From a high school basketball player to a high school basketball coach to a college basketball coach and college surfing coach, he is Kyle Rouse.
Show Highlights
- How five months after he was hired as the head women's basketball coach three years ago, the surf program started, and he became its head coach
- The inspiration behind transforming a surf club into an actual athletic program on the Westcliff University campus
- How starting to surf at seven years old gives him insight into the world of surfers
- What he hopes to accomplish for surfers as the head coach of the surfing program at Westcliff University
- This semester the Westcliff surf team has already been hitting almost a 3.4 as a team
- How proud he is of his team and the talent they have shown him
- Westcliff University has been open for 24 years now, opening in 1993, and started as an international school for students trying to get their degree internationally and currently has around 4,000 students worldwide
- Three years ago, Westcliff University had only four sports, today they have 26 athletic programs with around 400 athletes currently in the program and project to increase to 600 next fall
- How coaching at Murrieta Mesa High School, Temecula Valley High School, and Murrieta Valley High School helped prepare him for coaching at the collegiate level
- He knew he wanted to be a coach when he was in middle school and his consistent support of the Murrieta Valley High School team impressed Coach Randy Forgette and Coach Steven Tarabilda, and they brought him into the school's coaching staff
- How showing an interest in coaching from a very young age opened doors and secured him a coaching position at the Murrieta Valley High School's feeder middle school when he was a junior and a senior in high school
- How twelve years ago he started coaching women's basketball and the blessing it has been in his life
- The differences between coaching men's and women's basketball and how the coachability and family-like relationships of female teams influences his decision to continue coaching the women's side of basketball
- How the elements of seeking a new challenge and trying something new drove him to leave the high school game in favor of the collegiate games
- How networking and attending clinics and practices at San Diego State University and University of California Los Angeles played an important role in finding where he wanted to work and
- He has been a part of the Women's Basketball Coaches Association for ten years and has been mentored by coaches like Clemson University's head coach Amanda Butler and coach Lisa Fortier from Gonzaga University
- How Westcliff University Athletic Director Sean Harris opened the doors to collegiate level coaching for him
- What he expects from Westcliff's athletes in the future and how he believes they will accomplish their goals
- How the Master's in Coaching and Athletics Administration program has helped build his coaching philosophy and ability as a leader
Tags: Masters in Coaching, Coaching, MCAA Podcast, Basketball, Surfing