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June 16, 2022
Poll Says 30% of Americans Believe Transgender Women Should Play Female Sports
According to a new poll from the Washington Post and the University of Maryland, roughly three in 10 Americans believe transgender women and girls should be allowed to participate in female sports. This comes a week after Louisiana became the 18th...
June 14, 2022
UHSAA Puts Boys Soccer on 3-Year Probation Due to Rising Ejections
High school boys soccer in Utah will be played under tighter rules in the coming years. The Utah High School Activities Association (UHSAA) put the entire sport on probation for the next three years, resulting in fewer games per season and the spo...
June 2, 2022
How Do We Evaluate Growth in Coaches
An athletic director's role is one of the most challenging and rewarding opportunities a person can have. Duties include scheduling, field maintenance, hiring coaches, managing facilities, upholding athletic codes, academic eligibility, budgets, trav...
June 1, 2022
Psych Safety — The Number One Area Coaches Need to Develop
If a coach only looks at their team through their own eyes, they may as well be wearing a blindfold. A coach’s vision alone will never provide the most important view. That comes through the eyes of the student-athletes — it has to. Only they ca...
June 1, 2022
Coaches Gain Professional Development by Transitioning to Referees
When Kevin Leising retired at age 55 after a successful 33-year career coaching high school basketball in Indiana, officiating was not in his plans. “Never. Not in a million years,” he says. He was ready to slow down and spend more time with his ...
June 1, 2022
A.D.ministration: Dealing with Wayward Fans
Overall, most fans are supportive, and cooperative, and pose no concern. In some settings, however, there may be a small bunch that demonstrates poor sportsmanship, cause assorted problems, and maybe disruptive. The question arises, how do you deal w...
May 25, 2022
THSCA Partners with Eccker Sports to Help Understand NIL
The Texas High School Coaches Association (THSCA) has announced a partnership with Eccker Sports, an information company for high school athletics, to provide educational services and resources to help high school coaches, administrators, student-ath...
May 23, 2022
Steve Spurrier Weighs in on Saban-Fisher Drama
Alabama head coach Nick Saban and Texas A&M coach Jimbo Fisher got in quite a spat late last week. It started when Saban accused Fisher of buying his whole recruiting class and Jackson State head coach Deion Sanders of paying his top recruit ...
May 19, 2022
CIF Boys Golf Team Stripped of State Title for Rules Violation
Earlier this week the Palm Beach Aztecs forfeited the Division 1 golf team regional title they won a day earlier in Chino Hills because of a violation of CIF-Southern Section rules on team activities the day before a competition. The school self-repo...
May 17, 2022
How to Better Connect With Your Athletes
What is coaching? Is it mentoring, instructing, and showing hungry athletes the best way to achieve their goals or is it allowing them to find their own way, offering guidance and support? It’s a combination of all these things and more. It’s a w...
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Since athletic directors do, and should, have a different vision of athletics, consider the following items when measuring the success of your program.
Measuring the success of your athletic program
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For high school and college athletic directors, measuring the success ...