I was thinking ‘pipe dream’. I know USATF coaching education is “undergoing changes” but I don’t know what exactly they changing. The one change I would like to see is more difficulty / more class requirements. However difficulty and requirements means more cost and less students. It always comes back to money.
I know the IAAF has a coaching education path that seems to be better…seem much more demanding. I was pretty excited about it when I discovered it but you generally have to travel out of the country to get involved with it. I am still always looking into that option personally.
The best school is often the school of hard knocks…and being accepting the fact that performances are largely a reflection of you, for better or worse (coaches need to get out of the habit of always blaming the athletes when things don’t go well). Some sort of mentorship is tremendous also if possible.