The AFCA has announced the 2024 class chosen to participate in the 35 Under 35 Coaches Leadership Institute today.
The program is "aimed at identifying and developing premier, future leaders in the football coaching profession," they share.
Selected participants attend a one-day institute that features speakers focused on topics tailored to emphasize leadership and growth in the coaching profession, ethics, influential responsibilities, career progression, and family balance.
To be eligible to participate, applicants have to born on or after January 1, 1988 and must be currently serving as a high school head coach, two-year college full-time assistant or head coach, or NAIA/NCAA (all divisions) full-time assistant or head coach
The coaches that made the list this year are:
- Mac Alexander - Colorado State Pueblo
- Ryan Beard - Missouri State
- Jesse Bobbit - South Dakota State
- Joe Bowen - Miami (OH)
- Deon Broomfield - Iowa State
- Michael Burchett - Houston
- JJ Clark - Austin Peay
- Winston DeLatttiboudere III - Minnesota
- Nate Dreiling - New Mexico State
- Nathan Faanes - Ohio
- Jospeh Gerbino - Bethune Cookman
- Kyle Hoke - San Diego State (2023 season)
- AJ Howard - Appalachian State
- Vann Hunt - Manchester
- Kyle Jackson - Bowie State
- Dean Kennedy - College of Holy Cross
- Clint Killough - Incarnate Word
- Rocky Larson - Mayville State
- Mack Leftwich - Texas State
- Ryan Lindley - San Diego state
- Jeff Long - Moravian
- Zachary Lujan - South Dakota State
- Bilal Marshall - West Virginia
- Garret McGuire - Nebraska
- Matt Merritt - South Florida
- Zack Patterson - Hampton
- Noah Pauley - Iowa State
- Jake Rothschiller - New Mexico
- Reid Sanders - Rio Americano HS (CA)
- Robert Steeples - LSU
- Blaine Stewart - West Virginia
- Duane Vaughn - Furman
- Jonathan Wallace - Kansas
- Myles White - Miami (OH)
- Robert Wright - Buffalo
- Tyler Wright - New Mexico State
Please join us in congratulating the quality coaches on this list, who now join a growing network of rising coaches in the profession that have achieved the honor in past years.
See the AFCA's full announcement via this link.
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