Vic Mitchell is the Head women's Basketball Coach and Senior Associate Athletic Director at Shorter University. He spoke with our class on Thursday September 29, 2011 and shared with us information on coaching and how he started his career.
Speaker’s Main Points:
· Volunteered 3 weeks, then got offered a managing position
· 1st Women’s Head Coach at Reinhardt and he coached at Reinhardt before it was a 4 year institution
· Graduate Assistantships at Shorter do not offer money. Students need to figure out how they are going to live for the 2 year degree.
· It is a good idea to start a career as an assistant because it allows you to network socially.
Questions for Speaker:
- How much work does a graduate assistant do? – Full-time work (hotel reservations, food reservations, letters to recruits, etc.)
- Will scholarships stay the same when Shorter moves to Division II NCAA? – No many will drop and there is always gender equity to take into account
Sport Leadership Information Learned from this speaker:
- Recruiting is what makes a coaching job
- Important to be an assistant at one point in your career for networking purposes
- When you go into an interview have a plan for what you want to do with that specific program
- You go into coaching for relationships not winning
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