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April 3, 2013

Nominate A School In The Interscholastic Sports Program Of Excellence

Coach And Athletic Director this year will honor the nation’s 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...


April 3, 2013

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...


aid
March 14, 2013

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...


March 14, 2013

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 ...


March 14, 2013

The athletic budget balancing act

Deep cuts in high school sports means athletic directors must take new approaches to planning, fundraising and revenue opportunities When Jim Quatromoni joined Hull High School (Mass.) six years ago as athletic director, he inherited a $280,000 ...


colorado
March 7, 2013

Do more to ensure the safety of referees

We’re never going to agree with every call given by our referees. But schools and leagues still have a responsibility to ensure their safety and prevent unspeakable acts of violence that, unfortunately, are becoming more common. Late last year i...


March 5, 2013

Organization Says Teens More At Risk For Using PEDs

FirstCoastNews.comhttp://www.firstcoastnews.com/news/local/article/301475/3/Teens-more-at-risk-to-be-involved-in-dopingAccording to the World Health Organization, over the past ten years, the use of performance-enhancing drugs, or "doping," has trick...


February 21, 2013

Lafayette College Athletic Director, Trying To ’Protect Our Brand,’ Offers Tough Words To Student-Athletes

Tony Rhodin | The Express-Times
February 21, 2013http://www.lehighvalleylive.com/lafayette/index.ssf/2013/02/lafayette_college_athletic_dir.htmlLafayette College Athletic Director Bruce McCutcheon met with student-athletes last week to talk to ...