 Founded in 1951, The Connecticut High School Coaches' Association supports its member coaches and their student-athletes by offering ongoing educational opportunities, recognizing outstanding coaching achievements and providing general consultation and advice to its members. The CHSCA also seeks to promote the highest standards of competition in high school sports.
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Marine Corps supports Connecticut High School Coaches
The CHSCA is pleased to announce their partnership with the United States Marine Corps. What follows is their official press release.
HARTFORD, Ct. - The Marines of Marine Corps Recruiting Station Springfield, Mass., have recently partnered with the Connecticut High School Coaches Association to help support local high school coaches and athletes in Connecticut.
The Marines have always held themselves to the highest standards of honor, courage and commitment. In fact, these values are the building blocks at Marine Corps Recruit Training, but anyone could benefit from these standards.
Throughout its existence the Marine Corps has supported its local community, and this recent partnership with the CHSCA couldn't be a better fit. Both organizations seek to support local coaches and recognize their outstanding efforts with today's youth, as well as promote the high standards of education, health and competition that high school athletics requires.
To show their support, the Marine Corps Silent Drill Platoon stationed in Washington, D.C., has also volunteered to come and honor the coaches and their players, by performing at half-time during the 10th Annual Governor's Cup on June 28.
The Marine Corps would like to congratulate each of the coaches for their outstanding success and commitment to their teams. We will be proud to support you and your students at the Governor's Cup, and throughout the upcoming season.
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Governors' Cup Football: CONN. 31 R.I. 10
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Franciscan Sports Banquet
Wednesday, June 4, 2008 From 5:30 pm to 9:30 pm at the Aqua Turf Club, Plantsville, CT.
Silent Auction beginning at 5:30 pm Dinner at 6:30 pm. Tickets - $60.
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CHSCA/NIKE Coach of the Year Clinic
The NIKE Coach of the Year Clinic will be held again this year at the beautiful Marriott Hartford / Windsor Hotel in Windsor, CT. The clinic dates will be February 15th through February 17th
2008.
The NIKE Coach of the Year Clinics in affiliation with The Connecticut High School Coaches Association are the unchallenged premier football clinics in the nation. You and your fellow coaches can't afford to miss this one. Please mark your calendar now for this year's Connecticut clinic.
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The GoGirlGo! Ambassador Program is an initiative of the Women's Sports Foundation to get 1 million girls physically active. The team awards recognize high school girls for taking the lead!
[Find out more]
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Coaching Education
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Life Is Still Good
 "Life Is Still Good", by Meriden Record-Journal sports editor Bryant Carpenter, chronicles the late Maloney football coach Rob Szymaszek's courageous and inspirational battle with brain cancer.
The book will be available at the Nov. 15 Hall of Fame induction at the Aqua Turf Club and at www.plaidswede.com.
TOUCHING ALL THE BASES by John J. Fontana
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CHSCA Hall of Fame Reception at Rentschler Field
 
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2007-2008 Membership Form
The 2007-2008 Membership Form can be found here.
Read about the benefits of being a member.
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Gatorade Performance Playbook
 Gatorade has partnered with the CHSCA to provide high school coaches and their student-athletes with valuable information covering topics such as proper hydration and nutrition, communication between coaches and athletes, consequences of steroid abuse, and more, in a series of articles to be posted on the CHSCA website.
Visit the Gatorade Performance Playbook Page
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 Connecticut Student Loan Foundation becomes title sponsor for the CHSCA
Promoting College Access and Planning - Coaches Can Help!
Presented by: Connecticut Student Loan Foundation
Helping Your Athletes Prepare for College - Fall Activities
Presented by: Connecticut Student Loan Foundation
 For over 40 years, CSLF has been helping Connecticut families plan for and pursue a higher education. CSLF provides free college planning services and Susie Mae, CSLF's lending division, provides affordable higher education loan solutions.
- Financial aid and college planning workshops
- Toll-free hotline and resource center
- Online tools and tip sheets
- Fee-free Stafford Loans (for students)
- Reduced rate PLUS Loans (for parents)
- Affordable alternative loan solutions
Call now to learn how CSLF/Susie Mae can help you with your college planning and financing needs. 1.800.237.9721
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Dear Head Coach / Athletic Director:
Starting in the school year 2006-07, it is mandatory for all varsity head coaches to be a member of the CHSCA. All head coaches must have a continuous membership or lose the options available to all member coaches in the state of Connecticut.
The Connecticut High School Coaches Association after many years of deliberation has finally decided to follow all the other states in our country by making it mandatory for all varsity head sports coaches to belong to the CHSCA. In the past, we have allowed a coach that was not one of our members to be honored with a major CHSCA award such as the CHSCA Hall of Fame or allowing a nonmember coach to vote on a rule change that would affect CHSCA member teams. These are examples of the Will Not be Able to sheet that will immediately impact all head coaches in the state of Connecticut.
It is our hope that each sport committee will have on a CD the name, address, school, home phone number, e-mail address, etc of each head coach. This will enhance our communication within each sport.
Sincerely,
John J. Fontana, Executive Director, CHSCA
Gary Makowicki , Treasurer, CHSCA
Executive Board, CHSCA
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 | Connecticut's Most Successful Head Football Coach to be Honored September 7th! | | | Coach Bill Mignault will be honored as Connecticut's Most Successful Head Football Coach on September 7th at Foxwoods Resort & Casino. The retirement celebration and dinner will begin at 6p in the Sunset Ballroom. Tickets are $40 and can be ordered at www.coachmignault.com. If you are a former player who is interested in speaking, please contact Brian Mignault at 860-887-7328. For sponsorship opportunities, please contact Pam O'Brien at 817-821-7199. | | NHSACA Recognizes Connecticut Coaching Legends | | | Congratulations to Gary Makowicki of Norwich Free Academy for receiving the Dwight T. Keith Award at the 2008 NHSACA Annual Meeting in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Gary is a former president of the CHSCA (2000-2001), the NHSACA (2005) and was the national coach of the year in girls track in 2003. In addition to all of the ECC and CIAC committee assignments and other athletic duties at NFA, Gary continues to work for both the CHSCA and the NHSACA.
East Catholic’s James E. Penders and his father, the late Stratford coaching great James W. Penders, were inducted into the NHSACA Hall of Fame. James W. Penders was the CHSCA Baseball coach of the year in 1968. His son, James (Jim) E. Penders, was the 1993 CHSCA baseball coach of the year, the 1996 NHSACA coach of the year in baseball, the district one NHSACA representative for baseball and the president of the CHSCA in 2002-2003. Congratulations to the Penders family.
| | Marine Corps supports Connecticut High School Coaches | | | The CHSCA is pleased to announce their partnership with the United States Marine Corps. What follows is their official press release.
HARTFORD, Ct. – The Marines of Marine Corps Recruiting Station Springfield, Mass., have recently partnered with the Connecticut High School Coaches Association to help support local high school coaches and athletes in Connecticut.
The Marines have always held themselves to the highest standards of honor, courage and commitment. In fact, these values are the building blocks at Marine Corps Recruit Training, but anyone could benefit from these standards.
Throughout its existence the Marine Corps has supported its local community, and this recent partnership with the CHSCA couldn’t be a better fit. Both organizations seek to support local coaches and recognize their outstanding efforts with today’s youth, as well as promote the high standards of education, health and competition that high school athletics requires.
To show their support, the Marine Corps Silent Drill Platoon stationed in Washington, D.C., has also volunteered to come and honor the coaches and their players, by performing at half-time during the 10th Annual Governor's Cup on June 28.
The Marine Corps would like to congratulate each of the coaches for their outstanding success and commitment to their teams. We will be proud to support you and your students at the Governor’s Cup, and throughout the upcoming season.
| | The Rob Szymaszek Courageous American Award | | | At its February meeting, the Executive Committee of the Connecticut High School Coaches Association approved the Rob Szymaszek Courageous American Award. The goal of the award is to recognize members of the interscholastic athletics community who have demonstrated unusual courage, persistence and grace in living with overwhelming personal challenges and have inspired others by their example. The award will be presented each year at the CHSCA Hall of Fame Dinner in November to male and female coaches, athletic directors and athletes who exemplify the positive, “Life is Good” philosophy that characterized the life of Rob Szymasek, the late Maloney High School football coach and CHSCA Past President.
CHSCA coaches, athletic directors and high school athletes are eligible for this award.
Nominations will be accepted from members of the CHSCA and must be accompanied with a narrative that supports why the nomination is appropriate.
Nominations are to be sent to John Fontana, P.O. Box 632, Southington, CT 06489. The deadline is June 1, 2008.
The final selections for the award will be made by the Ron Szymaszek Courageous American Committee which is composed of five members of the CHSCA Executive Committee.
| | CHSCA, CADD and CIAC Form Alliance on Connecticut Coaching Education Program-CCEP | | | Please note there is a new alliance between the coaches (CHSCA), athletic directors (CADD) and the CIAC on coaching education. As stated on the CIAC website, "The Connecticut Coaching Education Program (CCEP) which is an alliance of the Connecticut Interscholastic Athletic Conference (CIAC), the Connecticut Association of Athletic Directors (CAAD) and the Connecticut High School Coaches Association CHSCA, is offering modules that will earn hours towards completing Connecticut's coaching CEU requirements.
Each module focuses on areas of coaching competency that are essential to school coaches in the twenty-first century. The CCEP has developed a delivery system that is designed to provide great flexibility for coaches whose time commitments are extensive. A variety of offerings will be provided throughout the year. Expert instructors will provide new and experienced coaches with interesting, timely and functional learning opportunities to assist them to better serve their athletes and schools."
Use the links by Coaching Education to learn about the course offerings and CCEP.
| | MRSA and Connecticut Coaches | | | Attention Coaches: With the recent incidents of Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in the State of Connecticut it is advisable to remind yourself and your teams of precautions. It is not just our job but your Maintenance Supervisor and Athletic Director to check out your facilities, such as locker rooms and equipment to help maintain a healthy safe environment. However, get your student-athlete to understand what they need to do to avoid infection.
MRSA is usually contracted by direct skin-to-skin contact with someone infected or by touching surfaces contaminated with the germ, thus students on sports teams or students using lavatories or locker rooms should take extra precautions. They are rarely fatal in previously healthy young people. Good hygiene is the best way to avoid infection from MRSA.
[more] | | CHSCA MERIT AWARD | | | The purpose of this annual award is to honor high school coaches who have provided exemplary guidance to their student athletes.
It will be presented to a male and female coach at the
CHSCA Outstanding Coach of the Year Banquet in May.
[more] | | Girls Volleyball and MaxPreps | | | MaxPreps.com, a CBS-owned company based in the Sacramento, CA, area, will be providing full scholastic volleyball coverage in all 50 states for the first time in the fall of 2007. For Connecticut, this means every program in the state will be provided with its own free web site, a site on which schedules, game-by-game results and rosters can be posted. The package also includes a complete and easy-to-use online statistical program for each team, through which coaches, assistant coaches and managers can input and compile team and individual statistics for each season.
Read More | | Establishing a Tradition of Sportsmanship by Tom Murray | | | There was a time, long ago, when most high school sports teams functioned without trained coaches. High school students organized their own practices, trained, developed and implemented strategies and competed with only an elected teammate-captain to direct them. Schools provided an adult manager, usually a faculty member, who made arrangements for games and supervised the athletes. The manager’s role was minimal except for the important function of promoting the health and safety of athletes and assuring that high standards of ethical sportsmanship were observed.
[more] | | CHSCA To Launch Merit Award for 2008 | | | Starting at the 2008 Coach of the Year Banquet the CHSCA will recognize two high school coaches (one male and one female) who have provided exemplary guidance to their student athletes.
Candidates for this award are to meet several criteria as explained in the coaches' info section of this web page. Anyone may submit a nomination but all supporting evidence must be verified by an atletic director and/or principal.
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| Important Event Dates |
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Hall of Fame Induction Aqua Turf, Southington November 15, 2007
CHSCA Coach of the Year Aqua Turf, Southington May 15, 2008
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