Youth & High School Women Coaches Academy

Save The Date: August 16, 2025!

Our Youth & High School Women Coaches Academy fueled by Gatorade is a virtual program modeled after our longstanding premier NCAA Women Coaches Academy that is open to Youth, Club, Middle School & High School Women Coaches across all sports. This program aims to provide leadership development programming that elevates your holistic coaching effectiveness by learning advanced leadership skills and strategies that directly affect personal and team success. Within our community of coaches at the youth & high school level, we recognize the challenges you face to stay and advance in the profession. Register today for our Youth & High School Women Coaches Academy fueled by Gatorade and together, we will learn best practices for navigating those challenges.

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By Gatorade

All participants must be a WeCOACH member (membership required to register for the Academy). Not a member? Sign up here! or use the non-members registration to become a member and register at the same time!

Questions or need help? Email: events@wecoachsports.org

Members Registration

Non-Members Registration

Cost & Scholarships

SAVE THE DATE FOR YHSA CLASS #5: AUGUST 16, 2025.

REGISTRATION & MORE INFORMATION COMING SOON!

All registrants must be a WeCOACH member (active membership required to register for the Academy). Membership price included in all non-member registrations or you can sign up for a membership here!

Registration Requirements

All participants must be a WeCOACH member (membership required to register for the Academy).Not a member? Sign up here or use the “Non-Members Registration” to purchase your membership and register for the Academy all in one step!
Registration priority will be given to current or aspiring Youth, Club, Middle School & High School Women Coaches (head, assistant, associate or volunteer), strength & conditioning coaches and/or athletic trainers.
Allies may register and will be selected to attend if space is available.

*If you attended a previous Youth and High School Women Coaches Academy you are welcome to participate again, but please understand some sessions will be similar.

Schedule

10:45 – 11:15 am Welcome Coaches & Icebreakers/Get To Know One Another- Vanessa Fuchs, CEO, WeCOACH

11:15 – 11:45 pm Effectively Coaching Gen Z: Insights from the Marine Corps-Major Evita Mosqueda, United States Marine Corps & Melissa Schwab, Elmhurst Head Women’s Golf Coach & Assistant Men’s Basketball Coach

11:45 – 12:00 pm BREAK

12:00 – 1:00 pm Disrupting Through Conflict & Conversation– Dr. Jen Fry (WCA #1), Founder & CEO, JenFryTalks

1:05 – 1:55 pm Confidence and Mental Toughness– Tami Matheny, Mental Game Coach at Refuse2LoseCoaching, Author & Jon Gordon Team Member

1:55 – 2:10 pm BREAK

2:10 – 3:05 pm Understanding the College Recruiting Landscape for High School Coaches– Renee Lopez, M.E.S.S., President, RL Academy Recruiting Educator/Leadership Development Training

3:05 – 4:00 pm Small Group Discussion

4:00 – 4:10 pm BREAK

4:10 – 5:00 pm Optimizing Performance Through Improved Mental Fitness–Linda Martindale, Certified Mental Fitness Coach

5:00 – 5:40 pm Survey & Action Plans/ Team WeCOACH (Programming)

5:40 – 6:00 pm Graduation– Team WeCOACH

All sessions are mandatory.
To protect the integrity of the authentic conversations that transpire, sessions will not be recorded.

Academy Session Topics

Session Topics May Include:

Program Culture; Confidence and Mental Toughness; Understanding the College Recruiting Landscape; Leadership Communication; Conflict Resolution

*Please note the above topics are tentative and may change once the schedule is finalized.

Application Timeline

2025 TIMELINE COMING SOON!

Cancellation Policy

CANCELLATION AND REFUND POLICY

All cancellations subject to a 15% non-refundable administration fee. Cancellation requests received more than sixty (60) days prior to the event are eligible for a full refund less administration fee. Cancellation requests received thirty (30) to sixty (60) days prior to the event are eligible for a 50% refund less administration fee. Cancellation requests made within thirty (30) days prior to the event are non-refundable and may not be applied to future event registrations, no exceptions. Cancellation requests must be made in writing. Please contact us with your request.