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April 29, 2011

15-Year-Old Attempts To Be New Coach At Georgia Tech

If Ethan Peikes really wished to replace Paul Hewitt as head basketball coach at Georgia Tech, he probably blew his plan in the first sentence of his application letter. It was as if he revealed he owned a career record of 25-125 and had never even w...

April 29, 2011

Fighting Coaches Learn Fate

Eugene city prosecutors on Thursday dismissed their case against a Kidsports youth basketball coach who had been charged with a misdemeanor for allegedly scuffling with an opposing coach who confronted him during a game.Springfield resident Michael C...

April 28, 2011

Coach Rips School Officials On Facebook, Gets Fired

Wheeling News-Register (W.Va.), Warren Scotthttp://www.news-register.net/page/content.detail/id/554525/Brooke-Coach-Fired-After-Facebook-Rant.html?nav=515WELLSBURG - The Brooke County Board of Education on Wednesday moved to terminate an assistant fo...

April 28, 2011

Iowa Court Rules Losing Is Not Reason To Fire Coach

Chicago Tribune, Associated Presshttp://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-ap-ia-losingcoach,0,5827030.storyWATERLOO, Iowa—A losing record alone isn’t enough reason to fire a high school football coach, an Iowa appeals court has ruled. Bruc...

April 28, 2011

Softball Team Forfeits 26 Wins Due To Computer Glitch

Olney Daily Mail (Ill.), Justin Hattenhttp://www.olneydailymail.com/newsnow/x1174360200/Lady-Knights-have-to-forfeit-26-victoriesOlney Central College’s softball team has had to forfeit 26 wins from the 2011 season after being informed that a r...

April 28, 2011

Athletic Directors Dealing With Horrible April Weather

Oxford Press (Miss.), Jay Morrisonhttp://www.oxfordpress.com/oxford-sports/high-school-sports/april-showers-bring-a-lot-of-headaches-1147136.htmlBUTLER COUNTY — Mother Nature nearly threw another no-hitter Wednesday, which would have been her s...

April 28, 2011

Mark Fox Receives New Deal From Georgia

Georgia rewarded basketball coach Mark Fox with a contract extension and a $400, 000-a-year raise on Thursday.The Georgia Athletic Association Executive Board approved a new five-year deal worth $8.5 million for the second-year coach during a special...

April 28, 2011

Coach Retires After 25 Seasons Citing Difficulty Dealing With Losses

After 25 years pacing the sidelines, losses began to become too intolerable for Springfield basketball coach Tim Reiser.Reiser, 49, a former University of Toledo player, made the difficult decision to retire this month.Reiser said he got choked up Tu...