The Butler
07-27-2007, 01:00 PM
Seminar is worth the trip for Alaska coach
Friday, July 27, 2007
By Jim Thomas
JACKSON TWP. A four-hour time zone change couldn't stop Duncan Shackleford from getting to Canton this week.
"It's huge," Shackleford said of the flight from Alaska to Ohio. "But I wanted people to know we're throwing footballs instead of snowballs."
The head football coach at Chugiak High School, Shackleford was among the 100 high school coaches and youth football organizers who attended the two-day NFL Youth Football Summit at Kent State University Stark Campus.
A prep coach of 24 years and winner of two state titles at Anchorage Diamond High School, Shackleford knew he was in a special region of the country for football.
"Oh my gosh. That's the thing legends are made of," Shackleford said. "Massillon, Paul Brown Stadium, Canton McKinley. You've got to put Ohio football in the top five in the nation."
http://www.cantonrep.com/index.php?ID=367138&Category=17&fromSearch=yes&subCategoryID=0
Coaches learn how to reach higher
JACKSON TWP. Bill Parisi is the man who asks the question: “How high can you jump?”
If you are a high school coach or a Parisi client, his answer is you surely can go higher.
For 90 minutes Wednesday, an animated Parisi had 150 high school football coaches from across the nation stretching, bending and, most importantly, learning his training methods at the fourth annual NFL Youth Football Summit at Kent State University Stark campus.
http://www.cantonrep.com/index.php?ID=367007&Category=17&fromSearch=yes&subCategoryID=0
Esiason knows influence coaches can have
JACKSON TWP. Boomer Esiason's mother died when he was 7 years old.
His father, Norman Sr., had to work to feed his family. That left time for a teenage Boomer to find mischief growing up in East Islip, N.J.
That's when Sal Ciampi came into his life.
"He was the closest person to me (other than my father)," Esiason told the 100 high school coaches and youth football organizers at Thursday's NFL Youth Football Summit at Kent State University Stark Campus.
Esiason, a former NFL MVP and Super Bowl quarterback with the Cincinnati Bengals, talked about the responsibility of being a high school football coach.
http://www.cantonrep.com/index.php?ID=367153&Category=17&fromSearch=yes&subCategoryID=0
Friday, July 27, 2007
By Jim Thomas
JACKSON TWP. A four-hour time zone change couldn't stop Duncan Shackleford from getting to Canton this week.
"It's huge," Shackleford said of the flight from Alaska to Ohio. "But I wanted people to know we're throwing footballs instead of snowballs."
The head football coach at Chugiak High School, Shackleford was among the 100 high school coaches and youth football organizers who attended the two-day NFL Youth Football Summit at Kent State University Stark Campus.
A prep coach of 24 years and winner of two state titles at Anchorage Diamond High School, Shackleford knew he was in a special region of the country for football.
"Oh my gosh. That's the thing legends are made of," Shackleford said. "Massillon, Paul Brown Stadium, Canton McKinley. You've got to put Ohio football in the top five in the nation."
http://www.cantonrep.com/index.php?ID=367138&Category=17&fromSearch=yes&subCategoryID=0
Coaches learn how to reach higher
JACKSON TWP. Bill Parisi is the man who asks the question: “How high can you jump?”
If you are a high school coach or a Parisi client, his answer is you surely can go higher.
For 90 minutes Wednesday, an animated Parisi had 150 high school football coaches from across the nation stretching, bending and, most importantly, learning his training methods at the fourth annual NFL Youth Football Summit at Kent State University Stark campus.
http://www.cantonrep.com/index.php?ID=367007&Category=17&fromSearch=yes&subCategoryID=0
Esiason knows influence coaches can have
JACKSON TWP. Boomer Esiason's mother died when he was 7 years old.
His father, Norman Sr., had to work to feed his family. That left time for a teenage Boomer to find mischief growing up in East Islip, N.J.
That's when Sal Ciampi came into his life.
"He was the closest person to me (other than my father)," Esiason told the 100 high school coaches and youth football organizers at Thursday's NFL Youth Football Summit at Kent State University Stark Campus.
Esiason, a former NFL MVP and Super Bowl quarterback with the Cincinnati Bengals, talked about the responsibility of being a high school football coach.
http://www.cantonrep.com/index.php?ID=367153&Category=17&fromSearch=yes&subCategoryID=0