October 28, 2015

Over the summer, two University of Louisville student-athletes had a chance of a lifetime. Through the 'Coach for College' program, they joined fellow student-athletes from across the country on a month long trip to Vietnam. Tim Kubel, a sophomore defender on the men's soccer team, and Taylor Bradley, a junior sprinter on the track and field team, represented the Cardinals on the other side of the world.

October 23, 2015

Courtney Harnish’s high standards have driven her to excel on and off the volleyball court. She’s helping her teammates do the same.

September 16, 2015

South Carolina’s Erika Rucker and Maddie Frome were in a much different classroom setting than they were accustomed to this summer. Rucker, a fifth year senior on the track and field team, and Frome, a junior on the beach volleyball team, went to Vietnam to teach underprivileged children as part of the Coach for College program, which is a non-profit organization that offers student-athletes the chance to teach youths in rural parts of developing countries.

September 14, 2015

Derrick Morgan ran four years of track and field in cream and crimson before earning his bachelor’s degree in sports management.

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But to the IU graduate it was the red that he wore in Vietnam that made the 
biggest difference.

September 01, 2015

Northwestern field hockey standout Dominique Masters recounts her experiences this past summer in Vietnam - participating in Coach for College - in this edition of "Wildcats Off the Field." Coach for College is a service learning program that brings together US student-athletes and Vietnamese university students to teach academics, sports and life skills at summer camps to children in rural Vietnam.

August 31, 2015

Softball's Savannah Bradley spent six weeks volunteering in Vietnam this summer (courtesy Savannah Bradley).

August 31, 2015

Being black in rural Vietnam almost made me feel like a celebrity.

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Everywhere I went during the three-week Coach for College program this past summer, people wanted to talk to me and take a picture with me. Many had never seen an American in real life, let alone a black person.

August 14, 2015

The day after UW-Madison discus thrower Hanna Barton competed at the Junior Nationals track meet in Eugene, Ore., she was on her way to Vietnam. After nearly 24 hours on several planes, she made it there in late June where she spent three weeks working with 120 middle school aged students.

July 21, 2015

Even though her college tennis days are over, Duke University graduate Parker Goyer is still scoring aces with her international service. Goyer is the founder and director of Coach for College, an educational program that connects student-athletes from the United States with students in Vietnam.

July 21, 2015

Hello Tar Heels!

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My name is Alexis Amato and I am a rising junior on the rowing team.  I am majoring in Health Policy and Management. 

And my name is Lexi Walters and I am also a rising junior on the rowing team.  I am majoring in Exercise and Sport Science and Public Relations.

We recently got back from an amazing experience in Vietnam through the Coach for College program.  Coach for College is a program that takes collegiate American athletes across the world to Vietnam. During the month of June, we were stationed at middle school camps in rural Vietnam and worked with other American university students along with Vietnamese university students to teach both academic and athletic lessons to Vietnamese youth! Our efforts were in an attempt to decrease the school drop-out rate and increase the health and physical activity enjoyment of the Vietnamese children.

July 08, 2015

Early this summer, I participated in a volunteer-service program called Coach for College. The goal of the organization is to promote higher education through sports and similar competitive initiatives to Vietnamese youth living in rural areas. Along with 7 other student-athletes from across the country, we taught academic classes, life skill classes, and sports to 8th and 9th graders for three weeks. Although none of us knew Vietnamese, we quickly learned that sports can transcend linguistic and cultural barriers and help build confidence and motivate kids in a variety of positive ways.

January 22, 2015

As a point guard, communication is an essential part of Brianna Kiesel’s job. She has to call plays, direct teammates and run the show for Pitt on the basketball court.

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This summer her communication skills met a stiffer test.

October 24, 2014

During the summer of 2014, five Princeton student-athletes were selected to travel to the Phung Hiep District of the Hau Giang Province in southern Vietnam to volunteer for Coach for College, a global initiative aimed at promoting higher education through sports. These student-athletes taught academics, sports and life skills over the course of three weeks to disadvantaged youth at the Hoa An Secondary School. The Princeton Varsity Club provided funding for the majority of the necessary expenses associated with the charitable service trip, with the remainder of the funds being raised by the individual participants. The PVC sat down with each student-athlete to learn more about their educational experience this summer.

September 17, 2014

In the summer of 2014, Haley Clarke, a junior on the rowing team, embarked on a life changing journey.

Haley joined other student-athletes from around the country in a program called Coach For College, which seeks to take the popularity of sports to bring together disadvantaged youth in rural parts of developing countries who have limited access to higher education and student-athletes at American universities. 

August 22, 2014

This summer I was granted the incredible, once in a lifetime, opportunity to travel overseas to Vietnam to participate in the Coach for College program through Syracuse University. Coach for College is a global initiative to promote higher education through sports in rural and low-income areas of Vietnam, available to ACC student-athletes.

August 04, 2014

Hello again everyone! 

It's been about a week since my last post so I thought I should keep you updated on what's gone on here in Vietnam in that time. In my last post I left off telling you about how we were going to a city called Hoi an. 

June 24, 2014

This summer, rising-sophomore Keri Fulp is enjoying a trip of a lifetime. She has joined Coach for College and is spending three weeks in Vietnam interacting with students in various summer camps in rural Vietnam.

June 08, 2014

Recently graduated women's soccer player Gabrielle Gilbert is currently volunteering in Vietnam as a part of Coach for College . The organization gives current and recently graduated student-athletes the opportunity to teach and coach disadvantaged youth in rural parts of developing countries in a global initiative to promote higher education through sports. Gilbert will be blogging on her experiences for GamecocksOnline.com throughout the next month.

January 01, 2014

During the summer of 2013, two Princeton student-athletes were selected to travel to the Phung Hiep District of the Hau Giang Province in southern Vietnam to volunteer for Coach for College, a global initiative aimed at promoting higher education through sports. Isaac Serwanga '13 (football, basketball, track &field) and Katharina Gebert '15 (lightweight crew) taught academics, sports and life skills over the course of three weeks to disadvantaged youth at the Hoa An Secondary School. The Princeton Varsity Club provided funding for the majority of the necessary expenses associated with the charitable service trip, with the remainder of the funds being raised by the individual participants. The PVC sat down with Kat and Isaac to learn more about their educational experience this summer.

November 12, 2013

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October 16, 2013

Trudging through wet fields of green rice paddies; finding an entire fish head in your soup at breakfast; becoming family with children you've never actually exchanged a word with. The typical Boston College study abroad experience doesn't normally include these types of adventures. For BC student-athletes Zoe Lombard (soccer), Nina Baumberger Altirriba (field hockey) and Shannon Healey (rowing), spending three weeks in Vietnam over the summer was anything but typical.

September 05, 2013

During the summer of 2013, two Princeton student-athletes were selected to travel to the Phung Hiep District of the Hau Giang Province in southern Vietnam to volunteer for Coach for College, a global initiative aimed at promoting higher education through sports. Isaac Serwanga '13 (football, basketball, track &field) and Katharina Gebert '15 (lightweight crew) taught academics, sports and life skills over the course of three weeks to disadvantaged youth at the Hoa An Secondary School. The Princeton Varsity Club provided funding for the majority of the necessary expenses associated with the charitable service trip, with the remainder of the funds being raised by the individual participants. The PVC sat down with Kat and Isaac to learn more about their educational experience this summer.

September 03, 2013

During the summer of 2013, two Princeton student-athletes were selected to travel to the Phung Hiep District of the Hau Giang Province in southern Vietnam to volunteer for Coach for College, a global initiative aimed at promoting higher education through sports. Isaac Serwanga '13 (football, basketball, track &field) and Katharina Gebert '15 (lightweight crew) taught academics, sports and life skills over the course of three weeks to disadvantaged youth at the Hoa An Secondary School. The Princeton Varsity Club provided funding for the majority of the necessary expenses associated with the charitable service trip, with the remainder of the funds being raised by the individual participants. The PVC sat down with Kat and Isaac to learn more about their educational experience this summer.

July 09, 2013

NCAA student-athletes are role models in their communities, but two members of the University of Pittsburgh's women's swimming and diving team have the opportunity to become leaders on a whole different stage. Sophomore diver Alec Sheaffer and sophomore swimmer Dani des Tombe are both taking part in the "Coach for College" program this summer.

March 08, 2013

Alec Sheaffer of the Pitt swimming and diving team has been selected to represent the Panthers as she and other student-athletes from Atlantic Coast Conference universities travel to Vietnam this summer and `Coach for College.'

October 14, 2012

College sports is a billion-dollar enterprise whose leaders pride themselves on taking care of athletes. But lately many institutions have lost that focus.

August 23, 2012

Eryn Croft will never forget that moment. After three flights spanning 24 hours and nearly 10,000 miles, she finally arrived at her hotel in Ho Chi Minh City at about 2 a.m. The front entrance to the hotel was locked.

August 23, 2012

Carolina assistant coach Amy Smith recently had the chance to catch up with junior Kristin Aloi and ask her about the Coach For College program which took her to Vietnam this summer. It was a beautiful and enlightening journey that provided Kristin with a fantastic learning experience.

June 11, 2012

Not only is Chapel Hill a far drive from The University Of North Carolina's own women's lacrosse player Zoe Skinner's hometown of Baltimore, Md., but Vietnam is definitely nowhere close to either of her two homes. This summer, Vietnam will be Skinner's home away from home, as she travels across the world through the Coaches for College program, teaching kids education through sports.

May 25, 2012

Miami Hurricanes volleyball player Eryn Croft will be taking part in Coach for College, an Atlantic Coast Conference initiative meant to provide role models to youth in rural areas overseas.

May 23, 2012

The Salem, Va., native is honored for her efforts on and off the field.

July 25, 2011

Four Boston College student-athletes, including Hannah Mulvey of Milton, recently traveled to Vietnam to teach middle school students and inspire them to strive for higher education under the aegis of the Coach for College program.

July 01, 2011

U.Va. basketball palyer Chelsea Shine (third from left carrying child) and other ACC-school students pose for a group shot while in Vietnam for Coach for College, a global initiative to promote higher education founded by former Duke tennis player Parker Goyer.

May 24, 2011

Four Boston College student-athletes will be traveling to Vietnam to run a six-week program called Coach for College. The student-athletes will be teaching a variety of subjects, using athletics as a means of educating.

September 22, 2009

Strangely enough, after applying on a whim, I have been fortunate enough to spend the last two summers in Vietnam. One was spent as a coach and another as a director for a session of the camp. My last two summers have not been easy by any definition of the word. Working with children for eight hours a day in a developing country is hard work full of mistranslations, endless questions and constant activity. Imagine walking into a classroom full of seventh graders and being expected to teach a physics or biology lesson, only to realize that none of your students speak English.

January 01, 2009

Julia Parker Goyer '07 became Duke's forty-second Rhodes Scholar when she was chosen from among 796 applicants from across the country.

December 04, 2008

Inspired by the likes of Wendy Kopp, the founder and CEO of Teach for America and Greg Mortenson, a one-time mountain climber who has dedicated his life to building schools in remote parts of Pakistan and Afghanistan, Goyer chafed at the lack of opportunities student-athletes had to be of service to others.

Recognizing that there had to be other collegians with similar sentiments, Goyer came up with a bold plan, one that would allow student-athletes to utilize their skills and talents to help serve young people in countries less-developed than her own.