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ALFCA Will Be at Summer Conference
The ALFCA will be working during this year’s AHSAA Summer Conference as usual. The annual ALFCA Social will be held on Wednesday, July...
Jul 1, 20191 min read


Dear Coach Part 2
The following is the second of a three part series on letters from parents to their son’s high school football coach. Dear Coach, The...
Jun 27, 20193 min read


AHSAA Summer Football Clinic Line Up
The annual AHSAA Summer Conference is the week of July 16th through July 19th at the Renaissance Convention Center in Montgomery. The...
Jun 25, 20192 min read


What Makes a Team Great
There is no doubting that Bill Parcells is one of football’s greatest coaches, regardless of the level of play. Parcells was definitely...
Jun 23, 20191 min read


Dear Coach, Part 1
Dear Coach, It has been a while since I’ve seen you and I hope you and your family are doing well. From time to time something will...
Jun 19, 20192 min read


Everyone Needs a Good Rival
An important part of high school football in the south is competing against your “rival”. Most rivals have competed against each other...
Jun 18, 20193 min read


Back Pain in High School Athletes Should Be Taken Seriously
Back pain is a common complaint in adults, with research indicating that up to 80 percent of adults will develop back pain in their ...
Jun 10, 20195 min read


Bart Starr-One of a Kind
It is amazing how many of the great figures in the history of football have ties to the state of Alabama-Bear Bryant, Bo Jackson, Joe...
Jun 5, 20193 min read


Missing the Old School Coaches
Chris Metcalf is the regional sports editor of the Batavia Daily News in Batavia, New York. On May 22nd, he wrote a column about “old...
Jun 2, 20195 min read


Enthusiasm Could be the Key to Your Success This Year
Teams are finishing up school and get ready for summer and preseason practice. There are a lot of summer distractions and every coach...
May 29, 20193 min read


Hoover Tops Dothan but Wolves Feel Good
The official score of this spring game that doesn’t count on your record was Hoover 28, Dothan 16. But it counted big to the new Dothan...
May 24, 20192 min read


Spring Games- To Play or Not to Play
Spring practice is a two week period where you work on fundamentals, find out who is ready to start in the fall, try out new players and...
May 21, 20192 min read


Coaching Hires Get Tougher as Summer Approaches
No school really cherishes looking for a new head football coach. Either your last coach left to take another job, retired, or the...
May 20, 20193 min read


Proper Equipment Fitting Can Reduce Injuries
Protective equipment is a crucial component of injury prevention in sports. That said, even the best gear is ineffective when fit is...
May 14, 20191 min read


Hudl Announces Changes in Storage Limits, Prices for 2019
Hudl is making some important new changes on how a team’s video is going to be stored and how much their normal service packages will...
May 2, 20192 min read


Steve Savarese
For Steve Savarese, it was not just about the winning. He has done plenty of that. It has always been about the integrity of high school...
Apr 28, 20192 min read


Jay Brown
Coach Jay Brown started his coaching career as a student assistant in 1985 under his high school coach, the legendary Bill Burgess, at...
Apr 26, 20192 min read


Randy Ragsdale
If Randy Ragsdale had not been a high school football coach, you would have begged him to coach to your son’s little league team, or...
Apr 24, 20193 min read


Bob Newton
It was 1976. A young assistant coach from Sprayberry High School in Georgia took a job at Homewood High School, which was in their fifth...
Apr 22, 20192 min read


Handling the Media After a Tough Loss
Sooner or later all head coaches suffer a tough loss. It might be a game that you thought you should have won, a mistake that cost you...
Apr 18, 20192 min read
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