Coaching Track and Field and Cross Country with Integrity, Inclusiveness, and Passion: Self-Paced (EDMA 258)

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*Self-Paced: You are required to schedule two virtual meetings with your instructor – one at mid-term one at the end of the course.
3 Semester Hours of Credit

Spring 2025 Course Dates: January 3 - April 4, 2025
Registration is open. The coursework will be available on January 3, 2025. 
*With the rolling semester dates, you may register any time before January 31, 2025, and still get the course completed by April 4, 2025.
ALL ASSIGNMENTS ARE TO BE TURNED IN BY April 4, 2025, but you should be submitting your work as you complete it. You then have two weeks to virtually meet with your instructor before the course ends on April 18, 2025.

Developed by Drake University
Graduate Credit-3 semester hours, $660.00 (not including the cost of the textbook)‌

Online Course Description
This self-paced course for middle and high school coaches will allow you to analyze your strengths and weaknesses, and learn techniques to make you the best coach you can be, while building healthy relationships with your athletes.  Coaching Track and Field and Cross Country with Integrity, Inclusiveness, and Passion is designed for you, the coach who would like to grow in your knowledge of the many different events that make up track & field and cross country.  No matter if you are a novice coach or a coach with more experience, you will benefit from the practical information provided in this course.

Textbooks:

• Ehrmann, Joe with Ehrmann, Paula and Jordan, Gregory (2011) InSideOut Coaching; How Sports Can Transform Lives. New York, NY:  Simon and Schuster Publishing Inc. ISBN: 978-1-4391-8298-7 (Required)
• Guthrie, Mark (2003) Coaching Track and Field Successfully. Champaign, IL Human Kinetics, Inc. ISBN-10:  0-7360-4274-1  ISBN-13:  978-0-7360-4274-1  (Required)
• 2020 NFHS Track & Field / Cross Country Official Rules Book (Required) Available at: https://www.amazon.com/Country-Official-National-Federation-Paperback/dp/B07YBM7V12
• 2020 NFHS Track & Field / Cross Country Official Case Book (Required) Available at: https://www.amazon.com/Country-Official-National-Federation-Paperback/dp/B08TVQYGSZ/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=2020+NFHS+Track+%26+Field+%2F+Cross+Country+Official+Case+Book&qid=1618347434&s=books&sr=1-1

SYLLABUS

This course may not run as scheduled if we do not reach our minimum number of registrations. Should this occur, all registered students will have the option of receiving a full refund OR rolling the registration over into the following semester.