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October 19, 2010

Football Coach Killed By Train In Apparent Suicide

From The Belleville News (Ill.)
BELLEVILLE -- The Sparta High School head football coach was struck and killed by a train about 1 p.m. Monday in Belleville in an apparent suicide, authorities said.St. Clair County Coroner Rick Stone identifie...


October 8, 2010

Football Team With Lead At Half Forced To Forfeit

From rivals.yahoo.com
Earlier this fall, Prep Rally told you about the Seattle high school that was forced to forfeit at halftime after six first-half injuries decimated its roster. Well, as drastic as that case was, a forfeit the same day in So...


October 7, 2010

Football: Teaching the combo block

Techniques for making the combo block an effective part of your running game The combination (combo) block is an easy way to get a body on one defender while picking off another to give your running game a distinct advantage. In the combo block, ...


October 6, 2010

1 Prep Football Season, 1,800 Hits To The Head

From the Los Angeles Times
We can see it — maybe even feel it in our teeth — when the Chicago Bears’ Jay Cutler goes down with a concussion after being sacked nine times or a local high school player is pulled from a game afte...


October 1, 2010

Security Increases At Iowa Football Games

From the Chicago Tribune
IOWA CITY, Iowa — Records show the number of police officers at University of Iowa home football games has nearly tripled over the last six years. The Gazette newspaper in Cedar Rap...


September 30, 2010

Football Coach Who Lost Leg In Iraq Continues Work

Nathan Potts, the football coach who took a leave of absence from coaching after 9/11 to join the Army, has returned to coach as an assistant at Shepherd High (Texas) despite losing one of his legs in Iraq. The Houston Chronicle profiled him today.ht...


September 30, 2010

Filmaker Doing Documentary On Football Coach With ALS

Atlanta filmmaker Rick Cohen has been following around Greenville High (Ga.) football coach Jeremy Williams for a documentary called "Season Of A Lifetime." Williams suffers from ALS and the film documents how he manages to continue coaching while ba...


September 29, 2010

Oregon Extends Football Coach Chip Kelly

Oregon football coach Chip Kelly to a six-year, $20.5 million contract extension Monday. Kelly has coached the Ducks for one-plus season and has a record of 14-3 with a Rose Bowl loss.http://blog.oregonlive.com/behindducksbeat/2010/09/oregon_coach_ch...


September 28, 2010

Paralyzed Football Coach Inspires Players

The Boston Herald features an inspiring story about the freshman football coach at BC High (Mass.). Matt McClune, less than a year after being involved in an automobile  accident that left him paralyzed, has returned to the football field. This ...