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Georgia Athletic Directors Association Newsletter
Vol. 2 No. 4 NOVEMBER 2010
Greetings!

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
Director of Athletics
Atlanta Public Schools
Elmer B. Morrow, 88: Was DeKalb schools' first AD
By Rick Badie - The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Elmer Morrow worked only for DeKalb County schools in a career that spanned nearly 40 years.

He was hired as a physical education teacher for Druid Hills High. He coached football and basketball, too. In hoops, his teams won state championships in 1953, '54 and '57. His Red Devils football team made it to the 1957 state playoffs, though Valdosta prevailed.

"He was a good football coach, but he was a better basketball coach," said Terry Hodges of Anniston, Ala., a Druid Hills assistant football and wrestling coach in the late 1950s. 

"But he taught them what they needed to know, and what they needed to do to be decent players in either sport."

Randy Brown, a 1960 Druid Hills grad, was in eighth and ninth grade when he managed Morrow's football team for two years.

"He was strict and he was a disciplinarian," said Mr. Brown, of the Fannin County community of  Mineral Bluff. "He was very serious. The best word to describe him would be intense. He was a good coach." Read more...


Step into a typically crazy week in the life of a high school athletic director
By Mike White, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

So what exactly does one do as a high school athletic director? That question is sometimes asked of John Grogan and Bill Cleary. It might be better to ask what don't they do?Job descriptions for high school athletic directors are drastically different than they were 30 to 40 years ago. No longer is their main job to simply make schedules. With the advent of more sports, and other factors, Grogan said, "To do this job right, you're working more than 60 hours a week a lot of times."Grogan, 42, is in his 11th year as Mt. Lebanon's athletic director. It is a full-time job in which he is in charge of 27 varsity sports. Before coming to Mt. Lebanon, he was West Allegheny's athletic director for three years. Read more...

NCAA's New Credit Recovery Guidelines
In August 2010 the NCAA issued new guidelines for credit recovery.  Click HERE to download the new guidelines. 

Copycat logos are pitting high schools and colleges in a trademark turf war
By James Wagner - Washington Post
During the 2008 presidential campaign, CNN anchorman Lou Dobbs hosted his evening broadcast from the gymnasium of Freedom-South Riding High in Loudoun County. Painted on the wall was the school's official logo - a black and gold eagle with wings spread open and flashing its talons.

One of those watching on TV was a graduate of Georgia Southern University who recognized that the eagle was the same one used by the university's athletic department and called the school to alert it.

When word reached Lee Davis, Georgia Southern's associate vice president for legal affairs, he printed a copy of Freedom-South Riding's logo from its Web site and compared it to the university's design. "I blew them up and put them on top of each other," Davis recalled. "And no question it was a tracing."

Davis contacted the three-year-old high school and demanded that it stop using the eagle. Calling it "an inadvertent error," Freedom-South Riding has since removed the logo from team uniforms, helmets and other gear. Freedom paid Georgia Southern $1 for the use of the eagle for 10 years on items that were too expensive to immediately replace, such as the gym's wall and floor, according to school officials.  Read more...
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Beginning July 1, 2011, NIAAA membership dues will increase from $60 to $80.  Join both the GADA and NIAAA before January 1st for $100 ($104 using paypal) and save!  We encourage members to belong to both the GADA and the NIAAA. To see all the benefits associated with your membership due please click HERE.

Previously we reported the NIAAA dues increase date as January 1, 2011.  The correct date is July 1, 2011. We apologize for the inconvenience.
Athletic Director Checklist/Reminders for November
  1. Logo for webInsure that all winter sports coaches have completed required rules clinics.
  2. Have submitted all GHSA eligibility forms for winter sports.
  3. Schedule and disseminate agenda for upcoming athletic department meetings
  4. Pay bills.
  5. Insure that fall sports coaches have made nominations and attended appropriate meetings for all region and all-state nominations
  6. Have collected and filed all appropriate winter sports forms, to include proof of insurance, emergency medical treatment, emergency contact information, etc.
  7. Schedule winter sports parents meetings.
  8. Finalize gymnasium use practice schedules.
  9. Review all winter sports schedules for possible conflicts.
  10. With assistance from fall sports coaches, clean out and sanitize all multi-use locker rooms for use by winter sports team members.
  11. Pre-season meetings with winter sport coaches.
  12. Confirm all winter sports officiating schedules with time, dates and locations.
  13. Collect rosters from all opponents.
  14. Review winter sports season guidelines.
  15. Prepare winter sports game event managers schedules.
  16. Highlight and communicate all deadlines.
  17. Send all winter sports schedules to appropriate media.
  18. Arrange all home event gate workers. Cover necessary protocol and procedures.
  19. Update athletic website.
  20. Schedule winter sports booster club meetings.
  21. Complete and mail all booster club meeting agendas.
  22. Prepare for winter sport parent night.
  23. Disseminate all winter sports schedules to school administrators for sign up of administration game duties.
  24. Winter sports team picture schedule.
  25. Have completed all fall sports inventories for sports that are finished with their seasons.
  26. Speak with and/or inform student body on good sportsmanship and proper behaviors for winter sports events.
  27. Begin fall sports coaches end of season evaluations and conferences.
  28. Send thank you notes to all fall sports seasons coaches spouses.

This should give you a start in your preparation for the month of November. Good luck!

Jeff Beggs, CMAA

Director of Athletics
Atlanta Public Schools

 

Click HERE to download a printable version of the checklist.

Ideas that work from the NIAAA
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"Student-athlete Eligibility Card"
By Larry Goins, CAA, Athletic Director, Sierra Vista High School, Las Vegas, NV

Student athletes, when trying out for a sport, must get a computer generated card from the athletic director's office. This card is given to the student athlete when all of their paperwork is completed and on file. This informs the coach that all of the necessary paperwork has been submitted, that the student athlete meets all eligibility requirements and can participate in practice. The coach then uses the card to record all uniforms and equipment checked out at the beginning of the season and that all equipment is checked in at the end of the season. The card is then returned to the office of the athletic director. A student athlete is not issued a card for the next season until the card for the previous season has been turned in to the athletic director.

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Friday Night Feats!
State Farm Insurance Video Contest!
State Farm� is committed to being there for life's big moments across our communities.  That's why we're pleased to announce the return of Friday Night Feats, our national contest to reward schools for their most dazzling moments on the gridiron.

Just like last year, coaches, fans, or students can win up to $17,500 for their high school by submitting video capturing that show stopping play.  The contest begins August 27 with the grand prize winners - as voted by the fans - announced in December.

Last year's No. 1 pick, Mt. Mansfield Union High School in Jericho, Vt., was able to buy a scoreboard, track and turf protective mats, the foundation for a press box, and enough sideline and field equipment for their new football field, getting them up to speed for their first home game.Jacket www.fridaynightfeats.com 

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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Elmer B. Morrow, 88 passes
Typically crazy week for an AD
NCAA's New Credit Recovery Guidelines
Copycat logos are pitting high schools and colleges
AD November checklist/reminders
Ideas that work from the NIAAA
State Farm Insurance Video Contest!
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