Indiana University Athletics
Mirochna Attends NCAA Women's Coaches Academy
2/12/2008 12:00:00 AM | Women's Rowing
Feb. 12, 2008
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. - Indiana assistant rowing coach and recruiting coordinator Carmen Mirochna recently attended the NCAA Women's Coaches Academy at the Inverness Hotel and Conference Center in Englewood, Colorado. The academy ran for five days with 42 other coaches from a variety of sports around the country and provided a great opportunity for female coaches to network and share coaching tips they have learned.
The coaches attended classes each day that were focused on different areas of the coaching profession, such as interviewing skills, networking, administration, conflict resolution and Title IX. And the experience of each of the coaches varied as well, with some who had just began their careers to others who had been doing it for 25 years.
"It was an invaluable experience for me to attend the WCA," Mirochna said. "We were all coaches so it was very easy to interact with them and learn from them."
Mirochna led the novice eight to Indiana's first-ever medal at the Big Ten Championships in 2006 with a second place finish. The boat would go on to tie the school mark with a sixth place finish in the Aramark Central/South Region Sprints.
About the Academy
The NCAA Women Coaches Academy provides skills training for coaches at all levels to assist them in being more efficient, productive, resourceful and successful. The academy is designed for women coaches who are ready and willing to increase their individual effectiveness by learning advanced skills and strategies that directly affect their personal and team success. The participants learn skills that are not sport specific, yet ones that are relevant and necessary for coaching responsibilities, beyond the X's and O's.
History
In 2002, the NCAA Committee on Women's Athletics (CWA) supported an initiative to train, support and retain women coaches. That was the start of the Women Coaches Academy (WCA). To date there have been eleven highly successful sessions of the five-day academies, which are open to any coach from any sport, and any division.
Background information about the academy was provided by www.coachesacademy.org/ncaa
