In April of 2014, the University of Notre Dame hosted a coaching ethics symposium. The day-long event covered a range of issues affecting ethical college coaching. Key questions were addressed, such as: What is good coaching? How can coaches display intensity and demand discipline without compromising student athletes’ physical and psychological integrity and well-being?

The NCAA Constitution makes clear that colleges have a responsibility to assure that coaches contribute to athletes moral as well as academic development. This symposium examined the culture of college coaching and the challenges that they face as teachers of young people.