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June 22, 2021

Between the Lines: Thank You, Athletic Trainers

Since midway through 2020, we’ve looked at our healthcare workers in a different light. Doctors, nurses, first responders, hospice care workers — all of whom work in high-stress situations on a daily basis — were pushed to their limits with the...

June 17, 2021

Coach&AD’s 2021 Coaches Survey

by Wesley Sykes

Referee shortages, the safety of players, staff, and personnel, and social media issues are just a few of the hot-button issues highlighted in our fourth annual Coaches Survey. Back in 2018, Coach & Athletic Director issued a survey to high ...

June 16, 2021

Top Equipment To Protect Your Players

by Wesley Sykes

Ask around your local football fields what a head coach wants out of their players and the answer will typically resemble the same idea: to get the most out of them. In order to do that, players have to remain upright and healthy. As New England Patr...

June 9, 2021

Proposal to FHSAA Wants to Block Middle School Athletes from Varsity Sports

by Wesley Sykes

The Florida High School Athletic Association (FHSAA) brought forth a proposal to its board of directors that would prohibit middle school athletes from competing on high school teams. The proposal, submitted by Merritt Island athletic director Jef...

June 7, 2021

Iron Sharpens Iron: Difficult Beyond Comprehension

by Ken Mannie

Times are certainly difficult. How about that for the understatement of the year? With a pandemic, racial tensions, and social injustice in the headlines for months on end, it seems as though the whole world is sitting on a proverbial powder keg. ...

June 4, 2021

How Syracuse Uses Technology in Recruiting Process

by Wesley Sykes

In the world of competitive athletics, everyone is looking for an edge. For many collegiate programs in 2021, that edge is found in the form of technology. Syracuse University's athletic programs are no different in its approach to finding future ...

June 4, 2021

Texas A&M Announces NIL Program for Student-Athletes

by Wesley Sykes

Texas A&M Athletics is enhancing its commitment to its student-athletes with the creation of "AMPLIFY", an innovative and comprehensive Name, Image, and Likeness (NIL) program designed to equip Aggie student-athletes with tools and training to ma...

June 4, 2021

Coach K To Retire From Duke; Jon Scheyer Named Replacement

by Wesley Sykes

Duke men's basketball head coach Mike Krzyzewski, who has won more Division I men's college basketball games than any coach in history, announced Wednesday that the 2021-22 season will be his final year of coaching. In 46 years as a head coach at ...

June 4, 2021

Sports Under 40: The Impact of Professional Development

by Bob Beron, CMAA, Caesar Rodney High School

Growing up in the ’80s and ’90s without a cellphone or any type of electronic communication, my “friend requests” were sent out through playing team sports. Accepting this “request” indicated a bond that was like no other type that only p...

June 3, 2021

NFHS Rules Committee Weighs In on Religious, Culture Concerns of Athletes

by Wesley Sykes

The executive director of the National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS) has updated her op-ed blog on NFHS.org this week. Dr. Karissa Niehoff, in her third year at the helm of the NFHS, has used use 'NFHS Voice' blog to share up...