Coaches Highlight: Sarah McClellan

Relationship is the heart of coaching.  Having coached Women’s Soccer at Roberts Wesleyan College for 18 years, and premier youth soccer, I have learned the impact relationships can have on the growth and development of players as people, leaders, and athletes. 

It was through the relationship I developed with Adrienne Cali, the FCA Field Ambassador in our area, that I was drawn to FCA. She identified with my values of simply loving others where they are, as Jesus does. Adrienne is a huge promoter of embracing students and athletes in every circumstance, challenge, and life-situation. Another draw for me to FCA’s ministry was its mission that focuses on the relational interaction of coaches and players.  As coaches, when we recognize that each of our players is a child and masterpiece of God, and treat them as such, we can build trusting relationships that allow for a coach-student relationship that’s build on love and trust. 

My love for sport, and my passion to love others and help them grow through sport, are what drive me to keep coaching. I want to be remembered as a coach who truly believed in and showed the love of Christ to all of my athletes, God’s masterpieces.

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