FSU’s Center for Athletic Coaching partners with Women’s Football Alliance
By Jennie Kroeger
Florida State University’s Center for Athletic Coaching has formed a new partnership with the Women’s Football Alliance (WFA), a competitive women’s tackle football league. Through the partnership, the Center will serve as the official coach education provider for the WFA’s new Coaches Alliance.
“Coach education and development is an important component of any sports organization,” said Tim Baghurst, professor and director of FSU's Center for Athletic Coaching. “We are always looking for ways that the Center can serve the coaching community. We are thrilled to be partnering with the WFA and supporting its newly developed Women’s Football Coaches Alliance, and we look forward to helping the WFA with some exciting new projects in this area over the coming year.”
The Center for Athletic Coaching and the WFA will work together to develop educational content on coaching codes of conduct and coaching philosophies for the alliance. They also will collaborate on a women’s football coaches clinic to be held in February 2021.
“The WFA is committed to ensuring that our teams are continuing to play at the highest level, and that starts with having the best trained coaches,” said Lisa King, commissioner of the WFA. “We are excited for the opportunity to work with such a prestigious university. The partnership with FSU's Center for Athletic Coaching will provide the Women’s Football Coaches Alliance with resources, training and mentoring that will have a tremendous impact on the field.”
FSU's Center for Athletic Coaching, which was launched in the fall of 2019, is designed to meet the growing demand for well-trained athletic coaches at all levels of competition, from school and amateur leagues all the way to professional organizations. Housed in the FSU Anne Spencer Daves College of Education, Health, and Human Sciences, the center currently offers an online graduate certificate program in athletic coaching, which is available to degree-seeking students at FSU as well as the larger community.
To learn more about FSU's Center for Athletic Coaching, visit athleticcoaching.fsu.edu.