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Raise Your Game: Failure uncovers learning opportunities
» The following is an excerpt from Alan Stein Jr.'s upcoming book, "Raise Your Game: High-Performance Secrets From the Best of the Best." Stein is a performance coach, consultant, speaker and author. He spent 15 years working with the world's highes...

Comprehensive concussion study gets $22.5M in new funding
The world's most comprehensive concussion study is being dramatically expanded with an infusion of nearly $22.5 million in new funding from the U.S. Department of Defense and the NCAA to examine the impacts of head injuries over several years. The...

Winless Massachusetts HS football team makes playoffs
The Triton Regional High School football team didn't win a single game this season, but that didn't keep the Vikings from the state playoffs. Triton finished the regular season 0-7 and was outscored 248-42. However, the Vikings played a tough sch...

Atlanta Public Schools to offer girls flag football
Atlanta Public Schools (APS) will offer flag football as a scholastic sport to seventh- and eighth-grade girls beginning in the 2019-20 school year, it was announced today. To help establish its new program, the school district will receive budgetar...

Maximum fundraising with minimal investment
Time is a precious commodity. It’s something everyone could use more of each day, and coaches are no exception. Coaches spend several hours each day doing various ancillary tasks associated with coaching a team. Those necessary evils beyond the tra...

Take our 2018-19 high school athletic director survey
Coach & Athletic Director is conducting its eighth annual high school athletic director survey. The survey plays a valuable role in guiding our editorial content throughout the year, while helping us identify the trends and opportunities in athle...

Understanding the role of parents in youth sports
» The following is an excerpt from "#HeySportsParents!: An Essential Guide for any Parent with a Child in Sports" by Sharkie Zartman and Dr. Robert Weil. It offers tips and guidance for parents in youth sports who want to make their experience as me...

Underpaid & Underappreciated
How athletic directors can make the case for a higher salary and more support With all of the tasks given to athletic administrators, there’s never enough time to do everything. Some days are simply overwhelming, and very few upper-level adminis...








