In Intentional Program Building, Jeff Howard, Head Cross Country Coach at Rocky Mountain HS (ID) reviews the many aspects of building a successful program. Coach Howard discusses a number of “program destroyers” such as entitlement and arrogance, as well as how to combat them. Additionally, Coach Howard outlines the steps to building a program from coaching to school specific values and beliefs. Finally, Coach Howard provides a case study from his beginning years at Rocky Mountain HS that illustrates his philosophy.
Topics covered include:
• Keys to Building Your Program
• Why is it Important?
• What Can Destroy a Program?
• The Process
• Building a Coaching Staff
• Case Study #1—Rocky Mountain HS 2017-2019
