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Coaching Corps

Nonprofit or community organization

Last modified: January 16, 2013, 7:49 PM

Description

Coaching Corps was founded on the twin truths that playing sports with well-trained coaches boosts kids' social, physical, and educational growth, and that gross disparities exist in participation levels between poor and middle-class youngsters, as well as between boys and girls. We work vigorously to eliminate these disparities by providing communities and after-school programs with the resources they need to use sports as a vehicle to improve health, education, and social outcomes for young people.

Coaching Corps partners with colleges and universities to recruit, train, and place college students as volunteer coaches in after-school programs. In addition, we identify and encourage best practices within the youth sports and after-school fields, and advocate for public and private support and investment in youth sports for kids living in low-income communities.

Over the last eight years, Coaching Corps has created over 100,000 after-school sports opportunities for young people living in low-income communities. Coaching Corps is recognized as the leading intermediary in California and beyond, connecting students from over 40 universities--among them the University of California, Berkeley, Stanford University, and San Diego State University--with the rewards of community service and with kids who need trained coaches as teachers and role models. Our team is building an influential and vocal constituency of young people, policy-makers, and opinion leaders in support of youth sports for all kids, regardless of their circumstances or the neighborhood they live in.

For more information, please visit: www.coachingcorps.org.

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  • Volunteers for "Take the Field" Youth Sports Event - Volunteer opportunity

    Last updated:
    March 14, 2013
    Location:
    San Francisco, CA, US
    Description:
    On Saturday, August 17th from 1:00pm-5:00pm at AT&T Park, home to the San Francisco Giants World Champions, coaching greats and professional athletes will Take ...

  • Research and Evaluation Intern - Internship

    Last updated:
    March 4, 2013
    Location:
    Oakland, CA, US
    Description:
    Organizational Overview: Coaching Corps was founded on the twin truths that playing sports with well-trained coaches boosts kids' social, physical, and educati...

  • Phillips Fellows Leadership Competition - Volunteer opportunity

    Last updated:
    January 16, 2013
    Location:
    Oakland, CA, US
    Description:
    The goal of the Phillips Fellows project competition is to enhance and build up the coaching community through college students who model leadership and service...

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Website:
http://www.coachingcorps.org
Government ID number:
94-3310845
Phone:
510-663-9200
Fax:
510-663-1426
Address:
310 Eighth St., Suite 300, Oakland, California, 94607, United States

Keywords

Youth, Sports and recreation, Civic engagement

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