Angelo Mendoza is a graduate of the High-Performance Coaching and Technical Leadership program (MHPCTL 2019). He currently lives in Winnipeg, Manitoba, where he became the Provincial Head Coach for Karate Manitoba. In addition, Angelo is a High School teacher with over 21 years of experience. He has coached karate at both the provincial and national levels. Angelo started his karate journey at the age of 14. During this journey, Angelo has competed at the local and provincial level and earned his black belt 5th Degree. He has been exposed to many teaching and coaching styles that gave him the foundation to develop his own coaching style that proved to be very successful for his future students and athletes.
Angelo enrolled in the MHPCTL program to develop his coaching style and expand his interests in karate leadership. He was most interested in “personality differences of high and low winning Canadian sport karate coaches.” The School of Kinesiology provided him with a chance to improve his coaching techniques with evidence-based practice. His classes were online, which provided him with a unique learning experience. “It proved to be challenging, but I had professors that were helpful and resourceful,” notes Angelo. Nonetheless, his time as an MHPCTL student was nothing short of an eye-opening experience.
Angelo was able to leverage the skills and knowledge he gained from his degree to grow his career. For his athletes, he explores different practices “to implement their Yearly Plan,” and prepares himself “to make necessary changes for them to succeed in their competitions.” These approaches have contributed to his professional growth, in addition to recognizing “closed and opened skills” and having a “progressive mindset and coaching philosophy.” The MHPCTL program has his seal of approval and he recommends all coaches to enroll, stating that it is “changing the culture and professional outlook for coaching” and “a UBC degree gives coaches professional status and respect within their community.”
In 2019, Angelo graduated from the MHPCTL program at the University of British Columbia’s School of Kinesiology. This has been an important achievement as he pursues excellence in his teaching and the transfer of his knowledge to his students. Most recently, Angelo has opened up a new Martial Arts program at his school with the support of his Administration to create new opportunities for students that, otherwise are not involved in school activities.
