There’s a human element to sports at any level, and in Lindsay Gottlieb’s office, just a few steps from the Haas Pavilion court on the University of California campus, it shines forth. There are commemorative basketballs, and the various paraphernalia of a coach always on the move. … [Read more...]
New Book for Student-Athletes: Beneath the College Jersey by Marten Vandervelde
Listen to an interview between Erica Quam (founder of The Inner Circle for Women Who Coach) and Marten Vandervelde - author of the book, Beneath the College Jersey: An Athlete's Guide to Healthier Nutrition, Habits, & Recovery. In this interview, Erica talks with Marten … [Read more...]
How do you build trust on your team? by Erica Quam @coachquam
FEATURED ARTICLE by Erica Quam How do you build trust on your team? TRUSTBuilding trust is the foundation for the success of your team this year. This is where it starts. CONFLICTIf you don't have trust, you can't have healthy conflict. You'll just have people that … [Read more...]
NCAA Reform and Title IX
Last week a federal district court judge ruled in favor of the former college athletes, lead by Ed O'Bannon, who were challenging NCAA rules that prevented them from sharing in the proceeds that their colleges and universities earned by licensing their names and likenesses for commercial purposes … [Read more...]
Wendy Parker on the fate of the non-revenue NCAA athlete
On Monday my post is generally related to a timely sports topic prominently in the news, is focused on the business of sports or covers a sports subject at random. * * * * * * * * I don’t know much about law, economics, business, marketing, public relations, television rights and industrial … [Read more...]
NCAA - 2014 AWK College Soccer Award Preseason Shortlists
Here are the shorlists for the annual AWK College Soccer awards, given out each January before the Hermann Trophy announcement. All players for this shortlist must have played one season of DI soccer to be considered, though all players are considered for the final awards. AWK Golden Glove Jane … [Read more...]
NCAA - FINAL 2014 Recruiting Rankings - Top 100
Err. Final-ish. There may be slight changes if there are some new unknown faces on clubs who haven’t released rosters yet. 1. Stanford PLAYER TO WATCH: Andi Sullivan – MF – FR 2. Penn State PLAYER TO WATCH: Maddie Elliston – MF/D – FR 3. Duke PLAYER TO WATCH: Imani … [Read more...]
Fresh Skaters On The Ice! NCAA Recruiting Classes, Part One
We have certain assumptions about what we consider a successful recruiting class. At the top of the list are players who have served on the American or Canadian national teams. Then come players who have been invited to camps by those teams, and/or been a part of top-flight junior programs. If you … [Read more...]
NCAA - Updated Class of 2015 Recruiting Rankings
Teams ranked 26-50 after the jump. 1. Stanford 2. Penn State 3. North Carolina 4. Tennessee 5. Duke 6. Virginia 7. Notre Dame 8. UCLA 9. Boston College 10. Washington 11. Florida State 12. Michigan 13. BYU 14. Santa Clara 15. Wake Forest 16. Florida 17. Kentucky 18. LSU 19. Colorado 20. Miami (FL) … [Read more...]
NCAA - Updated Class of 2016 Recruiting Rankings
Through this weekend’s last updated of the big recruiting spreadsheet. 1. North Carolina 2. UCLA 3. Duke 4. Virginia 5. Notre Dame 6. Stanford 7. Santa Clara 8. West Virginia 9. USC 10. Florida State 11. South Carolina 12. Rutgers 13. Washington 14. Maryland 15. Tennessee 16. Boston College … [Read more...]