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The Administrative Side of Coaching: A Handbook for Applying Business Concepts to Coaching Athletics

1st Edition
Richard Leonard

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Coaches and athletic program administrators must ensure their programs are efficient and effective in everything they do. From facility scheduling to fundraising, from competition to player-coach relations, coaches and program administrators make consequential decisions on a daily basis that determine a program's current and future success. In addition, coaches and administrators are responsible for allocating resources: time, money, and labor must be distributed equitably and appropriately for the program to function effectively.

In The Administrative Side of Coaching: A Handbook for Applying Business Concepts to Coaching Athletics, Dr. Richard Leonard tailors tools used by the business world's top managers to streamline and strengthen the efforts of coaches and program administrators. With clear descriptions and reader-friendly examples, Dr. Leonard explains the power, importance, and use of each tool or technique. Perfect for both the current and future coach or program administrator, The Administrative Side of Coaching presents information in a clear format:

I. Management Concepts for Coaches

  • Planning
  • Organizing
  • Human Resource Planning
  • Leadership
  • Control

    II. Internal Program Administration Budgeting Fundamentals
  • Team Travel/Travel Spreadsheets

    III. Marketing Concepts
  • Marketing Fundamentals
  • Athletic Program Promotion and Marketing Communication
  • Public Relations in Sports Programs

    IV. External Program Administration and Other Business Applications
  • Program Fundraising
  • Fundamentals of Risk Management
  • Athletic Programs
  • Strategic Management and Coaching
  • Business Ethics and Coaching

    The Administrative Side of Coaching: A Handbook for Applying Business Concepts to Coaching Athletics also includes related information such as a list of suggested readings, a look at entrepreneurship and coaching, and other features useful to students and practitioners alike.

  • Author/Editor:Richard Leonard
    ISBN: 1885693540
    Copyright: 2004
    List Price: $39.00
    Binding: Paperback
    Pages: 200


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