AFM RSS Feed Follow Us on Twitter       
AMERICAN FOOTBALL MONTHLY THE #1 RESOURCE FOR FOOTBALL COACHES
ABOUT |  CONTACT |  ADVERTISE |  HELP  



   User Name    Password 
      Password Help





Article Categories


AFM Magazine

AFM Magazine


Letter From the Publisher

The Cradles of Coaches
by: Travis Davis
© More from this issue

Click for Printer Friendly Version          

Arguably the single best career advice we’ve ever heard time-tested, successful coaches give is to outline one’s professional goals and to develop a plan-of-action to achieve those goals. More specifically, it is important to identify where you want to be at the pinnacle of your career – whether that is a specific coaching position, playing level, school or conference.

The idea is that by knowing the exact direction you want your career path tofollow aids in developing a precise and detailed plan-of-action. This outlineshow you will achieve your career goal. By doing this, you will be equipped tomake intelligent career choices and become more efficient in your job options – becauseevery job is an opportunity to learn and work under successful, established coachesand to showcase your coaching talents.

It is these two things – your proven abilities as a coach and often theprogram and coaches that you trained under – that will make you the mostattractive candidate for coaching vacancies. Which brings us to our cover storyfor this, the September 2004 issue of American Football Monthly.

When it comes to programs that have a history of developing successful coaches,few can deny that the University of Miami University (OH) – accuratelynicknamed, ‘The Cradle of Coaches’ – has the most celebratedtradition of developing some of football's greatest coaches. The cradle boastslegendary coaches such as Woody Hayes, Bo Schembechler, Paul Brown, Ara Parseghian,Weeb Ewbank and Sid Gilman and continues today with alumni such as Jim Tressel,Ron Zook, Randy Walker and current head coach and AFM’s Schutt Sports D-IACoach of the Year – Terry Hoeppner.

With the support of our sponsor LRSSports Software (www.LRSSports.com), we enlistedthe aid of our expert panel to research football programs at the D-IA, D-IAA,D-II, D-III, NAIA, JUCO and high school levels to find some of the best coachesand programs that develop successful coaches.

The good news is that we found a lot of programs that have and are turning outthe next class of successful coaches. However, the bad news is that it wouldtake a small book to identify these coaches and programs. And for that reason,the September issue of AFM will be our annual list of ‘the best programsto work for.’

As is the history and tradition of American Football Monthly – a magazinefor coaches and by coaches – if you know of coaches and programs that aredeveloping successful coaches that we should consider for next year’s issue,please contact our managing editor, Rex Lardner at 561-355-5068, ext. 329 orrlardner@lcclark.com.

As always, if there is ever anything that we can do for you, please do not hesitateto contact us at 561-355-5068. Thank you.

Respectfully,

Travis H. Davis
Publisher
American Football Monthly
American Basketball Quarterly
tdavis@lcclark.com








NEW BOOK!

AFM Videos Streaming Memberships Now Available Digital Download - 304 Pages of Football Forms for the Winning Coach



















HOME
MAGAZINE
SUBSCRIBE ONLINE COLUMNISTS COACHING VIDEOS


Copyright 2024, AmericanFootballMonthly.com
All Rights Reserved