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Actionable ideas: How to recruit and retain volunteers
Athletic director and coaches provide insight for increasing involvement in athletic programs We asked readers to share their best ideas and practices for recruiting and retaining volunteers to help staff various sporting events. More than 80 c...

Arrowhead Video: Flegner: Today’s Economy
Sponsored By:Overcoming The Challenges Of Today’s EconomyKevin Flegner, activities director at Arrowhead High School (Hartland, Wis.), gives his perspective as an A.D. in a struggling economy....

Teaching Selflessness Through Community Service
Sponsored By:Teaching Selflessness Through Community ServiceVista Murrieta High School (Murrieta, Calif.) head football coach Coley Candaele believes strongly in the school’s commitment to community service, and believes that this type of char...

A.D.ministration: Preparing a mobile emergency center
If you've been around athletics for a while, you know that emergencies occur — some small, and others of the larger variety. And, the key to dealing with unexpected occurrences is to be prepared for any and all unusual events. Can you plan for t...
Nominate A School In The Interscholastic Sports Program Of Excellence
Coach And Athletic Director this year will honor the nations most extraordinary athletic departments in the second annual Interscholastic Sports Program of Excellence.This project aims to recognize high school athletic programs that, through the ef...

Conducting interviews with prospective coaches
There is a coaching vacancy in your athletic department, and you have advertised the position and resumes have arrived. Now what? Certainly you need to conduct interviews but there are a whole host of considerations and decisions to be reached bef...

Increasing athletic participation at your school
Five keys for encouraging non-athletes to take the jump into sports Healthy athletic departments always have strong support from the school's student body. You don't want an atmosphere at your school where athletics is separate from the academic s...

Transitioning from a club to high school coach
Coaches must understand the group dynamic within scholastic teams Imagine an individual with more than 20 years of club coaching experience wanting to take over a high school program. It seems like a perfect fit, which is what I thought. But after ...








