NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL COACHES ALLIANCE POWERED BY USA FOOTBALL UNITES COACHING COMMUNITY
(Indianapolis) High school coaches associations spanning 37 states and USA Football today announced the formation of the National High School Football Coaches Alliance. This newly created Alliance will foster frequent and meaningful collaboration between its members, advance best practices across high school football and to unite and serve the high school football coaching community.
The High School Football Coaches Alliance, led by state high school coach association directors, seeks to provide access to unique and progressive professional development and continuing education platforms, digital and physical coaching tools and communication vehicles extending beyond state and regional borders.
Coaches association leaders convened in January at the 2018 USA Football National Conference in Orlando, Florida. The group met with USA Football to discuss forming the Alliance, benefitting their members and football-playing student athletes nationwide.
Contacts:
Rob Younger
Oregon Athletic Coaches Association
Melinda Whitemarsh
USA Football
“This is a significant ‘first’ for high school football,” said Oregon Athletic Coaches Association Executive Director ROB YOUNGER, who will serve as the inaugural president of the Alliance. Younger worked as an Oregon high school educator and football coach for more than 40 years. “The Alliance will bring coaches together in ways we’ve not seen before and will strengthen our community through USA Football’s exceptional and vast coaching resources.”
“Helping form and assist the Alliance is consistent with how we have served the high school coaching family for years,” said USA Football CEO SCOTT HALLENBECK. “This is a community formed by coaches for coaches. They are teachers and mentors – their work is self-giving and inspires student-athletes to be their best both on the field and off it. The formation of this Alliance presents a powerful opportunity for us all to share and learn from each other to keep football growing and moving forward.”
The Alliance’s physical and digital platforms will be powered by USA Football, the sport’s national governing body and the only member of the U.S. Olympic Committee dedicated solely to football. Supporters of the Alliance include the National High School Athletic Coaches Association and the National Organization of Coaches Association Directors.
Coaches associations comprising the National High School Football Coaches Alliance:
- Alabama Football Coaches Association
- Arkansas Football Coaches Association
- California Coaches Association
- Connecticut High School Coaches Association
- Delaware Interscholastic Football Coaches Association
- Florida Athletic Coaches Association
- Georgia Athletic Coaches Association
- Idaho State Coaches Association
- Illinois Coaches Association
- Illinois High School Football Coaches Association
- Indiana Football Coaches Association
- Iowa Football Coaches Association
- Kansas Football Coaches Association
- Kentucky Football Coaches Association
- Kentucky High School Coaches Association
- Louisiana Football Coaches Association
- Louisiana High School Coaches Association
- Maryland Football Coaches Association
- Michigan High School Football Coaches Association
- Minnesota Football Coaches Association
- Mississippi Association of Coaches
- Missouri Football Coaches Association
- Montana Coaches Association
- Nebraska Coaches Association
- New Jersey Football Coaches Association
- New Jersey Scholastic Coaches Association
- New Mexico High School Coaches Association
- New York State High School Football Coaches Association
- North Carolina Football Coaches Association
- North Dakota High School Coaches Association
- Ohio High School Football Coaches Association
- Oklahoma Coaches Association
- Oklahoma Football Coaches Association
- Oregon Athletic Coaches Association
- Pennsylvania Scholastic Football Coaches Association
- South Carolina Football Coaches Association
- Southern California Football Coaches Association
- South Dakota Football Coaches Association
- Tennessee Football Coaches Association
- Utah Football Coaches Association
- Vermont High School Football Coaches Association
- Wisconsin Football Coaches Association
- Wyoming Coaches Association
Rob Younger, Executive Director-Oregon Athletic Coaches Association
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