The Professional Status of Boys' Interscholastic League Athletic Coaches of Northeast Texas in Relation to the American Association for Health, Physical Education, and Recreation's Recommendations for Certification Page: 2
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as medical doctors, dentists, lawyers, educators, and clergy-
men. If athletic coaches are to retain this respect, it
would seem desirable to establish academic, ethical, and
technical standards necessary to qualify as a profession.
Perhaps standards for certification of coaches could be
devised in a manner similar to those of administrators,
counselors, driver education instructors, librarians, and
persons in other areas of educational specialization.
In 1968, the American Association for Health, Physical
Education and Recreation, recognizing the existing problem,
established a task force to study the needs and problems,
and to develop a proposed standard for certification of high
school coaches. The task force recommended that each state
should establish certification standards for persons who
desire to coach. The task force also made recommendations
concerning a course of study for certification of future
coaches (3, pp. 42-43).
The number of athletic activities in Texas secondary
schools makes it almost impossible to require all coaches to
be physical education majors, even though most administrators
prefer this situation (1, p. 100). This makes it necessary
to employ other academic teachers as coaches. Most academic
teachers who do not have at least a minor in physical educa-
tion, but desire to coach, either have played the sport, have
an intense interest in the sport, or do so for monetary
reimbursement (5, p. 48). None of these qualify the academic
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Dobbs, Paul W. The Professional Status of Boys' Interscholastic League Athletic Coaches of Northeast Texas in Relation to the American Association for Health, Physical Education, and Recreation's Recommendations for Certification, thesis, August 1975; Denton, Texas. (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc663246/m1/7/?q=%22Physical+Education%22: accessed June 8, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; .