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Episode 270: Shayla Houlihan – Professional Coach with Under Armour
1 hour 11 minutes Posted Aug 28, 2020 at 10:47 am.
Talking about her family
How she started running
Walking on the team at the University of Northern Iowa
Her college career and starting the steeplechase
Running professional and the process of starting coaching
What she learned from Coach Kepler at the University of Northern Iowa and University of Utah
Her professional steeplechase career
How she started coaching
The difference of coaching a walk on compared to a national caliber recruit
Cultivating a culture where each athlete feels important
Transitioning to coaching professional teams
What it takes to be a director of a collegiate program
Starting the professional team in Flagstaff
Coaching a team that competes in a big range of distances
Coaching with Stephen Haas
How she recruits professional athletes compared to recruiting collegiate athletes
Her favorite thing about Flagstaff
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Shayla Houlihan is coaching a new Pro team out in Flagstaff with Under Armour. They’ll be announcing their team name and more info soon so make sure you look for it!
Shayla ran for the University of Northern Iowa and then ran Pro from 2010-2012 fro Team USA Arizona, Brooks and in 2010 was ranked the fastest steeplechaser in the US. She ended her Pro career after the 2012 Olympic Trials and started her coaching career.
She  started as a volunteer assistant coach at University of Utah for 1 year after finishing her eligibility for running and working on her masters and then went on to be an assistant coach for Team Run Flagstaff 2010-2012…for the club team (everyday runners) where she coached 170 runners. From there she coached at the University of California, Berkeley as the Head Cross Country Coach and Assistant Track Coach for distance. In 2017 her women’s team made the NCAA championships as a team for the first time in 6 years.
In the episode Shayla shares with us a little bit about her own running career and then why she choose coaching. We also talk about what her recruiting process was like, what it was like to coach both the Women’s and the Men’s team and why she decided to be. part of this new Pro group in Flagstaff with fellow coach and agent Stephen Haas.
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