A Coach You’ve Probably Never Heard Of: Rod Wotton
Coach Rod Wotton recently retired as a high school coach, completing nearly 50 years on the sidelines for three New England high schools – South Berwick and Marshwood in Maine and St. Thomas Aquinas in Dover, NH. In the process,…
The Silly Season
t’s coming. In fact it’s already started. A colleague of mine referred to the college football world between mid-November and January lst as ‘The Silly Season.’ It’s the time of year when many major college head coaches are fired. It’s…
How About A Simple Apology
More and more inter-sectional games between ranked high school teams are on television each year. Over the last two weekends, eight different games were broadcast to nationwide audiences. One of the more intriguing match-ups was Glenville High School in Cleveland…
4-Steps To Speed Injury Recovery
Dr. Raymond J. Petras specializes in elite sports performance and injury management. He is an international lecturer, author, professor, researcher and world cup team doctor. His work encompasses most sports from young amateur athletes, Olympic and professional, as well as…
Still Going Strong
On November 8, 2003, Saint John’s University football coach John Gagliardi became America’s winningest collegiate coach. St. John’s of Collegeville, MN defeated Bethel College, 29-26, giving the Johnnies the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference title and Gagliardi his 409th career victory….
A Coach You’ve Probably Never Heard Of: Kevin Donley
Kevin Donley has established himself as one of the most successful head coaches in the country. He has taken two different programs to national prominence and, in the process, won a national championship and national coach of the year honors….
A COACH YOU’VE PROBABLY NEVER HEARD OF: Larry Kehres
He simply has the highest winning percentage of any coach in modern college football history. Here is Larry Kehres’ resume: *His overall record: 289-22-3 over 24 years, 1986-2009 (.925%). *His teams have won 10 NCAA Division III Championships. *His teams…
A Coach You’ve Probably Never Heard Of: Bob Jastrob
Bob Jastrob has completed five seasons as head coach at Mt. San Antonio, a junior college located in the town of Walnut in California. Each season during Jastrob’s tenure the Mounties improved their performance and last fall won the California…
Only Five Months To Go
For those of us that live and breath for some form of football, February was just about the cruelest month. The Super Bowl ended the season and the NFL Players Combine seemed like more hype than substance. March is not…
A Coach You’ve Probably Never Heard Of: Andy Talley
Villanova was losing to undefeated Montana last December, 14-3, midway through the second quarter when the Wildcats rallied and then held on to win the Football Championship Subdivision National Championship, 23-21. In the process, head coach Andy Talley reached the…