“There are champions everywhere. All you have to do is train them properly.” ~Arthur Lydiard
This event was postponed until May 2025. Look for the exact details soon!
Finally! Coach training specifically tailored to homeschool coaches.
We know sports are a great tool to help develop young people, but when the tool is wielded incorrectly, the results are usually a premature exit from sport which quickly morphs into a lifetime of inactivity and sedentary behaviors.
We are bringing together experts in the field of sport management, sport psychology, injury prevention and treatment, sport leadership, program design and more to share with you the latest research and good practices to benefit our homeschool programs.
Dates: May, 2025
Who: Head coaches, assistant coaches, directors and commissioners, board members
Cost: TBA
Location: West Texas A&M University Jack B. Kelly Student Center
Accommodations: Holiday Inn, Best Western, Hampton Inn and Suites are all excellent and abut the university
Contact Coach Melissa Doss at dosstroop@gmail.com for more details.
Speakers
Dr. Michelle Bartlett
Dr. Bartlett currently is involved in teaching and research at West Texas A&M University. She received a B.S. in both Biology & Psychology from Syracuse University in 2003, an M.S. in Sport & Exercise Psychology from West Virginia University in 2006, and an M.A. in Community Counseling from West Virginia University in 2009. She completed her Ph.D. in Sport & Exercise Psychology in 2009 also from West Virginia University. She is a Certified Mental Performance Consultant ® (CMPC).
Her research interests include the anger, trauma, and sexual assault in sport, as well as professional issues in sport psychology supervision. Dr. Bartlett also has written book chapters and encyclopedia entries on anger and aggression in sport, managing arousal levels in sport, and on trauma in sport.
Dr. Blake Price
Dr. Price joined the Department of Sports and Exercise Sciences at West Texas A&M University in 2013. He received a B.S. in Sports and Exercise Sciences from West Texas A&M University in 2008, a M.S. in Sports and Exercise Sciences with an emphasis in Sport Management from West Texas A&M University in 2010 and a Ph.D. in Sport Management from Troy University in 2020.
Dr. Price’s research interests include athletic policy, athletic facility construction and management, legal issues in sport, the role of sport tourism entities in community and economic development, and state-level sport tourism cooperatives. In addition to academic publications, he has also co-authored several industry whitepapers and research reports that focus on state sports tourism associations, salary and compensation analyses, and current industry trends. Recently, he partnered with Dr. Michelle Bartlett to conduct a comprehensive analysis of a local school district’s athletic department.
Dr. Walter V. Wendler
Dr. Walter V. Wendler, the president of West Texas A&M University, will open the Coaches Summit with a brief address. At Southern Illinois University (SIU) Carbondale, he served as chancellor from 2001-2007. During his tenure, research productivity increased by 65 percent. He later returned to teaching architecture and retired as director of the School of Architecture at SIU at the end of 2015.
Before joining SIU, Wendler served as vice chancellor for Planning and System Integration at The Texas A&M University System. He previously had served as executive assistant to the president, dean of the College of Architecture and other administrative and faculty roles at Texas A&M University in College Station.
The New York native earned an associate degree from the State University of New York at Farmingdale and a bachelor’s degree in environmental design from Texas A&M University. He received his master’s degree in architecture from the University of California, Berkeley and a Ph.D. from the University of Texas at Austin. He and his wife Mary have two sons and six grandchildren.