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BETHLEHEM, Pa. – Lehigh track and field assistant coach Allison Taub will take part in the 2024 WeCOACH NCAA Women’s Coaches Academy from June 16-19 in Denver.
Taub heads into her fifth year as an assistant coach for the Mountain Hawks, primarily overseeing the throws. In her collegiate career, she was a four-year letter winner and two year captain for the Monmouth Hawks from 2015-2019. As a Hawk, she won five individual and eight team MAAC championships, and was named a two-time MAAC Athlete of the Year. The Holland, Pa., native currently holds the shot put school record and is second all-time in the discus at Monmouth. Taub graduated from Monmouth in 2019 with a Bachelor’s Degree in social work.
The NCAA Women Coaches Academy will have a total of 95 participants representing 25 different sports, including five of the six NCAA Emerging Sports and come from a diverse range of institutions including NCAA Divisions I, II, and III, NAIA, 3C2A, NJCAA, and NWAC.
“The NCAA is proud to once again partner with WeCOACH to host the 2024 NCAA Women Coaches Academy and NCAA Academy 2.0. The NCAA Leadership Development Office serves to educate and empower student-athletes, coaches and athletics administrators through transformative experiences that develop strong, effective leaders, cultivate an inclusive community and enhance the college sports landscape”, said DeeDee Merritt, NCAA Managing Director of Leadership Development. “These Academies for women coaches align with our mission and have had tremendous results in supporting, advancing and retaining women coaches in collegiate athletics. WeCOACH performs a valuable service in providing support and development for women coaches across the collegiate sports landscape. Collaborative efforts such as this allow us to expand our reach and broaden our impact.”
Founded in 2011, WeCOACH is a one-of-a-kind 501(c)(3) nonprofit dedicated to recruiting, advancing, and retaining women coaches in all sports and levels through year-round professional growth & leadership development programs. Prior to Title IX, over 90% of women’s collegiate sports teams were coached by women. Today, over 50 years later, the data indicates that number has decreased to 46% in Division I, 41% across all three NCAA Divisions, with only 6.2% women head coaches of color (Division I). Only 5% women coach men’s teams. At the youth level, the data is hard to estimate, approximately less than 20% of teams are coached by women. WeCOACH launched MOVE the NUMBERS in 2022 to help change the landscape for women coaches and the student-athletes they lead. If she can see her, she can be her. For more information visit MOVE the NUMBERS.
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