Each month, Legend Rings sponsors a Q&A with a champion high school coach. The supplier of custom championship rings has worked with many championship teams over the years, outfitting coaches and players with keepsakes following memorable...
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By Derek Smith, FNF Coaches Contributor When Sacred Heart-Griffin coach Ken Leonard was at Gridley High School in rural, central Illinois, he had only 18 players during the 1983 season. Now, Leonard coaches at a powerhouse and holds the state record...
As high school coaches across the country say goodbye to another academic year and turn their eyes toward summer workouts and preseason practice, the winningest coach in Pennsylvania history will be thinking about how he’ll spend his...
Rachel Baribeau is the founder of #ChangingtheNarrative and a national host on SiriusXM collegiate channels. He has visited over 30 college campuses to speak with male athletes about living lives with purpose, passion and platform. Hi coaches! I...
In 2016, the International Coach Federation commissioned a global study on coaches and found that a majority of new coaches begin their careers in their mid-40’s. But, the IFC also discovered there was a wide range of ages in the coaching...
The town of Murphy, N.C., breathed a figurative sigh of relief when veteran coach David Gentry announced he’d be returning to coach the Bulldogs again in the fall. And why wouldn’t folks in this small mountain hamlet in western North Carolina be...
By Dan Guttenplan, FNF Coaches Managing Editor Newton High (Texas) coach W.T. Johnston was given eight months to live by his doctor prior to the start of the football season. The coach vowed that his final lesson to players would be to show them how...
By Dan Guttenplan, FNF Coaches Managing Editor There’s no better way for a coach to go out than by retiring moments after lifting a state championship trophy over his head. Louisville High (Miss.) coach M.C. Miller did just that in November. M.C...
Sam Harrell, 62, was diagnosed with MS -- a disease which eats away at the nervous system.