Today Sheila West was announced as Elizabeth Leachman’s coach starting next season. From the press release, it looks like she ran a couple years for Texas State University and has had a moderate amount of success on the team and individual level at New Braunfels Canyon, which is a district rival of Leachman’s school Boerne Champion.
Good hire or could Leachman’s school have brought in a more accomplished coach to help guide her unprecedented high school career?
"could Leachman’s school have brought in a more accomplished coach"
Seventeen years as a coach with 12 state qualifying teams and runners qualifying for numerous national meets.
You do realize that most high schools just hire whatever teacher in the school wants the extra income, right? They may invest the time in hiring a football or boys basketball coach from outside the district and then create a teaching position for them but generally all other coaches are just hires within the district. A current teacher in the school with absolutely zero running experience would have a better chance of getting hired as the school's cross country coach than Mike Smith in almost all cases.
Today Sheila West was announced as Elizabeth Leachman’s coach starting next season. From the press release, it looks like she ran a couple years for Texas State University and has had a moderate amount of success on the team and individual level at New Braunfels Canyon, which is a district rival of Leachman’s school Boerne Champion.
Good hire or could Leachman’s school have brought in a more accomplished coach to help guide her unprecedented high school career?
I guess you know nothing. She coached Sam Worley who won the Invitational Mile at Texas Relays against Leo Manzano and all the college guys with a 4:00 when he was still in high school. She also coached Alex Rogers who was a multiple time 6A state champ in Texas. There are only a handful of coaches in Texas who have accomplished as much and it's likely none of them applied.
Today Sheila West was announced as Elizabeth Leachman’s coach starting next season. From the press release, it looks like she ran a couple years for Texas State University and has had a moderate amount of success on the team and individual level at New Braunfels Canyon, which is a district rival of Leachman’s school Boerne Champion.
Good hire or could Leachman’s school have brought in a more accomplished coach to help guide her unprecedented high school career?
Today Sheila West was announced as Elizabeth Leachman’s coach starting next season. From the press release, it looks like she ran a couple years for Texas State University and has had a moderate amount of success on the team and individual level at New Braunfels Canyon, which is a district rival of Leachman’s school Boerne Champion.
Good hire or could Leachman’s school have brought in a more accomplished coach to help guide her unprecedented high school career?
She has a private coach so this doesn’t really matter
Does she train with a club mostly as opposed to her high school? I see Celerity posing her on their IG.
During the school year she trains with her school team. Some of that time she is off by herself doing cross training, but that is still under the direction of her school coach.
Today Sheila West was announced as Elizabeth Leachman’s coach starting next season. From the press release, it looks like she ran a couple years for Texas State University and has had a moderate amount of success on the team and individual level at New Braunfels Canyon, which is a district rival of Leachman’s school Boerne Champion.
Good hire or could Leachman’s school have brought in a more accomplished coach to help guide her unprecedented high school career?
At this point, exactly who her coach is isn't that important. Meaning that her previous coaches have already figured out the two most important things - how to get her to run fast and how to help her avoid injuries.
All the new coach needs to do is have Leachman do the same things that she has been doing. No need to reinvent the wheel.