The Institute for Coaching Excellence promotes holistic and sustainable athlete development and success through athlete-centered coaching environments on and off the field of play, and in life after sports. Our mission is to invest in research, education, and outreach of the ICE faculty and staff as we invest in the professional, personal, and psychosocial development of sport professionals that directly affect the development of athletes. This includes:
Goal 1
Generating and disseminating coach and athlete development knowledge that bridges the divide between research and practice.
Goal 2
Providing experiential research and educational activities for UF students, faculty, and University Athletic Association (UAA) professionals.
Goal 3
Developing and facilitating the use of analytic tools to assist in coaching, administration, oversight, and development of high-performance athletes.
Goal 4
Serving as a benchmark for coaching curricula to other university-based coaching education programs and catalyzing further progress of the coaching discipline by establishing standards of excellence and improving the consistency of formal courses and training programs.
DCU Number: 10.922
