Wrestling Coach Kenn Caudell Selected To Participate In 2010 NWCA Coaches Leadership Academy

Belmont Abbey wrestling coach Kenn Caudell has been selected to participate in the 2010 National Wrestling Coaches Association Leadership Academy, which will take place August 4-5 in Delray Beach, Florida. Caudell is one of at least 60 coaches from around the country who were selected after a nomination process among his peers.

The NWCA College Coaches Leadership Academy is uniquely designed to accomplish the following goals and objectives:

* Help coaches strengthen their CEO skills (fundraising, marketing, promotions, communication, general leadership skills, etc.) in an effort to protect their programs.

*  Promote best practices for improving retention & graduation rates.

Participating coaches have the opportunity to sharpen their CEO skills by completing the following aspects of the Academy:

*  Complete ten (2 hour) online modules that promote important CEO principles along with best practices for improving the retention and graduation rates of wrestlers.  

* Complete a “program assessment survey” to identify specific aspects of a college team that may result in the program being vulnerable to being discontinued.

* Complete a 360 evaluation in an effort to understand how administrators, wrestlers, alumni, and parents view the coach’s proficiency in various areas.

* Attend a 3 day Academy workshop where a facilitator conducts small group discussions with participating coaches and mentors to help Academy participants customize the general concepts learned in the online modules to meet their needs on their respective campuses.  

* Participate in a mentoring program whereby the coach can receive ongoing guidance from a season veteran coach and/or athletic administrator.   

* Assemble a portfolio to demonstrate that all key program areas are at or above an acceptable standard.