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March 24, 2010

Football Coaches Discuss Role of A.D.s

Arizona and Washington State football coaches discussed what they want out of their new athletic directors.http://espn.go.com/blog/pac10/post/_/id/8810/arizona-and-washington-state-move-forward-with-new-ads...


March 12, 2010

Pass Blocking System: Easy and Efficient

One of the oldest-and best-of our football clichés is the put-down of the forward pass: "Whenever you throw a football, three things can happen and two are bad."The two bad things are an incompletion and an interception. The good thing, of cou...


March 11, 2010

1st Female Varsity Football Coach To Be Named

Natalie Randolph is expected to be named head football coach at Coolidge High in Washington, D.C. Randolph, 29, will be the only female head coach in the country. Randolph had a five-year career as a wide receiver for the D.C. Divas of the women&rsqu...


March 1, 2010

Softball, Football Coach Dies In Car Accident

Mike Messier, the softball and football coach at Exeter-West Greenwich High School (R.I.) died last week when his car crossed the center lane, left the road and struck some trees on a dimly lit road during a heavy rainstrorm.http://www.projo.com/high...


February 25, 2010

Football Coach Steals $7,600 From His Summer Camp

Phillip Link has been charged with theft by swindle for allegedly double-dipping into funds designated for his summer camp. Link resigned from his head-coaching job at Chaska High (Minn.) during the investigation.http://kaaltv.com/article/stories/S14...


February 22, 2010

TV Show Building House For Football Coach

Jeremy Williams, the football coach at Greenville High (Ga.) who is suffering from ALS (also known as Lou Gehrig’s Disease), is having a new home built for him and his family by the ABC reality television series "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition....


February 19, 2010

Maryland H.S. Football Player Dies During Offseason Workout

Jonathan Nolan, 16, a junior wide receiver and tight end for Bowie (Md.) High collapsed and died during an offseason workout yesterday. Police said Nolan had run about three laps around the basketball court before collapsing.http://www.washingtonpost...


February 16, 2010

Ex-Savannah State Football Coach Alleges Racism

Robby Wells, the former Savannah State University football coach who resigned for personal reasons on January 28, now is accusing administrators of racism. Wells says he was told he’d never be accepted by SSU alumni or the citizens of Savannah ...


February 16, 2010

Nebraska Extends Football Coach Pelini

Nebraska won the Big 12 North last season and head coach Bo Pelini was rewarded with a raise and another year added to his contract, which keeps him at the school through Feb. 28, 2015.http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=4916823...


February 10, 2010

Ty Detmer Takes Head Coaching Job

Ty Detmer, the 1990 Heisman Trophy winner and 14-year NFL veteran, has been named the new head football coach at St. Andrew’s Episcopal, a private school in Austin, Texas. Last season, St. Andrew’s Episcopal went 0-10.http://www.statesman...