information and insight from fellow coaches.
Faith-Based Coaches Advocacy Group Newsletter – Spring 2020
The Faith-Based Advocacy Group distributed its spring newsletter to let group members know what has been going on, helpful tips, how to get in touch, and how to get involved with the group. See the letter below from group chair Mike Lynch. To read the full...
Latino Coaches Advocacy Group Newsletter – May 2020
The Latino Coaches Advocacy Group distributes a newsletter to keep its members up to date on news, deadlines and other association happenings. The newsletter also serves to let members know what the group is working on, highlighting group members and information on...
Save Our Sports
April 21, 2020 Colleagues, On behalf of the Intercollegiate Coach Association Coalition (ICAC), we hereby register our opposition to the request by the Group of Five Commissioners to allow conferences and schools to cut the number of sports sponsored to be considered...
Disabilities Allies Advocacy Group Newsletter – April 2020
The Disabilities Allies Coaches Advocacy Group distributes a newsletter to keep its members up to date on news, deadlines and other association happenings. The newsletter also serves to let members know what the group is working on, highlighting group members and...
From the Advocacy Council…
We are black, white, brown, red and yellow. We are men and women. We coach athletes who are straight and LGBT; who believe in a greater power, and are non-believers; who are at every stage of physical and emotional development. We coach youth, high school, club and...
Black Coaches Advocacy Group Newsletter – April 2020
The Black Coaches Advocacy Group distributes a newsletter to keep its members up to date on news, deadlines and other association happenings. The newsletter also serves to let members know what the group is working on, highlighting group members and information on how...
Making the Most of Zoom
Molly Grisham, a member of the Women Coaches Advocacy Group, recently put out a fantastic YouTube video on how to make the most of Zoom. For this month’s Coaches Corner blog, we reached out to her to learn more. First, a little bit about her background… Molly has 20...
LGBT & Allies Advocacy Group Newsletter – April 2020
These are tough times, for sure. As coaches, we’re used to being in control – or at least knowing what’s ahead, and planning for it. The coronavirus is a foe we’ve never faced. But as soccer coaches we are tough, flexible, creative, ready for anything. At the same...
Women’s Coaches Advocacy Group Newsletter – April 2020
The Women’s Coaches Advocacy Group distributes a quarterly newsletter to keep its members up to date on news, deadlines and other association happenings. The newsletter also serves to let members know what the group is working on, highlighting group members and...
Scoring a “Golazo” in our Community
Co-authored by Julio Serrano (Latino Coaches Advocacy Group) and Shawn Danhouser (Disabilities Allies Advocacy Group) In some of our Latino communities there is a shame and stigma involving special needs children, and some families are hesitant to ask for help. For...
