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Rebuilding the team culture at Santa Monica College
Years ago, I was asked to become the interim head football coach at Santa Monica College (California) three weeks before the start of fall camp. They were on probation, had no full-time teaching position to offer and won five games in the previous tw...
Clemson researchers trying to improve helmet facemasks
From Clemson University A team of Clemson University researchers believes it can help make football safer by creating a facemask that helps reduce the severity of head injuries. The researchers are teaming up with Jay Elmore, owner of Green G...
Looking ahead to the 2017 USA Football National Conference
(Content sponsored by USA Football.) Another high school football season will soon be in the books. Coaches and players will pack up the equipment, shelve the playbooks and enter the offseason to recover and reset before meetings and conditioning ...
Opposition continues to build against Friday college football
USA Football is the latest organization to speak out against scheduling college football games on Fridays, a day that's typically reserved for high school football nationwide. USA Football joins at least 28 other state coaching organizations thro...
New Jersey bans tailgating at high school football championships
New Jersey's athletic association has banned all tailgating at this year's high school football state championships, an attempt to curb alcohol use in stadium parking lots. Four stadiums will host this weekend's championship games, and the New Jer...
Florida adopts new high school football playoff point system
Florida high school football has adopted a new system for determining how teams are seeded for the postseason. Beginning with the 2017 season, teams will earn anywhere from 15 to 50 points depending on who they play and how they fare. Bonus points...
Indiana quarterback quitting football: ‘I need my brain’
Indiana's appearance in a college football bowl game later this month will be the last for Hoosiers backup quarterback Zander Diamont. The junior announced over the weekend that he would quit football at the end of the season, citing concussion fe...
Result of Illinois high school football game heads to court
An Illinois judge on Wednesday will consider overturning the result of a high school football playoff game that ended in controversy when officials improperly applied a penalty at a critical moment. Fenwick and Plainfield North high schools faced ...
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