Learning to be an effective leader is one of the most important skills that students can gain through high school activities. Coaches play a critical role in supporting their leadership development. To help coaches develop leadership skills in their student-athletes, the NFHS has partnered with the Michigan High School Athletic Association to bring you this course in our Student Leadership. This course guides you through the content in our two student leadership courses in this series: 1. Becoming a Leader, and 2. Leading Others, and gives perspective to how a coach plays a role in leadership development. For coaches and students to get the most out of this Student Leadership series, we encourage students and coaches to take these courses at the same time. Coaches cannot just give a student the captain’s title and hope they turn into a good leader. This course is designed to help coaches learn how to intentionally develop effective leaders. Specifically, this course will help coaches: Focus on building strong coach-athlete relationships to fuel leadership development Explore and evaluate the various leadership roles that can be facilitated on teams And guide the use of strategies for students to apply leadership skills and enhance their leadership awareness and confidence. Coaches will learn from the practical thoughts, advice, and experiences of student-athletes from around the country to help them establish a plan for helping students GROW as leaders.