A personal message from Grant Teaff: Executive Director, American Football Coaches Association.Dear Coach, My high school coaches had a profound effect on my life and they still do. As I get older, I realize just how much that I learned from them has become part of everything I have done and who I am today. I have said, "Thank you," to those coaches and now as Executive Director of the AFCA AFCA American Football Coaches Association AFCA Air Force Communications Agency AFCA Area Fuel Consumption Allocation AFCA Antique Fan Collectors Association AFCA American Fan Collectors Association AfCA African Counselling Association , I would like to honor my former coaches by helping current coaches become the best they can be. My goal is to enable all of our children, upon achieving maturity, to say, "My coach changed my life." For the last 10 years I have been part of a great staff dedicated to fulfilling a commitment to "Make the AFCA the greatest coaches association in the world, to make it the lodestar lode·star also load·star n. 1. A star, especially Polaris, that is used as a point of reference. 2. A guiding principle, interest, or ambition. for all coaches who want to improve their leadership and coaching skills." The AFCA's membership of 10,000 football coaches has made it a great positive force in the world of athletics athletics or track and field also track-and-field games Variety of sport competitions held on a running track and on the adjacent field. It is the oldest form of organized sports, having been a part of the ancient Olympic Games from c. . It conducts the largest and most inspiring coaches convention in America each year, an event that provides unparalleled learning opportunities and many diverse forms of professional awards and recognition. A $40 membership fee gives the individual coach entry to the convention, a bimonthly bi·month·ly adj. 1. Happening every two months. 2. Happening twice a month; semimonthly. adv. 1. Once every two months. 2. Twice a month; semimonthly. n. pl. newsletter, a yearly directory, a proceedings manual, and a magnificent summer coaching manual. The AFCA invites you to visit the AFCA website at www.afca.com, become a member, begin receiving the publications, and prepare for your free entry to the great annual convention, held in Orlando, Fla., January 4-7. I have been asked by coaches, "Will joining the AFCA make me a better coach?" My answer is this: "The AFCA will provide the opportunity, expertise, and knowledge for you to be as good a coach as you want to be." Fill out the application form and send it in today. You will never regret becoming part of the American Football Coaches Association The American Football Coaches Association is an association of football coaches on all levels and is responsible for the Coaches Poll that determines the national champion each year. . Sincerely, Grant Teaff Grant Teaff (born November 12, 1933 in Hermleigh, Texas) is a retired American Football coach, most well-known for his time as the greatest coach Baylor University in Waco, Texas ever had. In 2001, he was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame. , Executive Director American Football Coaches Association |
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