What is 3ACE?

The Alliance for Academic Athletic Coaches and Educators (3ACE) was created and established by the AthLife Foundation to virtually connect Secondary Education professionals who work to develop student athletes holistically both on and off the playing field and beyond sport.


This national peer-to-peer network (3ACE Connected Community) will shape the future for the student athlete development industry in Secondary Education across the country in the following manner: 

  • Legitimize the Academic Athletic Coach & Student Athlete Development Support Staff as a grounded profession in Secondary Education 

  • Provide readily accessible industry leading best practices, innovative programmatic ideas, and shared resources for schools to develop high impact programs for the holistic development of their student athletes on a national scale

  • Serve to establish professional development and training content for past and future national conferences, regional conferences, local professional development, and virtual offerings

  • Provide a strong communications platform through the 3ACE Connected Community for the most relevant information and opportunities available for the profession and industry 


3ACE
is open to all educators at NO COST. You simply have to be in a supporting role as a coach, administrator, teacher, counselor, or other; in the role of an academic athletic coach or student athlete support at the high school or middle school level; or have a desire to create that role. The only cost to become part of 3ACE is your commitment to volunteer your time to drive the vision forward to normalize the profession in secondary education on a national scale.


If you have the desire to become part of a national movement in the world of secondary education, the time is now!

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