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St. Thomas Baseball Coach Denning Retires
Coming off a Division III national championship, St. Thomas (Minn.) baseball coach Dennis Denning has decided to retire. The 65-year-old coached the last 15 years at St. Thomas and compiled a 522-157 record with two national titles. Previously, he co...
Sport Court Launches New Floor Surface
Sport Court is pleased to announce the launch of its newest modular sports surface—Response HG™ with SportGuard™ advanced surface technology.SportGuard is a protective urethane coating that combines the durability and beauty o...
South Florida Football Fires Leavitt
The University of South Florida has fired head football coach Jim Leavitt, according to multiple reports. The firing comes on the heels of the allegations that he struck a player during halftime of a game this past season.http://www.seattlepi.com/sco...
Softball Coach Fighting Breast Cancer, Acts As Role Model
Christi Pavlovics, head softball coach at Deckerville High School (Mich.) was diagnosed with inflammatory breast cancer in October. Now, as she fights the disease, she is helping bring about awareness to her community and to her team. To show their s...
Soccer Coach Goes To Haiti, Finds Family
After not hearing from his family after the devastating earthquake in Haiti, Guy Valcourt, a soccer coach in Alpharetta, Ga., returned to the country. After a five-and-a-half-hour cab ride from the Dominican Republic, he found his family together in ...
SLU’s Donigan Named Rutgers Soccer Coach
After compiling a 118-42-23 record at Saint Louis University, New Jersey native Dan Donigan, has been named the head men’s soccer coach at Rutgers. Rutgers had been led by Bob Reasso since 1981 but he resigned in November.http://www.usatoday.co...
Sand Volleyball Survives NCAA Vote
Beach volleyball can be played as a Division I sport starting next year. Called "sand volleyball," the sport survived an NCAA vote in which 58 percent of voters cast a vote against the sport. However, a "no" vote of 62.5 percent was needed to elimina...
Robert Johnson Is NFL HS Coach Of The Year
Robert Johnson, head football coach at Mission Viejo High (Calif.) is the NFL’s high school football coach of the year. John receives $5,000 and a trip to the Super Bowl. He was nominated by New York Jets quarterback Mark Sanchez and Seattle Se...
