Paying For Assistance  How much is too much to pay assistant football coaches at top NCAA Division I programs? The University of Tennessee assistant coaches will make over $3 million combined this year. Read the full story...

Soccer Seasons Change In NYC  New York City high school girls’ soccer has been moved from the spring to the fall. The Department of Education cited possible Title IX charges if the change was not made. Read the full story...

Big Winners & Losers  In Texas, a girls’ basketball game ends in a score of 100-0 … A first-year head men’s basketball coach halts his team’s 51-game losing streak … At 74 years old, this boys’ basketball coach picks up win number 900 … Texas’s Garrido is suspended after a DWI arrest. Read the full story...

Professional Quality  Through a special grant, this California high school baseball team had its field completely renovated by MLB groundskeepers who were in town for their annual conference. Read the full story...

Only A Month Away  If you haven’t done so yet, it’s time to start planning for National Sportsmanship Day on March 3. Dan Cardone, Athletic Director at North Hills High School in Pittsburgh, shares a program he recently put in place to improve sportsmanship in his league. Read the full story...

No Early Signing—Yet  While it seems the majority of NCAA football coaches are in favor of an early signing period, many conference commissioners are questioning the logistics of the plan. Read the full story...

Kay Yow Dies  ESPN columnist Mechelle Voepel writes on the legacy left by longtime North Carolina State Head Women’s Basketball Coach Kay Yow, who passed away Saturday morning. Read the full story...

A Little Incentive  In order to encourage more multi-sport athletes at his high school, this athletic director has developed an Athlete of the Year award. Read the full story...

Lead Issue Still Around  The Boston Globe commissioned its own tests of several artificial turf fields at area high schools, and found varying amounts of lead. Read the full story...

Tyer Retires (Again)  After 37 seasons with the Washington Redskins, Athletic Trainer Bubba Tyer has retired for the second (and last) time. “He had a great presence and a tremendous intelligence in the arena of athletic training,” says coach Jim Zorn. Read the full story...

Back For More  Training & Conditioning profiled Tyer after his first retirement in 2004. Read the full story...

Coming In From The Cold  The holidays are over, winter sports are in full swing, and athletes preparing for spring sports are chomping at the bit to begin preseason practices. Ryan Johnson, CSCS, Coach Practitioner and Strength and Conditioning Coach at Wayzata High School in Plymouth, Minn., checks in with T&C and brings us up to speed on what’s going on in his program this winter. Read the full story...