[JohnFogarty]

I've been on both sides of the coin with this particular choice.

When I was a student on team 1102 it was understood that at both the FTC and FRC team level that our coach would be a student. I was that coach for 2 out of my 4 years on the team, and then I was one of the drivers the other 2 years. Honestly, I think I would have preferred an adult coach. The student coaches we had didn't seem to contribute much to the strategy, maybe that was just my team, or just the years I was on it.

Now that I'm one of the head mentors of 4901 we use a college student/adult coach for mainly leadership because our students are inexperienced. Plus our coach was a driver once himself. So he knows the pressure and tactics required of the position. Next year it might be different, I'm not sure yet. It all comes down to what we decide as a team.