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July 15, 2010

Ex-Coach Gets Probation For Displaying Knife At Practice

Christopher Campbell, a former assistant football coach at Kathleen High School (Fla.), has been sentenced to two years of probation after it was alleged he used a knife as a motivational device with the team. Campbell pled guilty to misdemeanor char...

July 15, 2010

Slain H.S. Iowa Football Coach Ed Thomas Honored At ESPYs

Ed Thomas, the slain high school football coach of Aplington-Parkersburg High (Iowa), was honored at last night’s ESPY Awards. His son, Aaron, accepted the Arthur Ashe Courage Award in his father’s honor.http://www.chicagotribune.com/news...

July 15, 2010

Examining ACL Injuries In Athletes

Coach & Athletic Director (published Winning Hoops' publisher Lessiter Publications), took an in-depth look at ACL injuries in athletes. For basketball coaches, this is a must-read.http://coachad.com/pages/Sports-Medicine-Spotlight---Examining-ACL-In...

July 15, 2010

NCAA Coaches Scoff At Potential New Rule Limiting Scholarship Offers

Many NCAA basketball coaches think the new NCAA rule proposal limiting when they can offer scholarships has no teeth and cannot be enforced.http://msn.foxsports.com/collegebasketball/story/NCAA-early-scholarship-offer-rule-will-be-broken-if-passed-07...

July 14, 2010

Carroll’s Rules Violation Could Hurt USC

Former USC football coach Pete Carroll shows his game face in denouncing the NCAA’s penalties against the school, contending they are too harsh because he and other administrators never knew that star athletes such as Reggie Bush had violated t...

July 14, 2010

Former Pitt Star Mallorie Winn Named Assistant Coach

University of Pittsburgh women’s basketball head coach Agnus Berenato has named former Panther standout Mallorie Winn as an assistant coach. “It is with great excitement and pride that we welcome Mallorie back into our Pitt home,” s...

July 14, 2010

Former Team Captain Wojcik Hired as Harvard Men’s Lacrosse Coach

After three years away from the place where he got his start coaching, Chris Wojcik ‘96 will finally return to Harvard.Athletics director Bob Scalise announced Monday that Wojcik—a former two-sport athlete and assistant coach for the Crim...

July 14, 2010

Legendary State Track Coach Irv Black, 79, Dies

Legendary track coach Irv Black, 79, passed away Wednesday at the Hospital of Central CT in New Britain. Black was one of the state’s most iconic figures in the sport of track and field, making a name for himself at New Britain High School. A h...