Urban Meyer recently revealed to Sports Illustrated he spends much more time in this stage of his career thinking about ways to improve his team's mental health than in the earlier stages of his career when he didn't think about it at all.
Clemson's athletic department created a similar initiative that involves coaches taking courses on mental health red flags.
From postandcourier.com:
According to a study from the University of Michigan, suicide is the second-leading cause of death among college students. Annually, 19 million adults in the United States suffer from one form of depression or another.
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"Tigers Together" is a initiative on campus that is training university staff members and professors specifically about suicide warning signs and prevention.
"That's something we're going to start," said Natalie Honnen, Clemson's associate athletic director for student-athlete services and performance. "We're going to have all of our coaches trained to understand more of those warning signs. What do you do? What's the referral process? How do you have that conversation?
"We feel like that's going to be key for our coaches to break that stigma from their end to say, 'Hey, you talked to me about this, let's get you someone (to help). This is how we have this conversation, this is who I can refer you to.'"
Great to see further awareness of mental health advancing through a sport that's been disinclined to discuss it in the past.
