A Proactive Coaching podcast interview with Denise Wescott, Hall of Fame lacrosse coach, assistant coach at Cal Berkeley after many years of Division I collegiate coaching and service as head coach of the German national and World Cup team, hosted by Bruce Brown. Topics covered: starting to coach in seventh grade, turning points from Maryland to Michigan State, mentors including her father, Howie Landa, Sue Tyler, Sue Scheetz, and international lacrosse pioneers, growth as a coach and finding her own style, the biggest changes in athletics (sports becoming too business-oriented, society and parenting changes), living through Title IX as the first female to sign an NLI at Maryland, the decline of women coaching women and the WeCOACH effort, great teams at Maryland, Monmouth, and Delaware (including a transformative European trip), teaching versus born leadership, advice for aspiring college coaches, and recommended books.
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They Think the Fight Is Over
Denise Wescott, Hall of Fame lacrosse coach and the first woman to sign a letter of intent at Maryland, on living Title IX, coaching the German national team, and the decline of women coaching women.
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