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1. Athlete Builder: Assistant Coach Reference Guide
Section 13 - Reference Guide: Dealing with Coaches
Dealing with Coaches Who Are Compliant Instead of Committed
Awareness Development
• People don’t know what they don’t know. If the employee hasn’t been given
direction, resources, and is constantly being trained, you can’t rightly
address this issue. You need to make every athletic staff member very
aware of your expectation and inspire them to be committed.
• If there are compliance issues, identify the areas that need commitment,
help them find a solution, set a follow up meeting to go over progress. Use
technology to speed this up.
• If progress isn’t satisfactory put them on a growth plan and allocate time to
go over it with them. You can’t expect people to “just get it”!
• If the problem still persists you will have documentation to support their
removal. This is a very hard part of your job.
• If you are the one who is only being non compliant or compliant and not
committed, Stop It! You know what you’re doing or better yet, not doing. If
you are dissatisfied than tell your superiors, look for another job, and move
on. By no means should you ever stop being a professional. That’s weak
minded and there is no place for that when your primary concern is for the
welfare of the children you are paid to help every day. Stay focussed on
your vision as an educator and keep your emotions in check. Always take
accountability for what you are adding to a problem.
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