I was recently contacted by Darnell Grant, the highly successful Head Football Coach at West Orange HS in New Jersey. When Coach Grant was the head coach at Shabazz HS in Newark, he and his players regularly attended the Alercio OLine Clinics at Kean University. He wanted to know what it would take to get me to come down to West Orange to clinic his players. After discussing some details, he asked if his brother Barris, the equally successful head coach of Hillside HS, and his players could also attend. He went on to say that there are a lot of other coaches who would love to attend so we decided to host another New Jersey Alercio OLine Clinic. I will be heading back to the Garden State and West Orange HS on Sunday 19 May for another iteration of the Alercio OLine Clinic.
Coach Grant who is a Trustee of the New Jersey Minority Coaches Association will be promoting our clinic date at the NJMCA 3rd Annual Coaches Clinic he is hosting this Saturday 27 April from 9am-1pm on the campus of West Orange HS. To show my appreciation for all the good work Coach Grant does, a percentage of every player’s registration fee at our 19 May clinic will be donated to the NJMCA. More on the NJMCA Clinic here:
Before we close this week’s post, I’d like to offer a special thanks to my wife, Kim, for giving us the green light on this special Clinic. Kim works the registration desk at our OLine Clinics and is also our staff photographer. The West Orange Clinic weekend is our anniversary, but she said “Go do what you do best, and I will help you do it.” How lucky am I to have such a loving and supportive “Teammate” for a wife? As I often note about teammates and the kind of culture we hope to create, my Teammate, Kim and I are far stronger together than either of us could be alone.
Coach Rich Alercio is available to discuss coaching philosophy, X’s & O’s, or teach his O-Line “techniques in the trenches.” Contact Coach at richalercio@gmail.com and share http://www.olineskills.com with your colleagues and friends. Thanks for supporting this blog and joining our conversations, and as always, thanks for your time!
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