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January 16, 2012

Paterno Says He Felt Inadequate To Deal With Sandusky Allegations

CNN.comhttp://www.cnn.com/2012/01/14/us/pennsylvania-paterno-interview/?hpt=us_c1(CNN) -- Legendary football coach Joe Paterno, who was ousted from Penn State University over an alleged child sex abuse scandal, told the Washington Post he felt inadeq...

January 16, 2012

Coaches Among Iowa’s Best Paid State Workers

Des Moines Register, Jeffrey Kummerhttp://www.desmoinesregister.com/article/20120115/NEWS/301150060/Five-of-top-six-highest-paid-state-workers-are-college-coaches Quick quiz: Workers in which Iowa county get the biggest chunk of the state employee pa...

January 16, 2012

Young Athlete Goes From Street Gang To College

The Boston Globe, Lenny Megliolahttp://articles.boston.com/2012-01-15/north/30622805_1_pickup-basketball-street-gang-georgia Orlando Echevarria made up his mind early."I wasn't a school person, '' he said.Books? Homework? An education to frame a futu...

January 13, 2012

AFCA Conference Social Media Recap

The 2012 American Football Coaches Association’s annual conference came to an end this week in San Antonio. Here are 25 of Coach and Athletic Director’s top tweets from the event.  HS football coach in Rome, GA uses @guardiancaps at ...

January 13, 2012

Minnesota School Board Discusses Concussion Testing

Jordan Independent, David Schuellerhttp://www.jordannews.com/view/full_story/17123761/article-Concussion-testing-back-in-playJORDAN, Minn.--The Jordan School Board decided to move forward with concussion baseline testing. The test gives a number for ...

January 13, 2012

Board Forces Athletic Directors To Choose Between Jobs

NorthJersey.com, Mike Lambertihttp://www.northjersey.com/news/137226448_BOE_forces_its_athletic_directors_to_make_choice.html?page=allChris Olsen has a decision to make. The Wayne Hills athletic director and head football coach must relinquish one of...

January 13, 2012

Fired Basketball Coach Files Discrimination Suit

A two-time Colorado State High School Coach of the Year is suing Mullen High School for firing him in 2010, saying he was a victim of disability and age discrimination, according to a lawsuit obtained by the CALL7 Investigators.In a lawsuit filed in ...

January 13, 2012

High School Community Helps Basketball Coach Cope

The Fresno Bee, Andy Boogaardhttp://www.fresnobee.com/2012/01/12/2681347/buchanan-high-community-helps.html They say ""Clovis is a way of life, and Eric Swain is finding comfort in it under mixed circumstances.There's his 14-2 Buchanan High boys bas...