SPRING 2010 The official publication of Nebraska Coaches Association nebraska coach 2010 CLINIC THE FINAL BREAK BEFORE THE NEW YEAR The Nebraska Coaches Association Multi- something to do, you aren’t looking hard Sports Clinic has always seemed to be the final enough. event before the start of the next high school Now that the clinic is set up, the next sports season. It has also proved to provide step is yours, signing up and making plans to one last opportunity for coaches to get together attend. The lifeblood of the NCA is for some outstanding educational/coaching membership and the annual summer clinic. sessions and great fellowship. This year’s With the recent departure of two corporate clinic is again stacking up to be another sponsors, your participation is even more outstanding event, with exceptional speakers critical. The cost of putting on the clinic, and coaches in every sport. When setting up exclusive of staff time is somewhere in the the clinic, some coaches indicated they really range of $35,000-$45,000. Sixty-six percent of don’t have anything to share, but my traditional the operating funds of the association come response is that “I don’t know too many from membership and clinic registrations. coaches that have ever had an original idea, Twelve percent of our operating funds come they steal and perfect.” That could be the from corporate sponsorships, with the mantra for nearly every clinic or seminar that a remainder from other activities such as the All- person attends. Star Games, Cheer/Dance Championships, Each year, the NCA requests etc. suggestions from the various Sports Advisory The times are tough, particularly for Committees for potential speakers, and each schools. We anticipate that schools still feel it year the office uses those lists to secure is important that you attend the annual clinic, presenters. To secure 60-70 speakers, we but also hope that you attend even if the school may have to contact 100-120 coaches. That is doesn’t pick up the cost. To this point in the the challenge, one that has been met every year, the NCA‘s revenue is down some year and quite successfully we believe. The $35,000, caused primarily from the loss of the clinic schedule is similar to previous years with corporate sponsors. The NCA’s annual budget some sessions beginning as early as 8:15 a.m. is around $400,000, and we have taken the Aside from the scheduled clinic sessions, the ~ Cont. on Page 3 ~ week will also feature the All-Star Girls’ and Boys’ Basketball Games on Monday, July 26, SUMMER HOURS the All-Star Volleyball Match on Tuesday, July The NCA office is generally open on a year- 27, and completing the all-star series, the All- round basis from 7:00 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. Monday- Star softball Double-Header on Wednesday, Friday. The office will be closed for the 4th of July 28. Also on the agenda is the Annual July weekend from July 2-5 and will reopen July th Coaches Golf Scramble at beautiful Quarry 6 . Generally, the phone is on call forward to Oaks Golf Course on Monday, July 26, and Director Steve Johnsen, so feel free to call and Coaches Night Out on Wednesday, July 28 at leave a message if needed. the Champion’s Club. If you can’t find SCHEDULE STAR AD SCHEDULE+STAR—the ONLY complete solution! Home Team Advantage 800-258-8550 What are your goals? BHS is a small school and I have little secretarial help. I am responsible for all of the paperwork in the athletic department. I need to save time and effort on the mechanics of managing my department so I can spend more time with my Athletes and Coaches. Why? Being an Athletic Director should be athlete-oriented, not paperwork driven. I wanted to get out of my office and onto the field helping my kids and their coaches reach their full potential. What does Schedule Star do for you? 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Have a wonderful spring and we hope to Our coach’s liability coverage is with see you in Lincoln on July 27-29 at the 2010 Loomis & LaPann, but they also provide Nebraska coaches Association Multi-Sports several of our coaches with camp Clinic. medical/participant liability coverage. They can be reached at 800-566-6479, or by going to the NCA’s web site at ncacoach.org, clicking on ADDED INSURANCE COVERAGE TO “other forms” and scroll down to “Participant MEMBERS Accident Request Form”. You can complete The Nebraska Coaches Association is pleased the form and submit it to Loomis & LaPann for to announce that the Coaches Liability program an estimate of the coverage. A local provider has been expanded. Through the NCA’s is Forsyth Insurance Company in Lincoln. You membership in NOCAD, (National Organization may call Steve Mason at 402-483-7861 and he of Coaches Association Directors) effective will provide you with the necessary information. 8/1/2010, the NOCAD Master Make sure you protect your student- General Liability Policy will athletes, your school and yourself. The costs now include Professional are minimal and the protection is important, if Educational Legal Liability. not essential. This additional benefit will now cover our members for their STATE TRACK HOSPITALITY teaching responsibilities in the The Nebraska Coaches Association has classroom, should no other coverage be in hosted the Coaches/Administrators hospitality place. This is a huge benefit to those tent at the State Track Meet for over 20 years. members not having coverage through any That will continue again this year with a few other source. If you have any questions, changes. At the time of printing, with the loss please feel free to contact the NCA office at of Gatorade and the marginal support of Pepsi, 402-434-5675. the majority of the cost will be assumed by the Nebraska Coaches Association. We will still CAMP/CLINIC INFORMATION have coffee and donuts provided along with As a benefit of membership, the Nebraska water, Gatorade, and, hopefully, soft drinks. Coaches Association provides coaches with The hope is that we are still in negotiations with the opportunity to secure camp and clinic Omaha Pepsi Bottlers and Arby’s to see if they insurance. We work with two companies that would be willing to provide soft drinks to us. If have made their products available at a it is not available, it wasn’t through the lack of substantially reduced cost to member coaches. effort on the part of the NCA. As a member of the NCA, coaches are covered Make sure you stop in early and often, under the $1M liability policy on a year-round but as in previous years, please don’t take basis. This coverage travels with you if items to family members or fill working your own camp or for that of another your “personal” water jugs person. It does not extend to members of your from what we have to haul in. staff unless they are also members. This service is provided to The NCA office staff are not insurance coaches and administrators. brokers or agents, so we try not to make Make sure you take the time recommendations on what you will need to to stop by and have a coffee protect yourself. We do know that the NSAA’s or cold drink on the NCA. catastrophic coverage does not extend to the 3 YOUR CORRECT MAILING ADDRESS the clinic. Any refund requests received after We have had trouble recently with getting your July 1 will be assessed a $10 fee. This is for newsletter delivered to you. The Post Office the arrangements that have been previously has recently had some rules changes made regarding the clinic preparations. concerning mailing addresses.