CSUDH Cross Country Assistant Coach Deann Schlobohm Accepted into the 2005 NCAA Women Coaches Academy
NCAA sanctioned academy to meet July 6-10 at Denver’s Inverness Conference Center
June 16, 2005

WCA information courtesy Women Coaches Academy

Carson, CA -- Cal State Dominguez Hills assistant cross country coach Deann Schlobohm has been accepted into the 2005 NCAA Women Coaches Academy (WCA). Slated for July 6-10, this is the 5th meeting in the Academy’s existence, which was formed in 2002.

The WCA selects 50 applicants a year from across the nation, and separates them into two 25-person sessions, with representation from Division I, II and III institutions and covering all sports and ethnic backgrounds. This session, tabbed Coaching for Success and Significance, will include programs focusing on Coaching Philosophies, Recruiting Strategies, Public Speaking Skills, Mental Toughness, Strategies & Methods of Coaching, and Understanding the Millennium Student-Athlete among others.

Schlobohm, who in fall 2005 will begin her 4th season as assistant coach of the Cal State Dominguez Hills women's cross-country program, founded both the CSUDH cross country and track and field programs in 1997 and served as head coach from 1997-2001. Having just completed her 8th year of coaching on the Carson campus, Schlobohm lists 14 All-Americans, one CCAA Cross Country champion, one NCAA West Region Athlete of the Year and a runner-up team finish at the CCAA T&F Championships among her credits.

After earning a track and field scholarship and competing in the 800 meters at the University of California Los Angeles, Schlobohm received her Bachelor of Arts in History from UCLA.

In 2002, the NCAA Committee on Women’s Athletics (CWA) supported an initiative to train, support and retain women coaches, eventually spawning the start of the Women Coaches Academy, which provides skills training for all coaches at all levels to assist them in being more efficient, productive, resourceful and successful. To date there have been three highly-successful sessions of the five-day academies, the most recent from June 9-13, 2005, held at Atlanta’s Emory University.