Is it looavul, luhvul, or looeyville?No matter how you say it--Louisville, KY, is the host city for the 2005 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. Convention, January 9-12 at the Kentucky International Convention Center The Kentucky International Convention Center (KICC), formerly called the Commonwealth Convention Center . Louisville has great meeting facilities, a myriad of exceptional restaurants, and a warm welcome for 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 . It's still too early to make your hotel arrangements now, so be patient. In August, every AFCA member will receive a convention packet with more information and a housing form. It will advise him how to choose your hotel accommodations from several hotels, with rates to suit every budget. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The meetings will serve as the culmination of the football season for the more than 5,000 coaches who are expected to attend. The convention will feature a three-day coaching clinic and several other functions, including the ADT (Asynchronous Data Transfer) A transmission technique used in ISDN PBXs that dynamically allocates bandwidth. See also abstract data type. ADT - abstract data type Awards Luncheon and the AFCA Coach of the Year Dinner. The first morning of the coaching clinic (Monday) will be devoted to presentations by high school and junior college coaches. The speaker schedule for the 2005 convention is still in the planning stages, but if past history is any indication, those in attendance will be treated to another outstanding group of clinicians. Speakers at the most recent convention included USC's Pete Carroll, Georgia's Mark Richt, Northern Illinois' Joe Novak, TCU's Gary Patterson, Southern Illinois' Jerry Kill, Valdosta State's Chris Hatcher, Mary Hardin-Baylor's Pete Fredenburg, Carroll's Mike Van Diest Mike Van Diest is the Head Coach of the Carroll College (Montana) Fighting Saints Football team. During his eight-year tenure as Head Football Coach at Carroll College (Montana), Mike Van Diest has led the Fighting Saints to four straight National Championship, which has , and former coaches Johnny Majors, Ron Schipper, Bill Curry, and Herman Boone. Also sharing coaching secrets last year were the offensive staffs from Texas Tech and Minnesota, the defensive staffs of Ohio State and Florida State, and the special teams' staffs from Miami (Ohio) and Utah. The AFCA Professional Development Series offered seminars in crisis management, leadership, sports nutrition, and drug-use prevention. Close to 200 companies displayed athletics-related products. The only requirement to attend the convention is AFCA membership. The membership fee for high school, junior college, college and professional coaches is $40. Unlike most clinics, there is no convention registration fee. "We always encourage coaches in the immediate area of the convention and from surrounding states to attend," said AFCA Executive Director Grant Teaff. "They will have an opportunity to hear some of the best football coaches in America, improve their knowledge of the game and make contacts they couldn't get anywhere else." The popular Buzz Sessions will return with an expanded list of speakers. For continuing convention updates, keep reading The Extra Point or log on to www.afca.com. Louisville is the place to be in January 2005! RELATED ARTICLE: TENTATIVE 2005 AFCA CONVENTION SCHEDULE: January 9-12, 2005, International Convention Center, Louisville, KY SUNDAY, JANUARY 9 All Day: Committee Meetings 8 am: Registration/Exhibit Hall opens 2 pm: NAIA NAIA abbr. National Association of Intercollegiate Athletes Business Meetings 4 pm: NCAA NCAA abbr. National Collegiate Athletic Association Division II and III Business Meetings 4 pm: High School and JUCO JUCO Junior College Forums 7:30 pm: AFCA Tailgate Party MONDAY, JANUARY 10 7 am: President's Breakfast 8 am: Registration/Exhibit Hall opens 8 am: Junior College Program 8 am: High School Program 8:30 am: Div I-AA Business Meeting 9 am: Football Operations Directors Meeting 10 am: CACE CACE Center for Adult and Continuing Education CACE Center for the Analysis of Commercialism in Education (now Commercialism in Education Research Unit) CACE Canadian Association for Community Education Session 11:30 am: AFCA Kickoff Luncheon; Speaker: TBA TBA See: To be announced 2:30 pm: Grant Teaff, Director's Report to Membership 3:15 pm: Coach TBA 4:30 pm: The Master Coach 6 pm: "Buzz Sessions" TUESDAY, JANUARY II 8 am: Registration/Exhibits open 8 am: Coach TBA 8 am: Coach TBA 8 am: PDS (1) (Processor Direct Slot) A single expansion slot on certain, early Macintosh models that was used to connect high-speed peripherals as well as additional CPUs. Providing a channel directly to the CPU, the PDS coexisted with NuBus slots on some models. Breakout Sessions 9 am: Club 35 Reception 9:15 am: Coach TBA 9:15 am: Coach TBA 9:15 am: PDS Breakout Sessions 10:30 am: Coach TBA Noon: ADT Awards Luncheon 3 pm: Coach TBA 4:15 pm: Coach TBA 6 pm: AFCA Coach of the Year Reception 7:30 pm: AFCA Coach of the Year Dinner WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 12 7 am: FCA FCA Abbreviation for the Free Carrier Breakfast; Speaker: TBA 8:45 am: Chalk Talks (Off., Def., ST) 9 am: I-A Head Coaches' Meeting 10:15 am: Chalk Talks (Off., Def., ST) Noon: Division I Recruiting Seminar & Luncheon |
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