Final+Proposal

Coaching Tonye Johnson
 * Background –** I am working on this project because I plan to be a coach when I come out of high school. My initial research was based on coaches’ preparation before and during season. I changed focused to studying the coaching style of one successful college coach, Joe Paterno. With studying the success of Joe Paterno, I will focus on the preparation he does before and during season.


 * Vision –** This project is intended to prepare me for coaching after high school. When it is completed I will have a better understanding and have some techniques to go into coaching with. The project will be interviews of several different coaches, explaining their coaching style, their preparations, and their successes. Later to put it all together and compare to Joe Paterno’s success, coaching style, and preparation.


 * Goals**
 * Prepare myself for coaching
 * Being able to give my coach some insight
 * Inform others about how much time and work coaching needs.
 * Make myself a better athlete because I will have a better understanding on how I should prepare for my seasons.
 * Have my project completed by Winter break.
 * Pass Senior Sem. With flying colors.


 * Products –** One of my products will be the interviews and the collective PowerPoint, comparing them with Joe Paterno. My other product will be my final presentations where I address the paper and my project.


 * Task Analysis –** To complete this project I will need to speak with Mr. Meader for use of his video cameras to contrast my interviews. Then set up a timeline of what coach I will interview on what day and time. I will have that by the end of this week. So I will begin interviewing next week and be finished by the end of the November. This weekend I will create at least seven questions for each coach to answer during the interview. Any additional research that I may have to retrieve is the coaches winning history. But having my interviews done by December will give me that whole month to make concrete comparison between those coaches and Joe Paterno.


 * Mentor Analysis –** My mentor is Chris Shelly; he is a History teacher and also the school’s head football coach. I selected Mr. Shelly as my mentor because he is someone that I can talk to and learn from in and out of school about football. He will serve as one of the coaches I interview, but will also help me come up with any additional questions, other than what I have. He will also play a part in putting the final project together, in terms of comparing those coaches with Joe Paterno.