Coaching Players For Life

MIAMI -- Occasionally -- very occasionally -- a football person says something that punctures the fog of George Patton-style rhetoric that football people emit. Before a Super Bowl in the 1970s (the MCMLXXs, for those of you in a Super Bowl frame of mind), Dallas Cowboys running back Duane Thomas asked a subversive question about the game: "If it's the ultimate, how come they're playing it again next year?" But most football people, and especially football coaches, are of the "Football Is Not a Matter of Life and Death -- It's More Important Than That" school of thought. However, when Randy Shannon, recently named head coach of the University of Miami Hurricanes, says that football can be a matter of life and death, that is not hyperbole, it is autobiography. .

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Texas State: Staff scrambles after coaching change

The first-year head coach of the Texas State Bobcats was driving toward his home base in San Marcos after several days on the recruiting trail. On the trip, Wright and new assistant coach Ben Norton had been through Plano, Lufkin, Palestine and Humble. "Luckily I'm with one of my assistants," Wright said. "Ben's in charge of the road map." It's been a wild few weeks for Wright, promoted from an assistant to head coach on Jan.22. For the past three years, Wright had served as the top aide to David Bailiff with the Bobcats. That changed on Jan. 18 when Bailiff accepted the head coaching job at Rice. At the time, Wright was named interim coach and began preparing for a recruiting weekend. With the future of the program in question, a few players canceled their visits.

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Local Action International Business Coaching Franchise Announces ...

DULUTH, Ga. - Jan. 5 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- The local, independently-owned office of Action International, the world's #1 business coaching franchise, today announced its corporate name is changing to ActionCOACH, effective immediately. ActionCOACH will continue to aggressively expand its mission to help small- to medium-sized businesses and their owners become more efficient, more productive, better focused, and more profitable through professional, objective mentoring and education. Action International, founded in 1993 by internationally renowned business expert and author Brad Sugars, operates in 22 countries around the world through a network of close to 1,000 business coaching franchises. The company, now known worldwide as ActionCOACH, has been rated by the U.S.-based magazine Entrepreneur as the #1 business consulting franchise in the world for the last four years, one of the Top 100 Franchises overall, one of the Top 20 Home-Based Franchises, and one of the Top 50 America's Top Global Franchises.

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Erickson College Launches ICF Accredited Christian Life Coaching ...

Erickson College International and Tony Husted CPC have announced the first ICF Accredited in person Christian Life Coaching Course. The Art and Science of Coaching; A Transformational Christian Program is a unique course designed for professionals, pastoral and lay persons who want to assist others in developing their own God given talents, strengths, gifts, and vision. The course is taught from a Judeo-Christian Worldview, taking into account the Ministry of the Holy Spirit, Biblical Truth, and God's Redemptive Plan. Erickson College International and Tony Husted, The Christian Coach offers you a unique approach to coaching that is not offered in any other coach training program currently available. Take the opportunity to make coaching excellence your reality.

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Coaching keeps Maurice young

Promoted to an NHL coach in Hartford in his late 20s, Paul Maurice felt his aging process already was accelerated. Thus, turning 40 yesterday was not a traumatic event. "I think the opposite is true," Maurice said. "You get addicted to this lifestyle, the emotional ups and downs, the gratification when you win, the horrible feelings when you lose. You get to the point where you need it, to where the summer feels like it's dragging until you get back at it. "It keeps your heart racing and keeps you feeling younger." As for any special birthday-night plans, Maurice quipped "I'm going to a hockey game." .

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Start Your Own Sales Coaching Business

Sales Progress LLC has just launched its 2nd version of its Sales Progress Coaching System. Tim Hagen, President stated, "We have added so many features, functionality, and benefits that both independent consultants and businesses will be blown away." The system comes with two primary functions. First, the system teaches a coaching methodology that comes with software to help monitor employee development. One feature is a scoring application where a manager can create custom scoring tools that help define both graphically and statistically where an employee needs additional coaching. If the manager does not know what to do, they are provided a help tool called, "The Coach's Corner" where they can search for coaching activities based on what that employee is challenged with. Second, there are learning tools for staff such as podcasts, web-based courses, and quick audio help files for various topics (getting past gatekeeper, closing ideas, etc.).

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Two Matthews (Fox, McConaughey) link life, coaching

One Matthew plays a castaway in "Lost." The other frequently casts his shirt away in his daily life. Matthews Fox, 40, and McConaughey, 37, join forces to rebuild a college football team after a freak plane crash in the inspirational true story "We Are Marshall." Over margaritas at ESPN Zone in Times Square, the actors discussed winning, losing and why they loved playing their game. .

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