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Georgia Athletic Directors Association Newsletter
Vol. 1 No. 12 April 2010
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JeffBeggsWelcome to our E-newsletter. My name is Jeff Beggs and I am the new President of the Georgia Athletic Directors Association for 2010-2011.

I hope you will take a minute to read through this newsletter and visit our website, www.gadaonline.net . There is a tremendous amount of information that will be useful to you as you do your job as a professional athletic administrator. In our profession, you wear many hats. Our responsibility to you is to help you and your school be successful as you perform your all of your daily duties.

Best of luck to you. If our Board of Directors or I can help you in any way, please do not hesitate to contact any of us.

Sincerely,
 
Jeff Beggs, CMAA
Associate Director of Athletics
St. Francis High School
GADA inducts inaugural Hall of Fame class, names regional ADs of the year
This article appeared in the April 2 edition of Score Prep
By Stephen Black

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This past weekend in Savannah, the Georgia Athletic Directors Association inducted eight members into its inaugural Hall of Fame class. The ceremony took place during the Association's annual conference at the Hilton DeSoto in downtown Savannah.

This class was chosen by the GADA Board of Directors and includes some of the most influential and accomplished athletic directors in the history of the state. Members of the inaugural class received an award made of crystal and will eventually be recognized in a Hall of Fame location. The facility that will house the Hall of Fame has not yet been chosen.

In the future, Hall of Fame classes will be chosen on a yearly basis by the board after nominations by the over 200 members of the GADA. The ceremony will continue to take place at the annual conference in Savannah.

The driving force behind the establishment of the GADA Hall of Fame is out-going Association President Carter Wilson. The Decatur High School athletic director wanted a Hall of Fame as a way to recognize the accomplishments and contributions of Georgia high school athletic directors.

The inaugural Hall of Fame members are Max Bass, Corky Kell, Bob Ward, Dexter Wood, John Hill, Lucia Norwood, Petty Ezell, and Melvin Crook. Each member was given a chance to address the crowd.

SPEAKERS TOUCH ON IMPORTANT ISSUES ...
All of the speeches were heart-felt and included quite a bit of wisdom and knowledge acquired over the years, but one of the common themes throughout all of them was the importance of relationships with young people. Many of the inductees mentioned that winning was secondary to the development of relationships with the athletes. Working with and seeing the development of young people was clearly the most rewarding part of coaching for all of the speakers.

One of the speakers mentioned how he had counted 178 of his former players that had gone into the coaching profession while others spoke of the facilities that had been built under their watch. Bob Ward from Westminster was proud to announce a $29 million building that will house a pool, weight room, basketball court, and trophy room for Wildcat athletics.

Dexter Wood, who coached at Marietta and Buford among other schools, spoke about something he learned while playing under Bear Bryant at Alabama. Wood said that Bryant said that if someone could live without coaching, then they shouldn't get into it. Clearly, Wood couldn't live without it, as his teams played for five state titles and won three. Wood's squads also hold the state record for most consecutive wins with 47.

Lucia Norwood, Executive Director of the GADA, mentioned how proud she was of the current state of the Title IX rule, which allows gender equity in athletics. Norwood was instrumental in getting the rule adopted throughout the state of Georgia.

Ralph Swearngin, current Executive Director of the GHSA, spoke in honor of the inductees. Swearngin proudly announced how the GHSA is currently covering the catastrophic insurance premiums for all Georgia schools. Such a commitment is proof of how generous the GHSA is in trying to help education in this state.

Another welcomed guest speaker was Brian Willman of Regions Bank. The Regions Director's Cup recognizes athletic departments in all classifications that have excelled as a whole and shown superior performance. The GADA has presented this award annually since 1999-2000. The schools that win awards are presented with a trophy and banner, both of which are provided by Regions.

AWARD WINNERS ...
The Regional Athletic Director of the Year awards were then given out for each region of each classification in the state. There were a total of 40 athletic directors who were presented with the award this year.

The state AD of the year and ADs of the year for each classification were also recognized. Rusty Hudson of The Westminster School was given the award for the state while Kris Palmerton of Pace Academy won for Class A, Calvin Scandrett of Lamar County won for Class 2A, Dennis Stromie of West Forsyth won for Class 3A, Brian Moore of Apalachee won for Class 4A and Mark Whitley of Parkview won for Class 5A.

The Distinguished Service Award was presented to Carter Wilson of Decatur. Wilson is currently the outgoing GADA President and will be succeeded by Jeff Beggs of The St. Francis Schools.

Other award winners included Mike Carswell, who won the Citation Award, Lynne Malloy, who won the NIAAA Award of Merit, and Joe Sanfilippo who was given the Frank Kovaleski Professional Development Award.

To download a copy of the Score Prep April 2 edition click HERE

 
Spring Varsity sports scores!

Score Atlanta is collecting spring varsity scores for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution for their next day newspaper editions as well as www.AJC.com.

We will be focusing on baseball, soccer and lacrosse but will also try to get team scores in for the other sports...

Please let your coaches and booster club presidents know that there are two ways to get us the scores ...

Please have them call or email scores on TUESDAYS, THURSDAYS AND FRIDAYS. But are welcome to also send us scores on other days.

THE CONTACT NUMBER AND EMAIL IS AS FOLLOWS ...
The first is to call (404) 256-1572

Email scores to [email protected]
 
If you have any questions please feel free to call me at
(404) 246-7819 or email me at [email protected].

This is very exciting as for the first time spring scores will be available in the state's biggest newspaper and website ...
 
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Not a member yet? Click here to read about the benefits of belonging not only to the GADA but also the NIAAA!

Inaugural Kay Yow Women's Sports Coaches Clinic
Saturday, May 8, 2010
kay-yow Join us for the Inaugural Kay Yow Women's Sports Coaches Clinic presented by the Fellowship of Christian Athletes. All high school and club/travel team coaches of women's sports can participate in hands-on technical and tactical clinics in basketball, cheerleading, softball, tennis and volleyball from outstanding college coaches as well as different breakout sessions tackling a variety of coaching topics.

Registrants receive a light breakfast, coaches jacket and notebook.

Early registration: $65 if postmarked by 4/17/2010

Regular registration: $75

Saturday, May 8, 2010
Mt. Paran Christian School
Kennesaw, GA

For more information and to download registration forms go to www.atlantafca.org or contact Kim Boyce at [email protected]
We value your comments and feedback. We encourage you to submit articles and items of interest for the newsletter and the new website.
 
Sincerely,

Jeff Beggs, CMAA - President

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