The Vision for the Sports Leadership & Learning Program
Focused on fortifying sports culture, ACU is proudly working toward equipping athletes and sports leaders with educational resources to reach new heights mentally, spiritually, and physically grounded in these tenets:
INNOVATE education consistent with the rhythm of sports
EMPOWER athletes and sports leaders to achieve their best performance
GROW the world of sports through a culture of human flourishing
DEVELOP critical skills and competencies that support holistic leadership
Expanding Our Educational Reach
The ACU Sports Leadership & Learning program is deeply committed to providing comprehensive online education for professional teams searching to enhance their employees’ leadership and academic development. Our highly-experienced teams of instructional curriculum designers, subject matter experts, and faculty are squarely focused on creating content to generate new skills for our learners to use in their careers beyond the field of play.
Strengthening the Sports Culture
Understanding the complexity within sports, our Sports Leadership & Learning program seeks to change the game behind the unspoken culture of sports. With the increase in glamorized competition, athletic prowess, and individual achievement, the world of sports has expanded, resulting in new career opportunities and newfound challenges for athletes looking to balance their health and sense of self.
In response, the ACU Sports Leadership & Learning program intends to solve these issues through:
- Innovative learning for the education required to keep up with the flourishing culture and industry growth
- Training athletes and managers to reframe their perspective on how sports professionals should be assessed based on personal and organizational values
- Offering emotional well-being skills to combat crises triggered by changes in organizational culture without returning to self-preservation behaviors related to emotional coping, surviving, or remaining silent during conflict.