Longtime Aggie Coach To Direct New Texas A&M Coaching Academy
The Sydney and J.L. Huffines Institute for Sports Medicine and Human Performance at Texas A&M announces that John Thornton, the former interim A&M athletic director and long-time Aggie athletic administrator, coach and athlete, is joining the Huffines Institute staff as an executive professor and director of the new Texas A&M Coaching Academy.
After more than a year of planning, the Coaching Academy will formally launch in January 2013. The hiring of Thornton marks a collaborative effort between the Huffines Institute, the Department of Health & Kinesiology (HLKN), the College of Education & Human Development (CEHD), and the Office of Undergraduate Studies.
The Coaching Academy’s mission is to facilitate relevant educational opportunities for students interested in becoming coaches, as well as to develop coaching workshops and continuing education/networking for coaches. The Coaching Academy will use the extensive infrastructure already existing within the Huffines Institute and the Department of Health & Kinesiology to deliver programs for future and current coaches in the local, regional and state-wide areas.
This article originally appeared in Transform Lives.
