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May 11, 2010
Eastern Oregon Football Player Dies Due To Brain Injury, Concerns Raised
Dylan Steigers, 21, a football player at Eastern Oregon University, died due to acute subdural hematoma (bleeding on the brain) after playing in a scrimmage on Saturday. Now, players are becoming more concerned about deadly football injuries.http://w...
May 10, 2010
Football Coach Resigns After Secret Tape Surfaces
Leesburg High (Fla.) football coach, Charles Nassar, recently resigned from his post after eight years after a secret tape surfaced showing him cursing and criticizing fellow coaches. The tape is from a private, 2008 meeting in Nassar’s office....
May 10, 2010
Calif. Private H.S. Football Coaches Making Six Figures
Budget cuts and pay freezes don’t seem to be affecting the pay of California private-school football coaches these days according to an article in the L.A. Times. The article focuses on a few schools paying their football coaches more than $100...
May 5, 2010
Defending The Double Wing Part II
Specific defensive calls to makeThere are some specific defensive calls you can make to stifle the Double Wing.Attack OptionDIAGRAM 1: Attack Option. The cornerback in the direction of the motion steps in over the wingback and plays like a defensive ...
May 5, 2010
Defending The Double Wing Part I
Rules for every player on the defenseIn 1994, coach Don Markham’s Bloomington High (Calif.) Bruins had a pretty good season. They went 14-0 and scored 880 points.Let’s review: 880 points. In one year.How did Markham do it...with an offen...
May 5, 2010
Girls Flag Football Coach Suspended 2 Games For Pulling Flag
Bennett Wyche, the girls flag football coach at Stranahan High (Fla.), has been suspended for two games for pulling the flag of an opposing player (see link below for photo of incident). He also was fined $100.
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/sports...
May 3, 2010
Former Vanderbilt Football Coach MacIntyre Rescued From Flood
Former Vanderbilt University football coach George MacIntyre, who suffers from multiple sclerosis and is bedridden, had to be rescued from his home Sunday due to the flooding in Tennessee. MacIntyre coached the Commodores from 1979-85.http://www.tenn...
April 29, 2010
Texas H.S. To Be Named After Late Football Coach
Edinburg High School (Texas) has decided to name its newest high school after the beloved and late football coach Robert Vela. Vela died at the age of 61 in August 2007 from stomach cancer. He was an Edinburg native and coach at Edinburg High for 10 ...
April 28, 2010
2-Time State Champion Football Coach Let Go For Cursing
Cyril Crutchfield led the South Plaquemines High (La.) football team to back-to-back state titles in 2007-08 while finishing runner-up last season. Now, he’s been relieved of his coaching duties due to being accused of using profanity in front ...
April 23, 2010
Northwestern-Illinois Football Game To Be Played At Wrigley
Northwestern University and the University of Illinois have announced that their football game Nov. 20 is set to be played at Wrigley Field in Chicago.http://espn.go.com/blog/chicago/colleges/post/_/id/379/northwester-illini-football-at-wrigley-field...
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