coaching
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...
Public Field Exclusively Used For Private School Draws Criticism
A public field being used exclusively for a private school’s football team is drawing criticism in Rhode Island. Parents of public school students say that Saint Raphael school is the alma mater of several city and state power brokers and that ...
Profile Of A Female Coach Of A Boys Varsity Hoops Team
It’s rare to see a woman as the head coach of a boys varsity team, especially basketball, but Kelly Anderson is challenging stereotypes at Ulen-Hitterdal High (Minn.) Only 63 women coached the 2,865 boys varsity teams in the state last year wit...