Body, Mind, and Heart. These are the three tiers of a coaching method called three-dimensional coaching. Today on Education For Life, Kevin has as guests Coach Mike Sheppard and Mark Salazar who are both from the Fellowship of Christian Athletes. They are going to share what three-dimensional coaching is all about.

Choosing to pursue football coaching as his profession, Mike Sheppard attended Brigham Young University as a graduate assistant, completing an M.S. in Physical Education. Prior to coming on staff with FCA, Mike was a football coach for 37 years. He spent 19 years at the college level including USIU, Idaho State, Long Beach State, Kansas, New Mexica and California. He was Head Coach at Long Beach and New Mexico. Sheppard spent the next 18 years in the National Football League- coaching in Cleveland, Baltimore, San Diego, Seattle, Buffalo, New Orleans, Cincinnati, and Jacksonville.

Mike Sheppard currently serves as a speaker at FCA retreats and Head Football Clinician at FCA summer sports camps. Mike joined the FCA staff as Western Region Director of Coaches Ministry, one of their first actions as part of taking their ministry “to and through the coach”. He serves all coaches in the Western Region through developing coaches’ huddles and presenting “3 Dimensional Coaching” concepts, among other programs.

Tune in to learn more about what three-dimensional coaching is all about and how it is impacting young athletes all across the country. If you want to learn more about FCA or you want to get involved, head over to https://www.fca.org.

This episode first aired on Oct. 14, 2017.