Several hundred coaches from area middle and high schools, colleges and universities, and community leagues met April 16 in Baltimore to draft a new game plan to learn how to develop, mentor and lead young men and help build their character. The Verizon Foundation and A CALL TO MEN – a leading national violence prevention ...
Unequal Technologies unveiled a new suite of supplemental head padding (SHP) available for athletes in multiple sports. Responding to demand from professional athletes in the National Football League, National Hockey League, Major League Baseball, Major League Soccer and X Games, Unequal’s supplemental head protection now includes the DOME, BAND, HALO and MAXX. Each new product ...
The oldest continuously operating college in Texas is in the midst of a modern makeover. The University of Mary Hardin-Baylor (UMHB) recently selected a state-of-the-art AstroTurffield for the new football stadium that is headlining a massive renovation project. Installation of the artificial surface will follow the completion of stadium construction this spring in anticipation of ...
Every week, approximately 100 young people across the U.S. take their own lives, and The Jason Foundation has rolled out new resources and programs for coaches to help identify and assist youth who may be at-risk for suicide. The Jason Foundation has unveiled an app for young people, or for people who work with youth, ...
“The Joe We Know,” a feature documentary film about legendary Penn State Football Coach Joe Paterno , will be presented on Sat., Jan. 26 at 7:30 p.m. at Beth El Congregation in Randallstown, Md., just four days after the first anniversary of Paterno’s passing away. Portions of the film were shot in Baltimore last January, ...
“The Head Honcho”, “Large and in Charge”, “Numero Uno”, “The Head Man”, “The Man of the Moment”, all of these are names used over the years to describe the person who has been named the Head Coach. So, now that you are the person in charge of the football program, what comes next ? With ...
Steve Hogan, Chair of the Football Bowl Association and CEO of Florida Citrus Sports, announced today that the American Football Coaches Association executive director Grant Teaff has been recognized as the recipient of the FBA’s 2013 Champions Award. Presentation of the award will take place during an on-field ceremony at this year’s BCS National Championship ...
Notre Dame’s Brian Kelly and first-time winner Dino Babers of Eastern Illinois topped the list of the American Football Coaches Association’s 2012 Regional Coach of the Year winners. The AFCA recognizes five regional Coach of the Year winners in each of the association’s five divisions: Football Bowl Subdivision, Football Championship Subdivision, Division II, Division III ...
Eastern Illinois wide receiver Erik Lora and Arkansas-Pine Bluff defensive lineman Brandon Thurmond headline the 2012 AFCA?Football Championship Subdivision?Coaches’ All-America Team announced today by the American Football Coaches Association. The AFCA has selected an All-America team since 1945 and currently selects teams in all five of its divisions. What makes these teams so special is ...
SMU will begin taking applications in December 2012 for North Texas’ first interdisciplinary graduate program in sport management. Faculty from the SMU Simmons School of Education and Human Development and the SMU Cox School of Business will direct the program, which combines finance, economics, management strategies, sports marketing, facility and event management, sports law, ethics and sports communication. ...
The Oklahoma State University Department of Intercollegiate Athletics has selected AstroTurf to provide two state-of-the-art fields at its nearly-completed...
Explosive speed, vertical jump and lateral speed are three essential physical attributes every player needs to be successful on...
Flexibility refers to the ability to move a joint in its full range of motion. Flexibility is controlled by...
Sporting-goods equipment and team sports uniform distributor/marketer BSN Sports signed a definitive merger agreement with Herff Jones, whereby BSN...
United Way of New York City (UWNYC), the New York Giants and the New York Jets re-teamed last night...
The American Football Coaches Association (AFCA) Board of Trustees conducted its summer meeting April 29-30 in Phoenix, Arizona. Mack...
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