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Every coach wants to have players on their team that are assertive and willing to accept leadership
responsibilities. No matter how demanding a coach or his staff can be in practice, ultimately,
success will come down to their players being able to hold their teammates to high standards and
demands during the game.
Who knows more about success than University of North Carolina women's coach Anson Dorrance. A
resume that includes 20 NCAA championships in 28 years, a winning percentage of over 93 percent of
the team's games and 20 National Players of the Year tend to speak for itself.
Success in sport is often emulated in the business world, and Karl Moore of Forbes Magazine wrote a
great article outlining lessons that can be learned from the blueprint of Dorrance.
Cover photo: Daniel Gajdamowicz
I know a guy who, when we were growing up, wouldn't greet you with a "What's up?" or "How's it
going?" or whatever.
His first question would be, "You working on your game?" The line had started with our
basketball coach, who basically told us that your off-season was the most important time for the
development of your game, because everything that happened next season would be determined by how
much you improved before it started.
Dave Masur has transformed St. John's University soccer into a national powerhouse over the past 20
years, and his Red Storm advanced into the second round of the NCAA Tournament in 2011.
Frank Isola of the New York Daily News writes of how Masur has built SJU into an annual title
contender.
From the Evansville Courier Press, September 11, 2011
Why Evansville?
That was the question I was asked by some friends at a Purple Aces Club gathering, and I think my
answer pleasantly surprised those I was sitting with.
Having been born and raised in the New York metropolitan area and despite growing up with a sports
orientation through professional sports teams like the Cosmos, Yankees and Knickerbockers, I was
always a college soccer fan.
In 1993, Georgia Tech basketball coach Bobby Cremins was on the shortlist of candidates for the
head coaching position at the University of South Carolina. After much speculation over whether he
would take the job, he appeared at a news conference in South Carolina to confirm that he would
accept the position.
HOUSTON, Tx — A Houston teacher and soccer coach has died after police say he was attacked in a
shopping center parking lot. Christopher Matthews, 33, was allegedly attacked around 11 p.m.on
Friday in the parking lot of a shopping complex. Ronald Lee Newman was taken into custody by police
following the attack, and was [.
In an article that focused on football Athletes seek help finding colleges the writer apparently
spent some time talking to players and looking at the question of whether a service is
valuable.
Enter college recruiting services, a growing industry where high school athletes and parents can
turn for help in gaining exposure and making contact with colleges.
