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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 30, 2010

IUPUI Hires Women’s Coach To Replace Embattled Hart

Just four days before the start of practice, IUPUI has hired Austin Parkinson to coach the women's basketball team. He replaced Shann Hart who was fired last week due to alleged emotional abuse and NCAA violations.http://www.indystar.com/article/2010...

September 30, 2010

Private H.S. Had Players’ Tuitions Paid By Church

The San Diego Union-Tribune is reporting that several players at Maranatha Christian School (Calif.) had their tuitions paid for by the school's affiliated chur, Maranatha Chapel at the direction of Pastor Ray Bentley and basketball coach Rie Nichols...

September 29, 2010

Team On 38-Year Road Trip Due To 80-Yard Field

When Lehman High (N.Y.) was built in 1972, the Board of Education gave it an 80-yard football field. The field never has been expanded to due space constraints, so the team has played every game on the road. Now, despite a $2.8 million earmark for im...

September 29, 2010

Michigan State’s Dantonio To Coach From Press Box

After suffering a "mild" heart attack on Sept. 19, Michigan State football coach Mark Dantonio will be back coaching the Spartans this weekend against Wisconsin. Dantonio says he will coach the team from the press box.http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/ne...

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 29, 2010

Duquesne Coach Breaks Toe At Huggins’ Roast

Duquesne head men's coach Ron Everhart, who was poking fun of West Virginia coach Bob Huggins at the Bob Huggins' Roast earlier this month, came away from the event with a broken toe. Ironically, Everhart was doing a bit about all of Huggins' injurie...