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The CSP Panel of Experts includes some of the most respected figures in sports, sport psychology, health, coaching, nutrition, and sports medicine. You can email a specific sports parenting-related question to the CSP Panel and receive a detailed response from our expert in the field. This provides you fast, personalized answers to the most pressing questions that you may face in raising or teaching a child who is involved in sports.
Rick Wolff - Chairman
Wolff currently contributes a monthly sports parenting article for Sports Illustrated, sponsored by Dodge Chrysler and a monthly column for SI for KIDS' website on sports parenting. From 1995 through 1998, Wolff's column - KIDS' SPORTS - was seen every other week in Sports Illustrated nationwide. The column was sponsored by Chrysler Plymouth and was one of the most successful advertorial campaigns that Sports Illustrated has ever run. As a magazine contributor, Wolff's byline has also appeared in such well-known publications as GQ, The New York Times, Harvard Magazine, the Harvard Business Review, Sesame Street Magazine, Child, Scholastic, Family Life, USA TODAY, Psychology Today, Readers Digest, and many others.
Wolff has authored 17 books, including COACHING KIDS FOR DUMMIES (IDG, 2000) and GOOD SPORTS: The Concerned Parents Guide to Competitive Sports (Dell, 1992). Both titles have received major attention from the media.
In addition, for the past four years, Wolff has hosted a weekly sports parenting program called "The Sports Edge" on WFAN Radio in New York City. He's been featured on Oprah, ESPN, Madison Square Garden Network, SportsChannel, Lifetime, The Today Show, Good Morning America, ABC's "20/20", CBS This Morning, CNBC, PBS, A & E, MSNBC, Court TV, and dozens of other media outlets. In 1997, Wolff co-hosted an original videotape program, YOUTH SPORTS, with Steve Young, the All-Pro quarterback of the San Francisco 49ers.
Wolff, a former professional baseball player in the Detroit Tigers organization, served as the sports psychology coach in the Cleveland Indians organization from. He's worked with dozens of top professional and collegiate athletes, including players from the National Football League, the National Hockey League, and Major League Baseball. He also served as the head baseball coach at Mercy College (Dobbs Ferry, NY) from, during which time, the Flyers were nationally ranked in Division II (NCAA).
Wolff graduated magna cum laude from Harvard University with a degree in psychology. He received his master's degree with high honors in psychology at Long Island University. He's a longtime member of the Association for the Advancement of Applied Sports Psychology as well as the American Baseball Coaches Association.
Wolff and his wife, Trish, have three children and reside in Armonk, NY.
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Doug Abrams
Prof. Abrams currently teaches juvenile law and family law at the University of Missouri Law School. He has written four books, including Children and the Law, which is required reading in nearly seventy law schools. Three Supreme Court decisions quote from his writing. His youth sports and juvenile justice columns appear regularly in national newspapers, and he is frequently interviewed on radio and television.
With his book royalties, Abrams has created the Happiness For Health (HFH) program at the University of Missouri Children's Hospital. HFH is a permanent endowment that provides toys, stuffed animals and games for sick and injured children at the hospital. HFH also provides parties for children hospitalized on their birthdays and other special occasions.
A goaltender at Wesleyan, Abrams set an Eastern College Athletic Conference Division III record for most saves in a game (64), and became the first Wesleyan hockey player named to the weekly ECAC All-East Team. He has coached a USA Hockey National Championship team, two New York State Championship teams, many travel and house league teams, and learn-to-skate programs. As goaltending coach at a New England summer camp for twenty years, he instructed more than 2500 goalies. In 1989, he founded a Missouri youth hockey program. During his eleven year tenure as president, the program grew from nineteen players to 180, while enrolling every interested child, encouraging beginners, teaching sportsmanship, providing need-based scholarships, and fully involving each child in every practice and game.
Abrams' coaching stresses character development. Each year, his high school team has voted to hold an "Anti-Drug Awareness Night," an "Anti-Alcohol Night," and a "University Children's Hospital Night." Fans donate stuffed animals for the hospital, and the players visit the patients and distribute the toys. In 2001, the team also held a special night to raise donations for charities supporting victims of the September 11th terrorist attacks. The players' community service is a local tradition, and a newspaper recently called the team "a philanthropic organization on skates."
As a member of the Missouri Bar Commission on Children and the Law, Abrams has drafted fifteen health and safety laws, including comprehensive legislation to protect abandoned newborns. In 1994, he received the Meritorious Service to the Children of America Award from the National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges. The Missouri Bar Foundation has recognized his "extraordinary public service and contributions to justice." At the Law School, he has received the Administration of Justice Award, the Distinguished Faculty Achievement Award, and the Professor-of-the-Year Award, voted by the students.
Garth Adams
Adams has been a featured speaker on numerous occasions, including the 1999 Florida Athletic Coaches Association Athletic Directors Conference, "How to Get 70 Percent Athletic Participation" and the 1999 Florida Athletic Coaches Association Basketball Coaches Conference, "A Daily Maintenance Plan for Your Man and Zone Defense."
Adams has also been a member of the Florida Bar Association for the last eleven years.
Bob Bigelow
Bigleow is a former NBA first round draft choice, who played for four years for the Kansas City Kings, Boston Celtics, and San Diego Clippers. Bigelow played collegiate ball at the University of Pennsylvania for Hall of Fame Coach Chuck Daly. He has devoted several thousand hours to researching and lecturing about organized youth sports and its effects on children and adults. Since 1993, he has conducted over 350 presentations throughout the country.
In September, 2001, with two co-writers (who are also sports parents), Bob introduced his book Just Let the Kids Play: How to Stop Other Adults from Ruining Your Children's Success and Joy in Youth Sports (Health Communications, Inc.). This book takes a very critical look at the current state of organized youth sports systems and cultures across America. Too often these youth sports systems meet the adults' needs rather than the children's needs, and therefore create dispiriting sideline and "behind the scenes" behaviors and problems. This book offers many solutions to help put the youth back in youth sports.
Bob's mission to put the youth back in youth sports has received widespread media attention in Sports Illustrated, The Boston Globe, WCVB-TV/Channel 5 (Boston), WEEI-AM Radio (Boston), Philadelphia Inquirer, New England Sports Network (NESN), and BBWFAN-AM Radio (New York City).
Rick Boyages
Rick Boyages, a 17-year college basketball coaching veteran, including experience as a Division I head coach and the associate head coach of Ohio State's 1999 Final Four team, is the Associate Commissioner/Director of Men's Basketball Operations for the Mid-American Conference (MAC). Boyages comes to the MAC after serving as the Special Assistant to the Athletic Director at Ohio State. At the MAC, Boyages has primary oversight of all Men's Basketball activities including scheduling, game management, officiating, television, marketing and promotion, and MAC Tournament operations.
A native of Wakefield, Mass., Boyages spent three seasons on the Ohio State staff as associate head coach from 1998-2000 before taking over as the head coach at William and Mary in June of 2000. He returned to Ohio State and served as both associate head coach and interim head coach from 2003-2004.
Boyages began his Division I coaching career at Boston College in 1991. He went to the Eagles' staff from Bates College, where he had been head coach for four years. When named head coach at Bates in 1987, Boyages, then 24, was the nation's youngest collegiate head coach.
At both Ohio State and Boston College, Boyages was a part of amazing one-season turnarounds. At Boston College he helped turn the Eagles around from a 9-19 team in 1995 to a 19-11 team that went to the NCAA tournament in 1996. Then with Ohio State, he had a part in turning the Buckeyes from an 8-21 season to a 27-9 mark and a berth in the Final Four in 1999, the fourth-best single-season improvement in Division I history.
In his career, Boyages has coached 15 NCAA tournament games in five appearances, including making the Final Four once and the elite eight twice. In each NCAA showing, his team has never failed to win its first-round game. In addition, his teams have won Big East and Big Ten tournament championships.
Boyages' coaching talents have led him around the world. Over the years, numerous international federations, national teams and professional club teams have recruited his services. Boyages has conducted basketball clinics in Africa, Canada, the Czech Republic, France, Greece, Slovakia and Sweden.
A 1985 graduate of Bowdoin College, Boyages was an All-New England basketball honoree. He was awarded the Allison Haldane Cup for outstanding leadership and character at his commencement and holds a master's degree in Education from Boston University.
Brenda Bredemeier, PhD
Doris Burke
Burke's duties include work with ESPN and ESPN2 throughout the winter and as a WNBA analyst in the summer. Her busy winter schedule also includes the primary analyst role for the Atlantic 10 men's basketball package; regular analysis on ESPN Regional for The BIG EAST men's basketball coverage; fill-in for the New York Knicks on both radio and television; contributor on the NBA's NBATV.com; and as one of CBS' women's basketball analysts. Her primary summer work is as the radio and television analyst for the New York Liberty on Madison Square Garden Network.
Burke was a standout basketball player at Providence College and one of only five women inducted into its Hall of Fame. She was a First Team All-BIG EAST honoree, BIG EAST All-Tournament Team pick, and Kodak District All-America. At graduation, in addition to being named Providence College Athlete of the Year, she held PC and BIG EAST career records for assists and free throws.
Following graduation, Burke worked as an assistant coach at her alma mater and earned a Master's degree in Education. She was asked to provide color commentary on PC women's basketball radio broadcasts and quickly moved up the broadcasting ladder.
She is the first woman to ever broadcast a BIG EAST men's basketball game as well as a New York Knicks game, and the first woman to be named primary analyst for a men's basketball conference.
Burke and her husband Gregg have two children, Sarah and Matthew.
Darrell J. Burnett, PhD
Burnett earned a BA and MA in philosophy at the Catholic University of America, an MA in psychology at Xavier University, and a Ph.D. in psychology at the United States International University. He was awarded a Post-Doctoral Fellowship in Psychology at the Neuropsychiatric Institute at UCLA. He has been in private practice in southern California for more than 20 years. One of his specialties is positive parenting.
Burnett has published several articles and books (see his website, www.djburnett.com) addressing family life and youth sports issues. His publications include Improving Parent-Adolescent Relationships; Raising Responsible Kids: 5 Steps for Parents; and Parents, Kids, & Self Esteem: 15 Ways to Help Kids Like Themselves. In addition, Burnett has published several books on youth sports, including, It's Just a Game! (Youth, Sports, & Self Esteem: A Guide for Parents); Hey, Mom & Dad, It's Just a Game! ; and Positive Coaching: The Art of Being a Successful Youth League Coach. He was the primary contributor to the Playbook for Kids: A Parent's Guide to Help Kids to Get the Most Out of Sports, published by the Gatorade Company.
Burnett has also contributed chapters in several books: "Kids & T-Ball: What's a Parent to Do," in The T-BALL USA Family Guide to Tee Ball; "A Coach with Soul," in Chicken Soup for the Soul at Work; and "Challenger Baseball", about his work with developmentally disabled youngsters, in Chicken Soup for the Unsinkable Soul. Burnett has also contributed articles to several national journals, magazines, and newsletters connected with youth sports. Burnett recently participated in a panel presentation video entitled Rage in Youth Sports, produced by the Amateur Athletic Foundation. Cited as an expert in the July 24, 2000 Sports Illustrated article, "Parents Out of Control," Burnett has also contributed to the "Ask the Coach" section in several issues of SI. Burnett has appeared on numerous radio and TV shows, and been featured on the internet discussing youth sports.
Dan Bylsma
Dan Bylsma is a forward and Assistant Captain for the NHL Anaheim Mighty Ducks. The fourth of five children, Bylsma was born and raised in Michigan. An accomplished multi-sport athlete, Bylsma played amateur hockey in Muskegon Junior Hockey, Norton Shores Recreational Leagues, and Grand Rapids G.R.A.H.A. before playing Junior "B" hockey in Canada for the St. Mary's Lincolns of the Ontario Hockey Association. Bylsma was also a golf standout in high school, winning the Class D golf individual championship as a freshman. Also an avid baseball player, Bylsma was the starting left fielder as a freshman on his high school’s 1985 State championship team. In his senior year, Dan was a member of Michigan’s All-state All-class Baseball Dream Team, which chooses the best player at each position in the state - all classes.
Bylsma played collegiate hockey for four years at Bowling Green State University of the Central Collegiate Hockey Association (C.C.H.A.) During his first year at Bowling Green, Bylsma was drafted by the Winnipeg Jets in the sixth round, 109th pick overall. During his career at Bowling Green, Bylsma was twice selected to the C.C.H.A. All-Academic Team and once earned Honorable Mention. He was a Bowling Green Scholar-Athlete all four years and won the Jack Gregory Award for the highest grade point average on the team in his sophomore year. In his senior season, Bylsma was selected as the recipient of the Howard Brown Coaches' Award for excellence.
Bylsma began his professional career in the East Coast Hockey League with the Greensboro (North Carolina) Monarchs. He was a candidate for the league's Rookie of the Year award and won the Monarchs' MVP award in his first season. His hard work and play won him an invitation to attend the inaugural training camp of the Anaheim Mighty Ducks. During his second year with Greensboro, Bylsma was called up to Winnipeg's American Hockey League affiliate, the Moncton (New Brunswick) Hawks and helped the Hawks to the Calder Cup finals, losing to the Portland Pirates in six games.
After the 1993/94 season, Bylsma was signed as a free agent to a three-year contract with the Los Angeles Kings of the NHL After attending the L.A. Kings training camp in 1994, Bylsma was assigned to the Kings' International Hockey League affiliate - the Phoenix Roadrunners. In his first season with the Roadrunners, Bylsma was the recipient of the Iron Man Award for playing the entire season without a game missed due to injury. Bylsma was named captain of the Roadrunners and won the team's MVP award. Bylsma currently holds the Roadrunners record for most short-handed goals in a season (6). Bylsma played the following season with the Los Angeles Kings, missing only 3 games.
In 2000, Bylsma was signed by the Anaheim Mighty Ducks and was elected Assistant Captain. The Professional Hockey Writer’s Association has nominated Bylsma for the NHL's annual Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy, presented for perseverance, sportsmanship and dedication to hockey.
Bylsma has published several books: So Your Son Wants to Play in the NHL, co-written with his father, Jay (Sleeping Bear Press); So You Want to Play in the NHL, co-authored by his father, Jay (NTC/Contemporary Publishing Group); an historical novel about baseball and the Great Depression, entitled Pitcher's Hands is OUT! (River Road Publications); and Slam Dunks are Not Allowed - an historical novel about basketball and WWII (by River Road Publications). Bylsma also publishes a free monthly newsletter "From the Right Wing" for hockey players, coaches and hockey parents. In response to the many disturbing trends he has been observing in youth sports, especially amateur hockey, Bylsma and his father, Jay, initiated a program called IT PAYS. IT PAYS is an acronym for I Teach Positive Attitudes in Youth Sports. The goal of IT PAYS is to attempt to create a more wholesome environment, specifically in youth ice hockey, where children can enjoy sports, learn the rules of the game, and develop their skills toward a lifetime of enjoyment and appreciation for the sport.
Bylsma and his wife, Mary Beth, have one son, Bryan Thomas.
Kevin Clark
Clark is known for his versatility. He coordinates the Red Storm recruiting efforts and is instrumental in the day-to-day operations of the program. He is a very adept teacher of the game, from both the offensive and defensive perspectives. He is also called upon as a mentor to many young assistants in the profession.
His expertise was a staple on the George Washington sideline with Coach Jarvis from 1993-97, when the Colonials compiled a 78-45 record. In those four years, the Colonials were Atlantic 10 co-champions twice and made it to the NCAA field of 64 on two occasions. Prior to his service at George Washington, Clark assisted Paul Cormier at Fairfield University, from 1991-1993. From 1987-91, Clark coached at his alma mater, Clark University in Worcester, Mass. He captured the Division III Northeast Regional Championship, compiling a 20-7 record during the 1987-88 campaign.
An All-American basketball star at Clark (Mass.) University in the late 70's and early 80's, Clark still holds career records for rebounds (1,447) and field goal percentage (60 percent for career). The three-time All-American selection is also the school's fourth all-time leading scorer with 1,605 points. On January 28, 1995, Clark received the ultimate honor from his alma mater, when he was enshrined into the Clark University Athletic Hall of Fame.
He earned his bachelor's degree in sociology and education from Clark in 1981. Clark and his wife, Robin, have two children, a son, Korey, and a daughter, Kyla.
Robert Clark, MD
Clark was both a high school and college athlete. He has a 20-year interest in the biomechanics of athletic development. He has a special interest in the science of plyometrics and in quickness, agility, jumping, and running training. He has coached high school athletic teams for many years, and has successfully coached numerous high school and college athletes in speed, quickness, agility and jumping development.
Jay Coakley, PhD
Jay Coakley is Professor Emeritus of Sociology at the
Coakley's research focuses mostly on youth sports and socialization issues, gender, and race and ethnicity. He has lectured in
Suzanne Coffey
Suzanne R. Coffey, associate professor of physical education, was appointed director of athletics and chair of the department of physical education at Bates College in May 1991. In 1999, Professor Coffey was named a Sport Ethics Fellow with the Institute for International Sport. Coffey is also a member of the advisory panel of experts with the Institute's Center for Sports Parenting. Coffey received the Institute for International Sport's Frank W. Keaney award in May of 2002, recognizing her "commitment to the scholar-athlete ideal." Her peers recently recognized Professor Coffey as Division III Northeast Region Athletics Director of the Year for 2005. Coffey was also named NACWAA's National Administrator of the Year for Division III in 2001-2002.
Suzanne Coffey has been active in NCAA governance through more than a decade of committee service. She was recently named to the NCAA's Diversity Leadership Strategic Planning Committee. Coffey's four years on the NCAA's Management Council (2001-2005) included her election as chair of the Council in 2004. Coffey has also served as a member of the NCAA's Executive Committee. She was appointed to concurrent terms on the Division III Budget Committee, the Strategic Planning Committee, the Championships Committee and the Management Council's Subcommittee on Playing and Practice Seasons.
Professor Coffey's on campus work includes the development of a robust athletics program - where more than five hundred student-athletes participate on one or more of the College's thirty varsity teams. Bates' athletics programs have enjoyed significant national success under Coffey's leadership; in 2004-05 the program was ranked among the top 7% of all Division III athletics programs. Ms. Coffey is a doctoral candidate in public policy at the University of Southern Maine's Edmund Muskie School of Public Service. Ms. Coffey holds an M.A. in public policy from the Muskie School and a B.A. in studio art from the University of New Hampshire.
Dan Doyle
After a highly successful career as an intercollegiate basketball coach, Mr. Doyle founded the Institute for International Sport in 1986, a non-profit organization that utilizes sport as a medium to promote and improve international relations. With the help of sports psychologist Rick Wolff, Doyle conceived the Center for Sports Parenting. This Institute program provides invaluable sports parenting information to thousands of parents throughout the United States.
Doyle is the author of Are You Watching, Adolph Rupp?, a novel on the state of intercollegiate sport. He is also at work on his second novel, entitled Paradin' the Ghosts, as well as a nonfiction book entitled, The Encyclopedia of Sports Parenting, to be published by Warner books. The Encyclopedia of Sports Parenting, along with Rick Wolff's, GOOD SPORTS: The Concerned Parents Guide to Competitive Sports (Dell, 1992) outline much of the philosophy of the Center For Sports Parenting.
Doyle has received numerous international awards for his humanitarian work, including being named "Irish Sports Person of the Year" in 1993, receiving the Key to the City of Worcester (MA) in 1994, and being awarded the Distinguished Alumnus Award from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy in 2000. Doyle currently resides in Connecticut with his wife Katherine. They have six children.
Avery Faigenbaum, EdD, CSCS
Avery Faigenbaum is an Associate Professor of Health and Exercise Science at the College of New Jersey. He received his doctorate from Boston University and is certified by the American College of Sports Medicine, the National Strength and Conditioning Association and United States Weightlifting Association. He currently serves as the Vice-President of the Board of Directors for the National Strength and Conditioning Association. He is nationally recognized as a leading authority in the area of youth strength training and has lectured across the country to schools and sports medicine organizations.
Dr. Faigenbaum has authored two books and over 100 articles on fitness and conditioning. His first book, entitled Strength and Power for Young Athletes, was published in 2000. In 2001, Faigenbaum published a second work, entitled Youth Fitness. He is an appointed member of the Massachusetts Governors Committee on Physical Fitness and Sports and currently serves as the New England Region Coordinator of the National Strength and Conditioning Association.
Tony Fiorino
Tony is the author of The Comprehensive Guide to Adolescent Sports and has spent the last 20 years immersing himself in youth athletics.
He has spent the last several years as a director and coach in the basketball, baseball, football and softball leagues in Somers, NY. He has directed and coached at numerous sports camps throughout his career and continues to do so today.
Tony was approached in 2004 by Pro Swing, a highly-regarded indoor Baseball and Softball training facility in Mount Kisco, NY to act as a private instructor as well as a speaker to coaches and parents in the New York Metropolitan and surrounding areas.
As a baseball player, Tony achieved NABF Amateur All-American status as a member of the national champion Bayside Yankees. He also was ranked in the top twenty in the US in batting average and the top ten in RBI while at Mercy College, where he graduated with honors.
Tony and his wife, Erminia live in Somers, NY with their three children, Anthony, Sophia and Dominique.
Tim Green
Colleen Hacker, PhD
Dr. Colleen Hacker has served as the Sport Psychology Consultant to the Women's U.S. National Soccer Team since 1996. During her tenure, The National Team won a Gold Medal at the 1996 Olympic Games, the 1998 Goodwill Games and the 1999 World Cup. Named as an Assistant Coach in 2000, Dr. Hacker helped lead the National Team to a Silver Medal at the Sydney Olympic Games and a third place finish in the 2003 World Championships. Most recently, the team won a Gold Medal in the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Greece. The United States is the only country in the world to finish in the top three of every major world championship in soccer history.
In addition to her work with the National Soccer Team, Dr. Hacker works with professional, international and Olympic athletes in a variety of sports. Her strategies for peak performance are sought by corporations, business groups, professional sport teams, civic organizations and both print and television media. With more than 20 years experience in higher education, she is currently a professor and an Assistant Dean at Pacific Lutheran University in Tacoma, Washington. Dr. Hacker has conducted extensive, applied research in the field of sport psychology with particular emphasis on peak performance, cohesion and performance success and moral development in sport.
Dr. Hacker received her Bachelor of Science degree in Health and Physical Education from Lock Haven University (PA). She earned her master's degree in Exercise and Sports Science at the University of Arizona and received her Ph.D. in Exercise and Movement Science from the University of Oregon in 1992.
Much in demand as a speaker and consultant, Dr. Hacker has worked with corporations such as Morgan Stanley, NIKE, S.C. Johnson Company, MTV, Infinity Broadcasting, Lutheran Brotherhood Insurance Company, The New Yorker Magazine, Citadel Broadcasting, Conde Nast, Million Dollar Round Table, GLAMOUR, Parent's Magazine, House and Garden, Franciscan Health Care Systems, Better Homes and Gardens, Women's Sports and Fitness as well as civic groups such as the Girl Scouts of America and the YMCA. She has published widely in professional journals and books. Her work has been featured in Jere Longman's book, Girls of Summer, Lauren Gregg's The Champion Within, Michelle Akers' book, The Game and The Glory and Brandi Chastain's It's Not About the Bra. Articles about Dr. Hacker's work have appeared in Newsweek, USA Today, Sports Illustrated, The APA Monitor, The New York Times and The Washington Post, among others. Dr. Hacker has been featured on national television outlets including CNN, FOX, ESPN, Discovery Channel and Extra. Her book, Catch Them Being Good (Penguin Books and Viking Press) a collaboration with champion soccer coach Tony DiCicco, was released in 2002.
Peter Halas, MD
Halas attended Fairfield Prep, playing football and track, then Fairfield University on an academic scholarship, where he played freshman basketball and four years of football. He received his MD at Loyola-Stritch School of Medicine in Chicago and completed a pediatric residency in the Navy in Portsmouth VA, where he was very active in Naval sports programs.
Halas' father, Pete Halas, was a game scout for the Chicago Bears. His grandfather, Walter Halas, was head basketball and baseball coach at Notre Dame, as well as backfield coach for Knute Rockne and George Gipp and the Four Horsemen. The bulk of his career was spent at Drexel University as the athletic director and coach of three sports. Walter's younger brother was George "Papa Bear" Halas.
Halas and his wife Mariellyn have four children and have encouraged their academic and athletic careers, experiencing the full gamut of sports parenting. Halas has also coached soccer, softball, baseball, AAU basketball, Pop Warner and high school football, as well as professional football scouting. Active in his community, he is a borough councilman, chairing the beach and environmental commissions. He hopes that the combination of family, parenting, coaching, and pediatric experience will be useful in advising parents and young athletes.
Sam Hamilton
Hamilton is a native of Knoxville, Tennessee, and holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Clark/Atlanta University, Atlanta, Georgia. He has completed additional studies at the University of Connecticut, University of Massachusetts and Indiana University. He is a licensed Real Estate Broker and has taken advanced courses in Real Estate Investment.
As an active and involved member of the Hartford Community, Sam currently serves as Chairman of the Board of Directors for the United Way. He has served as a member of the Board of Directors for Child and Family Services and TLC - a group shelter for teenagers. His membership and involvement with many other organizations and associations includes Chairman, Allocations Committee for the United Way; Local Initiatives Support Corporation Advisory Conference of Connecticut; Elder, First Presbyterian Church; Board of Trustees, Connecticut Policy and Economic Council, Inc.; Chairman, Hartford Neighborhood Support Collaborative of Hartford Committee on Theological Education; Task Force for the Development of the Institute for the Black Athlete, Institute for International Sport; Kappa Alpha Psi and Sigma Pi Phi Fraternities.
Sam resides in Manchester, CT, with his wife Sandy. Their son Gordon is an assistant basketball Coach at SUNY-Binghamton.
David H. Janda, MD
Dr. David Janda is an orthopedic surgeon and a member of Orthopedic Surgery Associates, a nine-member orthopedic surgery group in Ann Arbor, Mich. He graduated magna cum laude with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in both Chemistry and Economics from Bucknell University in Lewisburg, Pa. and obtained his M.D. from Northwestern University Medical School in Chicago. Dr. Janda completed an internship and orthopedic residency at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, as well as a fellowship in shoulder reconstructive surgery and sports medicine in London, Ontario, Canada.
After leaving the University of Michigan, Dr. Janda founded the Institute for Preventative Sports Medicine in Ann Arbor, Mich., the only health care cost containment organization of its kind in North America. As the Institute’s director, Dr. Janda has brought together leaders in injury prevention and sports medicine to produce high quality work that has an impact on the everyday lives of the public.
Dr. Janda’s groundbreaking research has been acknowledged by the public and medical community, including the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons. He was awarded the clinical research award by the American Orthopedic Society of Sports Medicine. He also received the R. Tait McKenzie Award for outstanding clinical research on an international basis by the Canadian Academy of Sports Medicine.
Dr. Janda was appointed to the Board of National Center for Injury Prevention and Control by the previous Bush administration. He was also appointed to the National Institute of Health Trauma Research Task Force. Michigan governor John Engler appointed Dr. Janda to the state’s Council on Health, Fitness and Sports, and also named him Chairman of the Advisory Group on the Prevention of Sports Injuries. Dr Janda is the author of The Awakening of a Surgeon, which chronicles his efforts in the field of preventative medicine.
Dr. Janda and his wife, Libby, have two daughters, Allison and Katie.
Steve Kallas
An attorney and sportswriter, Steve Kallas was born and raised in New York City. He is a graduate of the legendary Power Memorial Academy, where he played baseball, basketball and was even on the bowling team. Former New York Knicks assistant Brendan Malone was one of his coaches. In his senior year at Power, Steve received the John P. Donohue Medal for excellence in athletics.
Steve is a graduate of New York University, where he also played baseball, basketball and was even on the bowling team. He later graduated from the Fordham University School of Law, where he was a member of the Law Review.
Steve has been a frequent guest on Rick Wolff’s well-known WFAN radio show, “The Sports Edge.” He has also made numerous appearances on radio and TV to talk about sports in general and youth sports in particular, including Madison Square Garden Network’s SportsDesk and Talk of Our Town, as well as local radio in Westchester County, New York. Steve has written articles on the problems of, and solutions for, youth sports, on Madison Square Garden’s website (MSGNetwork.com) and in the New York Post Sports Week.
In 2004, Steve was selected to be on an expert panel on youth sports by the Citizenship Through Sports Alliance (CTSA) to help formulate a national report card on youth sports for distribution in 2005.
With two young children, Steve has coached or is coaching Little League baseball, recreation baseball, girls softball, boys basketball and girls basketball. He also is a present member (and former Recording Secretary) of the Board of Directors of the Elmsford Little League in Elmsford, New York.
Paul Kassabian
Paul Kassabian is the NCAA Compliance Coordinator for the University of Rhode Island (URI), a member school of the Atlantic-10 Conference and NCAA Division I. As Compliance Coordinator at URI, Kassabian serves as advisor to the University President regarding compliance issues and eligibility of student-athletes on all 22 varsity teams. He developed a Compliance Procedural Manual for coaches and developed and instituted a Hazing Policy statement for student-athletes. As Compliance coordinator, Paul conducts NCAA rules education sessions for the University community and it's athletic booster groups. He was also a member of the University of Rhode Island's Steering Committee for NCAA re-certification. Prior to becoming the NCAA Compliance Coordinator, Kassabian served as an Instructor in the Physical Education department and the assistant coach for the men's track and cross country teams at URI.
Kassabian received a bachelor of science degree from Northeastern University, with a major in Speech Communication. After completing his undergraduate degree at Northeastern, Kassabian went on to pursue a Masters degree in Education, concentrating in Student Personnel Counseling, while also serving as Academic Advisor for Athletics at Northeastern University for three years.
Paul lives with his wife, Chelle, the Head Women's Gymnastics Coach at URI, and their two childen, Ardemis and Kerkor.
Laurie Kirby
Laurie Kirby is an attorney specializing in advising and representing non-profits and corporations in the sports, entertainment, and event industry. Currently, Kirby serves as General Counsel and Acting Commissioner of the Women’s Senior Golf Tour (Senior LPGA), General Counsel of the Audubon Society of Rhode Island, and Outside Counsel for Madden Media. She has spent much of her career working in sport and entertainment law. In her first job after graduation from law school, Kirby served as the first female prosecutor and assistant town solicitor for the town of Middletown, Rhode Island.
A member of the Rhode Island and American Bar Associations, Kirby has published several articles relating to real estate, conservation law, non-profit and sponsorship law. She was a featured speaker at the Women’s Sports Foundation Summit in 2001 and Keynote speaker for “Careers for Girls in Sports,” a forum hosted by Brown University in 2002.
Kirby is a graduate of Rutgers University, receiving a BA with Honors in History. While an undergraduate, Kirby was a member of the women’s varsity lacrosse team and Red Pine Society. She received her law degree from Suffolk University Law School.
Kirby and her husband, Kevin, have three teenage children.
Richard B. Lynch
Dick Lynch is among the most well-respected high school athletic administrators in the country. He brings a wealth of teaching, coaching and administrative experience to his position as executive director of the Rhode Island Interscholastic League, a post he has held since 1994.
After a standout athletic career at Boston College, Lynch became a schoolteacher in 1958. He remained in high school education until 1994, when he retired as superintendent of schools in Smithfield, RI. His only break from a lifelong teaching career was a two-year stint as assistant football coach at the University of Rhode Island. Along the way, he served as a guidance counselor, assistant principal, assistant superintendent, and finally as superintendent.
Throughout his teaching career, Lynch spent many hours on the court as a high school and college basketball official. In addition, he has also served as a basketball officiating observer for a number of college conferences, organizations and events. He has been inducted into four Halls of Fame, among a host of other service awards he has received as an athletic administrator and basketball official.
Barry Mano
Barry Mano is the founder and president of REFEREE Enterprises, Inc. and publisher/executive director of REFEREE Magazine, the most widely read officiating monthly in the world, with a circulation of 88,000 readers. Mano is also the founder and president of the National Association of Sports Officials (NASO). With more than 16,000 active members, NASO has been and continues to be in the vanguard of legislative and legal efforts to protect the men and women who officiate sports today. Mano is also a member of the NASO-initiated Officiating Development Alliance.
A retired 23-year basketball official, Mano worked nine seasons at the men's NCAA Division I level. A renowned public speaker and administrator, Mano speaks widely on topics involving officiating at all levels of sport. Mano is also a Charter Signatory of the Character Counts Coalition (Pursuing Victory with Honor).
Mano received a Bachelor of Science in Economics from the University of Wisconsin-Parkside, and a Master of Arts in Urban Affairs from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.Michael Mejia, MS, CSCS
Adelia Moore, PhD
Adelia Moore, Ph.D., is in private practice in New York City. She holds a doctorate in clinical psychology from the University of Cincinnati, a Master's degree in child development from the University of Pittsburgh, and a bachelor's degree in English from Harvard University. Her clinical training includes family therapy at the Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic in Pittsburgh, and both pre-and post-doctoral training in child psychology at the Newington Children's Hospital, the Newington Children's Hospital School, and the Connecticut Children's Medical Center School, all in the Hartford (CT) area. She has taught psychology at Trinity College, in Hartford (CT), St. Joseph College in West Hartford (CT), and New York University. Moore did her master's and doctoral research on sibling relationships, specifically sibling conflict, and the role of birth order and parent intervention. Her academic and clinical training is enhanced by her experience as the mother of four grown sons, whose sports interests have included soccer, baseball, crew, swimming, diving, cross-country, track, skiing and mountain biking.
In her private practice, Moore specializes in family psychology, including parental guidance, parent-child and sibling relationships and the management of family life. She considers the multiple contexts in which each individual functions, whether it be family, school, sports, church, community or workplace, and the relationship of these contexts to that individual's age and developmental needs and challenges. What does it mean, for example, for an adolescent to give up much of her social life to travel for competition, spending hours in the car with one or both parents instead? What does it mean for the
other children in the family? Moore sees herself as a coach of sorts, helping parents, children and families - who in the end are the true experts on their own lives - make their way through the often confusing and stressful situations of contemporary family life, which can be heightened when a child (or children) is intensely involved in a sport, arts activity or other extracurricular interest.
Pam Rand, RD, LDN, CDOE
Kenneth Robson, PhD
Robson has a great love of sports in general, but particularly for baseball and the Boston Red Sox. He holds a deep conviction that through sports many of the essential components that can contribute to a good life outcome are encouraged or initiated.
George Selleck, PhD
George A. Selleck, Ph.D., is a psychologist, educator, and author who has provided sports, education and life skills programs for many of America's leading universities and corporations. Selleck holds degrees from Stanford, Princeton, and the University of Southern California. A former basketball All-American, and now Hall of Fame basketball player at Stanford, he later served as head basketball coach at Brentwood High School in Los Angeles, where he twice earned "Coach of the Year" honors. He has more than 17 years of basketball refereeing experience, including 13 years for the NCAA. He is also the recipient of the prestigious Distinguished Service Award from the California State Athletic Directors Association (CSADA) in recognition of his service to interscholastic athletics.
Selleck is the founder of Sports for Life, a non-profit organization dedicated to translating the sports experience into a life experience. He is also the co-founder of Parents for Good Sports, a non-profit dedicated to empowering parents to become positive and vital contributors to their kids' sports experience. He has served as a key consultant and featured speaker to hundreds of organizations, including the NBA Rookie Transition Program, The American Basketball Coaches Association, the National Association of Athletic Directors, San Diego Hall of Champions "Say Yes to Sports" program, U.S. Tennis Association, American Youth Soccer Organization, and the annual Volleyball Festival for Women. He has conducted workshops for the coaching staffs of over 90 NCAA member institutions. His roster of corporate and public sector clients includes Fortune 100 companies, as well as small and medium-sized corporations.
Selleck is the author of several books, including How to Play the Game of Your Life: A Guide to Success in Sports and in Life (Diamond Communications, 1995); The Student-Athlete's Recruiting Handbook (Leisure Press, 1984); Court Sense: The Invisible Edge in Basketball and in Life (Diamond Communications, 1998); co-author of From the Bleachers with Love: Advice to Parents with Kids in Sports, and its companion book, Beyond the Bleachers: The Art of Parenting Today's Athletes. Selleck's most recent book, Raising a Good Sport in an IN YOUR FACE World was published in 2002. Selleck is a regular writer for Junior Baseball Magazine.
Caroline Silby
Caroline Silby, Ph.D holds a Doctorate and Master Degree of Sports Psychology from the University of Virginia. She is a nationally recognized expert on the development of young athletes and author of, Games Girls Play: Understanding and Guiding Young Female Athletes (St. Martin's Press). Dr. Silby has worked on an individual basis with two Olympic Gold Medalists and one Olympic silver medalist, eight Olympians, four World Champions, ten National Champions and over fifty National Competitors.
As an elite athlete, Dr. Silby was a member of the National Figure Skating Team. She teaches and consults at American University, the University of Delaware, and Players Edge Performance Center. Currently, Dr. Silby assists the Women's Sports Foundation as a member of their Advisory Council, is a consultant for the American Girl Company, Board member of the Kindness Counts Foundation and Chairman of the Sports Sciences Selection Committee for US Figure Skating. Dr. Silby has appeared on numerous television programs including Oprah Winfrey, CNN, ABC Wide World of Sports, and Oxygen Television. She resides in Potomac, Maryland where she has an active national practice.
Eric Small, MD
Small has published and lectured extensively on such topics as overuse injuries in children, the sports pre-participation physical exam, back and knee pain in athletes, nutrition for sports, Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy (RSD), performance enhancing substances, childhood obesity, and the young athlete with asthma. He is the team physician for a number of high schools, and medical consultant for SUNY-Purchase and Barnard College in New York City.
In his roles as an elected member of the American Academy of Pediatrics National Committee on Sports Medicine and Fitness, and Chairman of the New York State Chapter Committee, Small formulates national and regional policies on current issues in pediatric sports medicine. He is also founder and director of the Sports Medicine Center for Young Athletes, and Assistant Professor in Pediatrics and Orthopedics at Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York City.
Small is board certified in Pediatrics and holds a Certificate of Added Qualification (CAQ) in Sports Medicine. After completing his pediatric residency training at Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York, Small completed a fellowship in pediatric exercise medicine at the Children's Exercise and Nutrition Center at McMaster University in Ontario, Canada. He completed another fellowship in primary care sports medicine at Harvard Medical School-Boston Children's Hospital. Small recently authored a book, Kids and Sports: Everything You and Your Child Need to Know About Sports, Physical Activity, and Good Health (Newmarket Press).
Shelley Smith
At ESPN, in a piece for December 1997's "Outside The Lines - Turf Wars: Gangs & Sports", Smith broke the story of three NFL players and two NBA players who grew up in street gangs and have maintained their ties. She also reported on BYU Coach Lynn Archibald, who, when diagnosed with fatal prostate cancer, spent his last months watching his son play basketball for Washington State. Smith won a Sports Emmy in 1997 for her segment on Magic Johnson as part of an ESPN production on AIDS and Athletes.
Prior to her work with Sports Illustrated, Smith worked for The Associated Press, Pacific Stars & Stripes in Tokyo, Japan (1987), and The San Francisco Examiner (1984-87), where she won a William Randolph Hearst Award in 1986 for her series on Title IX in the Bay Area. She joined Sports Illustrated in 1989 after covering the 1988 Olympics in Seoul, Korea for the magazine. She conducted the first one-on-one interview with Ben Johnson (on a Seoul-to-New York flight) after he tested positive for steroids and was stripped of his gold medal.
Smith is the author of the controversial book, Just Give Me the Damn Ball!, written with then New York Jets wide receiver Keyshawn Johnson following the 1996 NFL season. Her second book, Games Girls Play: Lessons to Guiding and Understanding Young Female Athletes, written with sports psychologist Caroline Silby, was released in August 2000 by St. Martin's Press. She wrote Games Girls Play as a way to help her daughter deal with the unique situations sports participation presents.
Smith is the co-founder of the Magic Johnson Foundation newsletter, serves on various committees for The Boys and Girls Club of San Pedro, and is a volunteer writer for many charity organizations, including the Serra Project, which provides homes for AIDS victims.
She attended the University of Nebraska from 1976-1981, majoring in journalism and political science. Smith has one child.
Susan Summons
The Massachusetts native began her playing career at Jeremiah Burke High School in Boston where she was voted Athlete of the Year in the Boston Public School system in 1974 and 1975. At Roxbury Community School, Summons starred on the court earning All-State, All-Region, and All-National honors while leading the Expressettes to back-to-back National Tournament berths. At the NJCAA National Championship, Summons was twice named to the All-National Tournament Team. She later attended Lamar University in Texas, where she excelled on both the women's basketball and track teams. At Lamar, she received the prestigious Babe Didrickson Zaharias Outstanding Scholar-Athlete Award and set a collegiate record for most points scored in one game (43). She was honored as one of the first African-American student-athletes to have her portrait bronze-plated and hung in the famous Babe Zaharias Museum in Texas.
Summons was drafted in the third round of the Women's Basketball League (WBL) by the New Jersey Gems. She played for the Gems and later the New England Gulls. In August 1998, Summons was among several former and current women's professional basketball players to be honored by the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame in an exhibit entitled "Heart & Soul," A Celebration of Women's Professional Basketball." Summons was featured on the NBC Television show "NBA Inside Stuff" and has appeared on television and radio shows both locally and nationally.
Following her playing career, Summons completed her education at New Hampshire College, earning her bachelor's degree in Human Services & Counseling and later received her Master's Degree in Physical Education from Florida International University. Summons began her coaching career at her alma mater. In three seasons at Roxbury Community College, Summons compiled a 58-7 record, including three consecutive state championships and a berth in the 1982 NJCAA National Tournament.
The dedicated and energetic Summons recently completed her 15th season at Miami-Dade. She has made twelve trips to the FJCAA State Championship Tournament and has had five 20-win seasons. She has established Miami-Dade as one of the top JC/CC academic and athletic programs in the country. Summons was named FCAA Southern Conference "Coach of the Year" as her Kendall team went 24-7, while winning the Southern Conference with a perfect 9-0 mark.
Summons was honored as the Women's Basketball Coaches Association National Junior College Converse Coach of the Year in 1993. Summons is an experienced coach, teacher, recruiter, administrator, and community relations advocate on both the national and international levels. She has served as an assistant coach for the North Squad at the U.S. Olympic Sports Festival, as well as a facilitator and coach at the World Scholar-Athlete Games. In 1994, Summons was an assistant coach for the USA Women's National Select Team, which toured Europe and the Middle East and posted a record of 4-1. She served as Floor Coach at the World Championship & Goodwill Games Trials at the United States Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs. She also served as the national rep for the JC/CC Division of the Board of Directors for the WBCA, National Chair of the Kodak All-American Committee, National Chair of the IKON Coach of the Year Committee, Florida Southern Conference Chair of Women's Basketball and other WBCA Regional and District committees.
Summons has been honored locally and nationally for her tireless efforts on behalf of her players as an educator, community and youth advocate. In February 1999, the American Association of University Women selected Summons as a "Woman of Achievement" in conjunction with the AAUW conference. February 18, 1999 was proclaimed "Susan P. Summons Day" by the Miami-Dade County Commission in recognition of her outstanding community efforts and her work with youth nationally and in Dade County.
In March 1999, Summons was the first African-American woman in the JCC/CC division to receive the prestigious National Carol Eckman Award, presented by the Women's Basketball Coaches Association. The award is named in honor of the late Carol Eckman, the former West Chester State coach who spearheaded the modern-day collegiate women's basketball championship and continued to garner support for the women's game until her death from cancer in 1985. The Miami WNBA recognized Summon's efforts on the WNBA 5500 Board, a committee of community leaders who helped to aid in the berth of the WNBA Miami Sol. In 1999, Summons was recognized by her colleagues in academia when she was selected one of 10 Endowed Teaching Chair Award recipients, followed by the 2000 National Excellence Award for Community College.
The long-time coach is proud that over 95% of her players have gone on to continue their education at four-year institutions, play professionally overseas or in the ABL league or the WNBA. Summons is described by her colleagues and players as a leader, role model, trainer, mentor, and motivator. Summons has been training players and students to become winners for over 19 years. Summons is a professor in the Biology, Health and Wellness Division/Student Life Skills Division. A highly sought-after motivational speaker, emcee and trainer, Summons is also the founder and operations manager of Best of the Rest Star, Inc., a non-profit organization that provides a basketball training academy to girls and boys. Her enthusiasm, dedication, energy, national notoriety and experience have made her one of the most recognized and respected women's basketball coaches and educators in the United States.
Jim Thompson
Positive Coaching Alliance (PCA) was created to transform the culture of youth sports to give all young athletes the opportunity for a positive, character-building experience. PCA's vision is to create a sports culture where kids love to play the game, where they look forward to practices and games as times when they will have fun, and where the joy they find in playing will last a lifetime. For more information on PCA programs, visit www.positivecoach.org.
Martin Toms, PhD
In particular Martin has presented and written about the importance of "the family" in the sporting lives of young people and in a UK cultural "sports club" context, and how important it is to understanding the sociological underpinnings of participation and drop out. In terms of the family-sport link, Martin employs a developmental socialisation approach and has written about social positioning and situated learning as a way of understanding the process young people go through when engaging (or dropping out of) adult organised sport.
Joe Trainer
Joe Trainer is the head football coach at Millersville University. Previously, he was an assistant coach at Villanova University where he served as the team's defensive coordinator and linebacker coach. Prior to Villanova, Trainer spent two years as the defensive coordinator at the University of New Haven. He has also coached at Colgate University, Frostburg State University, and Temple University, where he began his coaching career.
Trainer has earned an MS in Counseling and Human Relationsreceived from Vilanova University, an MA in Education from Temple University, and a BA in English from Dickinson College.
Trainer and his wife, Moreen, are the parents of three young children.
Gary Wadler, MD
Wadler currently serves as the medical advisor to the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy, where he participated in the preparation of its position document, "Enhancing U.S. International Efforts to Combat Drug Use and Doping in Sport." Wadler was also a participant in the White House Task Force on Drug Use in Sports. He is a member of the World Anti-Doping Agency's Health, Medicine and Research Committee and is the substance abuse advisor to the National Basketball Association. Wadler is the chairman and president of the Nassau County Sports Commission in New York and is a member of the Board of Directors of OATH (Olympic Advocates Together Honorably). He holds the rank of Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine at the NYU School of Medicine and is a senior attending physician at North Shore University Hospital in Manhasset, NY, where he is in the private practice of internal medicine and sports medicine.
Chuck Wilson
Wilson received two New York Festival International Awards in 1996: the Highest Medal for "Best Sports Coverage" as co-host of ESPN Radio SportsCenter, and the Highest Medal for "Commentary/Analysis" as co-host of ESPN Radio Viewpoints.
Before joining ESPN Radio, Wilson served as sports/talk host at WPRO-AM in Providence, R.I. He held the same position at WEAN-AM in Providence, R.I., where he was also sports director, and at WICE-AM in Providence. His "Chuck Wilson on Sports" program, which aired from 1981-93, was the top-rated show in Rhode Island. In 1993 The Boston Globe reported, "Chuck Wilson is New England's top sports talk-show host."
A 1989 recipient of the Tom Phillips Award as New England's top sports reporter, Wilson also served as sports director for WSAY-AM in Rochester, N.Y., and called play-by-play for the New England Steamers of the Arena Football League.
Wilson was named Man-of-the-Year by the Rhode Island Cystic Fibrosis chapter, and served as honorary chairman of the Teenage Awareness Program for the Rhode Island Lung Association. Wilson attended Ithaca College and is married with three children.
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