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January 23, 2013

Vista Murrieta High School: Igniting School Spirit With Fundraising

Sponsored By:Igniting School Spirit With FundraisingKurt Ruth has seen his Bronco Bleacher Creature group grow from a smattering of students to more than 1,000 energetic representatives of Vista Murrieta High School (Murrieta, Calif.). He discusses t...


January 22, 2013

2012 NIAAA Video: Athletic Director Advice for Managing Events

Racine Horlick High School (Wisconsin) athletic director Jay Hammes provides advice on his experiences in managing successful events.Coach And Athletic Director’s editor-in-chief Michael Austin interviewed Horlick at the 2012 NIAAA conference i...


January 22, 2013

2012 NIAAA Video: Requiring Photo ID At Events

Racine Horlick High School (Wisconsin) athletic director Jay Hammes believes in more safety measures for creating safe, controlled events.Coach And Athletic Director’s editor-in-chief Michael Austin interviewed Horlick at the 2012 NIAAA confere...


January 15, 2013

Your captains need to do these 12 things today

Demonstrating leadership is simple if players know how Athletes of all ages often wonder, "What can I do to be a better leader?" While often subtle, leaders are afforded at least a dozen opportunities to demonstrate leadership every day. Thes...


January 14, 2013

Starting a program from nothing

Colorado State University-Pueblo football went from no helmets, pads, players or coaches in 2007 to back-to-back undefeated regular seasons The lure of leading a start-up squad is easy to see. It's your stamp on the program. You pick the players, th...


January 9, 2013

United Staff With A Book Club

Sponsored By:Unite Staff With A Book ClubSt. Anthony Village (Minneapolis, Minnesota) athletics & activities director Troy Urdahl sees a great sense of community and growth in his coaching and advisory staff by being involved in the St. Anthony B...


January 9, 2013

Managing Parents; Placing The Athletes First

Sponsored By:A Strategy For Managing ParentsJinelle Siergiej, head girls hockey coach at Arrowhead High School (Hartland, Wis.), shares her policy for communicating with parents. It’s a policy many athletic directors and coaches should look int...


January 9, 2013

Learn from recently retired Bob Ladouceur of De La Salle

Editor’s Note: This is a portion of an article published in Oct. 2009 about the De La Salle High (Concord, Calif.) athletic program. Bob Ladouceur, the football coach since 1979 and who was prominently quoted in this piece, retired last week after ...


December 27, 2012

6 strategies to have players buy into your program

While there are several factors that go into creating winning teams and individuals, perhaps the single most important one is commitment. Lots of people have dreams but amazingly few have the commitment necessary to pursue them relentlessly. Commitme...


December 26, 2012

Baseball, Service & Life Lessons In The Dominican Republic

Sponsored By:Baseball, Service & Life Lessons In The Dominican RepublicThe Overlake School (Redmond, Wash.) is part of the inaugural class of the Interscholastic Program of Excellence from Coach And Athletic Director. One of the many reasons why ...