College Coaches Part One

Student athletes are not the only ones on campus who have to worry about balancing their social lives, work, and sports. College coaches also have to find time in their schedules for families. Specifically coaches who have children at home. Grand Valley State University head women’s basketball Coach Janel Burgess said she has a 10-year-old boy and a five-year-old girl at home. Fifteen years ago she started coaching right out of college and has been learning how to balance time ever since, Burgess said. “As a student-athlete and a coach you always have to learn how to time-balance,” she said. MSU Director of Coaching Education Larry Lauer, an expert on coaching development said via email “(As a coach) you're not going to have as much time for family unfortunately so if the family is prepared it makes it easier. Also, the more you can involve the family in your team environment it helps them feel connected to what mom or dad is doing.” Follow more on this story on this Twitter page.