Adult coach?

[Richard Wallace]

In previous years we went with a pre-college student coach. This year we started using an adult mentor coach.

We will probably stay with the mentor coach next year, but we've had good student coaches in the past, so it could go either way.

[EricH]

330 uses an adult coach. They've done that for so long it's hard not to...

1135 uses a student coach. It's a student-run team, pretty much.

[Joe J.]

It really varies for us in the past we have had all the above; from 2000 to 2003 we had adult coaches, 2004 to 2006 I don't remember a nonpre-college coach being on the field, in 2007 we had a pre-college coach at our regional and an adult at the Championships. In 2008 I (a college student) stepped into the coach role.

If we send a pre-college student if there is one that displays a very good knowledge base of the game and strategy, but it also depends on our drivers (for instance this year we ran a very "green" group of drivers so we decided to have a mentor with on field experience serve as coach.

[SL8]

We have always had student coaches, however, I think that it really depends on the kids experience and what the ( the mentors and students) decide. Our mentors' reasoning for them not being a drive coach is that the students will develop quick thinking and strategy skills.