News

May 11, 2010

Robert Morris Hires Toole, 29, As Head Coach

The face of coaching continues to get younger this offseason. Within the last couple of weeks, UW-Green Bay hired Brian Wardle, 30, and made him the youngest coach in Division I. Shortly thereafter, Appalachian State hired Jason Capel, who was a few ...

May 10, 2010

Ineligible Player Sits On Bench, Team Disqualified After Softball Victory

Despite defeating Fletcher High (Fla.) in a regional final softball game, Winter Springs High will not be advancing to the state tournament. Winter Springs won the game, 5-1, but had an ineligible player sitting on the bench wearing a jersey top, jea...

May 10, 2010

Football Coach Resigns After Secret Tape Surfaces

Leesburg High (Fla.) football coach, Charles Nassar, recently resigned from his post after eight years after a secret tape surfaced showing him cursing and criticizing fellow coaches. The tape is from a private, 2008 meeting in Nassar’s office....

May 10, 2010

Examining Arm Issues In H.S. Baseball, Softball Players

The Denver Post takes a look at arm issues in high-school-age baseball players and reports that the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine has found that serious shoulder and elbow injuries in youth baseball and softball players has increas...

May 10, 2010

Calif. Private H.S. Football Coaches Making Six Figures

Budget cuts and pay freezes don’t seem to be affecting the pay of California private-school football coaches these days according to an article in the L.A. Times. The article focuses on a few schools paying their football coaches more than $100...

May 10, 2010

Could New State Immigration Law Affect Recruiting In Arizona?

The new state immigration law making all the headlines in Arizona, and around the country, last week, could affect basketball recruiting to the colleges and universities in the state as well. Some coaches in Arizona commented on the topic for an arti...

May 10, 2010

Pitino Wants Draft Withdrawl Date Pushed Back

Rick Pitino, Louisville men's basketball coach, wants the NBA draft withdrawl date pushed back for college players who might want to enter the draft. He says the current date of May 8 is too early because no one is working out players yet. This is th...

May 7, 2010

Stricklin To Become Miss. St. New A.D.

Scott Stricklin, who has served for the last two years as Mississippi State’s associate athletic director, is set to be introduced as the school’s new athletic director today. Stricklin replaces Greg Byrne.http://www.cdispatch.com/news/ar...