San Marcos, Texas and Lexington, Kentucky – The Texas High School Coaches Association has announced a renewed partnership with the American Volleyball Coaches Association, the world’s largest, most diverse volleyball coaches association. The collaboration between the THSCA and AVCA is great for volleyball coaches and players in Texas, and the three-year contract between the two associations means that coaches will continue to benefit from the relationship.
“THSCA is thrilled to continue our affiliation with the American Volleyball Coaches Association. The AVCA has brought another level of education, service, and recognition to the volleyball coaches and players in Texas,” said Joe Martin, Executive Director of THSCA. “The mission of THSCA is to ‘Help Coaches Help Kids,’ and our partnership with the AVCA enhances our ability to serve volleyball coaches in Texas. We believe we have the best high school volleyball coaches and athletes in the nation, and our relationship with AVCA helps our coaches become involved at the state and national level and receive national recognition.”
The AVCA will provide educational content at future THSCA Coaching Schools and Conventions as part of the partnership. Additionally, the THSCA will be represented on the AVCA High School Leadership Council and have a presence at AVCA Conventions.
“Forging a long-term partnership with THSCA is exciting, and it demonstrates our shared commitment to the Texas volleyball coaching community,” said Kennedy Wells, AVCA Director of Membership, Research & Board Relations. “The THSCA’s continuation as an AVCA Member Organization will allow us to scale the level of engagement and foster our connection with the coaches and student-athletes participating in high school volleyball across the state.”
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About the Texas High School Coaches Association
The Texas High School Coaches Association (THSCA) is Texas high school coaches’ principal advocate and leadership organization. The THSCA provides the highest quality representation, education, and services to Texas High School coaches and affiliate members by enhancing the professionalism of coaches and the schools they represent. The mission statement is simply this: To help and serve Texas high school coaches as they work to help and serve student-athletes, “HELPING COACHES HELP KIDS.” For more information on THSCA, visit www.thsca.com.
About Texas High School Coaches Education Foundation
The mission of the Texas High School Coaches Education Foundation is to develop funds from a broad range of donors to provide professional education programs that will strengthen, reinforce, and enhance professionalism in high school coaches throughout the State of Texas. These programs offer instructional material and training in character development to coaches in Texas at both the high school and middle school levels and can directly impact the lives of over 1.5 million student-athletes each year. The two established events are the Texas Coaches Leadership Summit and the R.O.C.K. Mentoring Workshop.
About the American Volleyball Coaches Association
The AVCA, an educationally based nonprofit headquartered in Lexington, Kentucky, is the largest and most diverse volleyball coaches association in the world. With a broad mandate to develop the sport, the AVCA provides leadership, recognition, advocacy, and professional development opportunities to over 8,000 volleyball coaches. Members include college, high school, club, and youth coaches, and well as a wide variety of product and service providers. Further information is available at www.avca.org.
