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program
January 13, 2026

The year-round blueprint for strength, speed, and durability for your football program

As strength coaches, it is our job to minimize our athletes’ risk of injury while maximizing their overall athletic potential. When designing our training, we should see a program that varies in intensity and volume, while building on itself. Th...


books
December 16, 2025

Seven must-read books for coaches and athletic directors in 2026

Books are great resources to teach coaches and athletic administrators about philosophy, leadership, and team building. We regularly speak with athletic administrators who assign books to their coaching staff or coaches who require their captains to ...


hall of fame
November 6, 2025

Hall of Fame coaches share how they led their teams to greatness

In a chosen profession, what could be better than having vast sources of knowledge and expertise readily available to benefit from? With coaching, there are role models in every sport who possess elite skillsets, and lessons can be derived if wanted....


safesport
October 21, 2025

SafeSport launches first National Survey of Coaches on Sport Safety

The U.S. Center for SafeSport (the Center) today announced the launch of the organization’s first-ever survey specifically geared toward coaches, assistant coaches, and instructors. The National Coaches Survey: Building Safer Sport Together seeks i...


bison
September 18, 2025

Bison Inc. adds more than 85,000 square feet of manufacturing space

U.S. sports equipment manufacturer Bison, Inc. now includes over 140,000 square feet of manufacturing space with the move of all storage, design, fabrication, coating, and packaging departments to its 1100 SW 6th Street warehouse and shipping locatio...


men's and women's
August 7, 2025

The subtle art of coaching both men’s and women’s sports

As a former coach of many years to both men's and women's intercollegiate teams, I have been asked numerous times to compare the diverse experiences. My answer is usually similar each time, which is that there are both parallels and contrasts between...


mental health
August 7, 2025

How to handle mental health issues in the female student-athlete

Mental health among college athletes is rapidly gaining the attention it deserves — and for good reasons. College is a pressure cooker of academic, athletic, and social demands, but the load often comes with additional, unseen challenges for female...


hanna
June 23, 2025

Advice on starting a strength & conditioning program

My name is Daniel Rochester, and for the last nine years, I have been the head strength and conditioning coach at T.L. Hanna High School in Anderson, SC. Prior to this, I was the Assistant Director of Strength and Conditioning at Furman University in...