ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

I want to express my appreciation to those members of the academic community who excused me from the onerous task of committee work and provided release time in order for me to continue coaching full-time when it became necessary. I also would like to thank the administrators, coaches, and support staff in the university athletic and sports community for their help and for the opportunity to become involved as a working member of their program. It was an experience on which I will always reflect with fondness and pleasure.

I wish to thank Professors James A. Black, Brenda Phillips, Joy T. De Sensi, and Craig A. Wrisberg for their insights and helpful comments on an earlier draft of the manuscript. I also would like to thank them for allowing me access to their personal libraries to borrow materials and volumes not available elsewhere.

My special thanks go to T.C. Carlisle for letting me sign on as a volunteer coach and for providing valuable insights as a mentor and reviewer of various manuscripts over the years. I also wish to express my gratitude to Ray Bussard for helpful hints on teaching swimming techniques and for the chance to be the oldest age grouper in summer camp. To Joe Gentry, my thanks are extended for permitting me to work with the age- groupers, for his helpful hints on "style" (tips on how to improve as a deck coach), and for his comments on the manuscript.

As usual, the author is solely responsible for any sins of omission or commission.

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
TABLE OF CONTENTS
PREFACE
CHAPTER 1 OVERVIEW AND KEY CONCEPTS
CHAPTER 2 THE ASSISTANT COACHES
CHAPTER 3 HIRING THE HEAD COACH
CHAPTER 4 THE HEAD COACH'S ORGANIZATIONAL AND COMMUNICATION ROLES
CHAPTER 5 THE PROBLEM OF CONTROL AND TURNOVER
CHAPTER 6 RECRUITING: STEPS AND STRATEGIES
CHAPTER 7 HEAD COACH AND KEY PEOPLE AND ORGANIZATIONS INSIDE THE SPORTS COMMUNITY
CHAPTER 8 SPECIAL PROBLEMS OF THE SPLIT APPOINTMENT
CHAPTER 9 SUMMARY
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