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health coaching
January 15, 2025

Is health coaching the missing link for college athletes?

Many of us, as college athletes, have sat through health talks from our coaches or dieticians, getting lectured about nutrition and what we should be eating. We have been told not to skip meals when running between classes and practice, to get 7-8 ho...


mathis
January 14, 2025

A conversation with Morehouse College head coach and former NFL wide receiver Terance Mathis

Terance Mathis is the first-year head coach at Morehouse College. Previously, he has been the offensive coordinator at Savannah State University and head coach at Pinecrest Academy in Georgia, among other coaching positions.  Before joining the c...


survey results
January 14, 2025

2025 Annual Coaches Survey results

Hiring quality assistants, problematic parents, and continuing education are just a few of the issues most important to coaches that are highlighted in Coach & Athletic Director’s seventh annual Coaches Survey Results.  In 2018, Coach &...


natural grass
January 14, 2025

Considerations for natural grass and turf surfaces

There are plenty of choices to be made when putting in a field but one of the first is whether that field will have a natural grass or a synthetic turf surface.  To be clear: There is no right choice or wrong choice; there is only the choice that...


RIIL
January 14, 2025

Q&A.D. with RIIL executive director Michael Lunney

Michael Lunney has been the Rhode Island Interscholastic League (RIIL) executive director since the 2020-21 school year. Previously, Lunney served as the RIIL’s assistant executive director since 2011. He served for 16 years as the director of a...


iowa
January 13, 2025

Iowa wrestling official kicks out fans during dual meet

An Iowa high school wrestling meet between two of the state's top teams ended with no spectators in attendance for being rowdy and disruptive. When Southeast Polk and Ankeny high schools squared off on the mats late last week, fans in attendance w...


new york
January 13, 2025

New York firefighter charged with assault of referee during 10-year-old’s game

A New York firefighter has been charged with assault on a sports official, harassment, and disorderly conduct, and engaging in fighting after an altercation during a 10-year-old's basketball game in Pennsylvania recently. The event was recorded an...


washington
January 13, 2025

Washington bill could increase penalties for violence against referees

A potentially new bill could be stricter penalties for those who attack referees or other officials during school sporting events in Washington. Under current state law, it is a gross misdemeanor for anyone to “interfere by force or violence” ...


olympic
January 13, 2025

Former Olympic gymnasts suspended by SafeSport over abuse claims

Two former Olympic gymnasts have been banned from coaching due to alleged abuse of young students. The US Center for SafeSport suspended Anna Li, 36, from all USA Gymnastics-affiliated coaching for nine months and her mother Jiani Wu, 58, for a year...


belichick
January 7, 2025

New UNC coach Bill Belichick hits recruiting trail

New North Carolina head football coach Bill Belichick — along with his son and Tar Heels defensive coordinator Steve Belichick — has started visiting potential college recruits. The former New England Patriots and six-time Super Bowl-winning h...