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Re: Mentors as Drive Coaches?
I'm not going to comment on anyone else's setup, but here's where 2815 is coming from:
-Since day one, we've had adult coaches. In our four years, one was a USC graduate student, two were undergraduate students, and one was a professional mentor (yours truly). Each of our regional championships was won with a different coach behind the glass.
-Most of our mentors aren't that much older than the kids they mentor. I see them develop behind the glass almost as rapidly as the kids.
-I've seen some rather overbearing coaches. An adult mentor is usually better equipped to block them in my estimation. (A year of college hardens you up.)
-Despite the age part, our coaches usually have their acts together marginally better than the students. In an event where a few seconds' poor planning can result in a bypass (or worse), we view this as a good thing.
-It (generally) serves to reinforce the partnership between USC and Richland One.
-At no point have we said "We're -never- going to put in a student coach". We're open to it if the right situation came along...but we don't see it happening soon.
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William "Billfred" Leverette - Gamecock/ Jessica Boucher victim/ Marketing & Sales Specialist at AndyMark
2004-2006: FRC 1293 (D5 Robotics) - Student, Mentor, Coach
2007-2009: FRC 1618 (Capital Robotics) - Mentor, Coach
2009-2013: FRC 2815 (Los Pollos Locos) - Mentor, Coach - Palmetto '09, Peachtree '11, Palmetto '11, Palmetto '12
2010: FRC 1398 (Keenan Robo-Raiders) - Mentor - Palmetto '10
2014-2016: FRC 4901 (Garnet Squadron) - Co-Founder and Head Bot Coach - Orlando '14, SCRIW '16
2017-: FRC 5402 (Iron Kings) - Mentor
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