[gburlison]

As much as possible, our team is student led. With about 40 students on the team, we feel getting as many students involved on the drive team is one of the ways we inspire our students. Each year we have many qualified students and the coach position allows for more student participation on the drive team. We have used student coaches for the last 5 years. The only problems I have seen is some of the adult coaches on an alliance may not take our student coach seriously. One of the qualities that we look for in a student coach is the confidence to speak up and lead, not just our team, but an alliance if necessary.