Lincoln – Nebraska seniors Maddie Simon and Rachel Blackburn will both be members of the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) “So You Want To Be A Coach” program at the 2019 WBCA Convention in conjunction with the NCAA Women’s Final Four in Tampa, Fla., April 3-5.
Simon and Blackburn will be members of the 17th annual “So You Want To Be A Coach” program and will participate in the three-day workshop in Tampa with speakers provided by WeCoach. The program is designed to increase the understanding and application of skills necessary to secure coaching positions in women’s basketball, increase the understanding and awareness of competencies necessary for success in coaching, introduce female basketball players to coaches and administrators, and raise awareness of the existing talent pool of female basketball players who have a passion and interest in coaching the game of women’s basketball.