Give Your Coaches, of All Sports, the Soft Skills Training They Need
- Lead with character
- Run highly effective and fun practices
- Build a culture of professionalism
- Motivate athletes to strive for excellence
- Build positive relationships with parents and administration
GLAZIER GUARANTEE: Reduce coach turnover and elevate program performance, or your money back.
"Glazier Academies reinforced my belief that mentoring kids and dealing with life lessons is far more important than wins and losses. These courses have been made available to all our varsity head coaches and to my program-wide coaching staff. I am making it mandatory that they all complete the course."
- 50+ video courses to train all your coaches, from all sports to master the soft skills
- Get off to a great start with the parents, athletes, and leadership
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WIN more games & create a culture that makes sports more enjoyable for everyone - coaches, students, and parents
- Training for unlimited coaches at one low cost
- Prepare your coaches for the next step in their career
In 2022 alone, 55,000+ coaches from 6,700+ schools trained with Glazier.
HEAD COACH ACADEMY
Head Coach Academy consists of 40+ video lessons from coaches with 60+ years of combined experience, across 10+ sports.
Head Coach Academy is built for veteran, new, or aspiring head coaches who want to lead with character, build a culture of professionalism, manage athletes to strive for excellence and communicate & collaborate effectively with parents & administration.
First Principles
Being a Head Coach is Not an Individual Sport
Everything They Don’t Tell You About Being a Head Coach
Preparing Your Head Coach Philosophy
Are You Ready?
How to Evaluate a Potential Head Coaching Position
How to Prepare to be a Head Coach
How to Know if You’re Ready to Be a Head Coach
Planning & Organization
Pre-Season Program Meetings
How to Evaluate Your Entire Program on a Yearly Basis
How to Self Evaluate
How to Run an End-of-Year Banquet
Hiring & Firing Assistant Coaches
How to Build a Staff
Tips for Hiring Assistant Coaches
How to Fire Assistant Coaches
Developing & Managing Assistant Coaches
How to Evaluate Assistant Coaches
How to Develop Assistant Coaches
How to Build Cohesion with Your Assistant Coaches
Leadership
What is Leadership? Relational vs. Positional
Leadership Development & Coach Development
Pyramid of Success
Growing Participation
How to Get the Maximum Number of Kids Involved in the Program & How to Retain Them
Proven Team Building Activities
Creating & Managing a Budget
How to Manage Your Budget as a Head Coach
How to Fundraise as a Head Coach
Culture Building
How Do You Define Success? Elite Coach, Elite Player, & Winning Season
How to Establish a Winning Culture
How to Build Your Team Brand & Be Consistent With It
Managing Press & Social Media
How to Deal with the Press as a Head Coach
How to Teach Your Athletes to Deal with the Press
Teaching Your Athletes/Assistant Coaches How to Represent Themselves on Social Media
First Steps
Easy Steps to Taking Over a Terrible Program
Tips on Interviewing for a Head Coaching Position
Step by Step Plan on What to do Your First Days on the Job
You Got the Job, Now What?
External Relationship Building
How to Get Your School & Community Excited About the Program
Building Your Network: Why Networking is Crucial to Your Program
How to Build Relationships with Administration
5 Keys to Managing Parents & Positively Include Them in Your Program
Practice & Game Planning
What is a Perfect Practice? Prepare in Detail So You Can Coach in Detail
Athlete Development: Build a Process
Strategizing Pre-game, Post-Game, Half-Time, & Losing Streak Speeches
How to Build Structure & Format in Your Coaches' Meeting
Fast Tracks
Current Head Coach
First Year Head Coach
Improving Parent Relationships and Reducing Headaches
Non Teaching Head Coaches
ASSISTANT COACH ACADEMY
Assistant Coach Academy consists of 25+ video lessons from coaches with 60+ years of combined experience, across 10+ sports.
Learn everything you need to be a successful assistant coach. Covering topics within philosophy & organization, dealing with people, and culture & leadership.
Practice & Evaluation
What Is A Perfect Practice? Prepare In Detail So You Can Coach In Detail
How To Self Evaluate
Being A Coach Is Not An Individual Sport
First Principles
How Do You Define Success? Elite Coach, Elite Player, Winning Season
Being A Coach Is Not An Individual Sport
How Can You Work Towards Career Goals While Assisting With Team Goals?
Culture Building
How To Build Your Team Brand & Be Consistent With It
How To Establish A Winning Culture
Leadership
Leadership Development & Coach Development
Pyramid of Success
Preparation
Building Your Network: Why Networking Is Crucial To Your Program
How To Prepare And Approach The Interview For An Assistant Coach Position
What Are The Best Ways To Learn And Grow As A Coach?
What Are The Most Important Responsibilities Of An Assistant Coach?
Dealing with People
Teaching Your Athletes/Assistant Coaches How To Represent Themselves On Social Media
How To Build Relationships With Administration
What Are The Best Practices To Gain The Trust Of Players And Other Staff Members?
How An Assistant Coach Can Build Rapport With Players While Having The Head Coach's Back
Keys For An Assistant Coach When Dealing With Officials And Parents
Relationship With Head Coach
How An Assistant Coach Can Build A Relationship With Head Coach While Creating A Healthy Work/Life Balance
What Ways Can You Challenge And Create An Interactive Discussion With Your Head Coach?
How Can You Maintain And Foster A Healthy Relationship With Your Head Coach?
The Best Ways An Assistant Coach Can Be An Asset To The Head Coach & Develop Your Own Identity
How Should You Voice Concerns Of The Team To The Head Coach?
How Do You Approach A Difficult Conversation With Your Head Coach?
Head Coach Academy is the most effective way to train your new head coaches, veteran head coaches, or aspiring head coaches.
Through 40+ pre-recorded video lessons, your head coaches will learn the most important aspects of being a head coach: planning & organization, culture & leadership, people management, and program fund management related, but not limited, to budgets and organizing fundraisers.
Assistant Coach Academy is the most effective way to train your assistant coaches on mastering the soft skills.
Through 10+ pre-recorded video lessons, your assistant coaches will learn everything they need to be successful and progress in their careers while creating a positive culture. Covering topics within philosophy & organization, dealing with people, and culture & leadership.
Glazier Drive is training football coaches the hard skills used ON the field. Glazier Academies is for all coaches across all sports teaching them the soft skills needed to succeed.
We have world-class coaches with 60+ years of experience across 11+ sports. As well as experienced administrators teaching.
Yes, you will have access to a dashboard and CRM that shows who has completed which course and when.
If you still can't afford to enroll, email us at support@glazieracademies.com, and our CEO, Chris Coughlin will work with you.
Still have a question? Contact us at support@glazieracademies.com
TRUSTED BY GLAZIER
All of these organizations have been Glazier trainers in the past 2 years.
MEET THE WINNING COACHES
ON GLAZIER ACADEMIES
Frank DeLano,
Haddonfield Memorial HS (NJ)
Chris Ross,
Lovejoy HS (TX)
Aaron Brady,
Coach, Educator, & Mentor
Coach Brady has been coaching since 1999. During the last 22 seasons, he has spent (8) years in the college ranks at Duke, Georgetown, Mansfield, and Clarion University respectively, and has been a head high school coach for (14) seasons.
Ben Wood,
Central Connecticut State
Coach Wood’s primary roles at Central Connecticut State are recruiting, player development, and monitoring academic progress. He served for 6 years with Bobby Hurley at Arizona State as the Special Assistant to the Head Coach before joining the Central Connecticut State staff.
James Thomas,
University of Georgia
Coach Thomas is the jumps and combined events coach at Georgia. He served at Texas Tech as a 10-time United States Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association Mountain Region Assistant Coach of the Year. He has coached eight NCAA individual event champions, 91 All-Americans, and 29 conference champions.
Jennifer Oldenburg,
Ohio State
Coach Oldenburg returned to Ohio State (Her Alma Mater) as the Head Women’s Volleyball Coach in January 2020. She previously served as an assistant at Illinois for nine years and was an assistant coach for the USA Volleyball Girls Youth National Team. She was awarded Big Ten Coach of the Year in 2020. She has a career-winning percentage of .765.