Letter From the Editor

It seems as though coaches have taken a beating in the media lately. Although you never want to see anyone’s laundry aired out in public, some of the scrutiny has not been without warrant. Coaches behaving badly are not the norm, but out of the thousands and thousands of coaches out there, there are sure to be a few bad apples in the bunch. But for the most part I believe the coaching profession, especially football coaches, to be among the best people in the world. Even longtime coach and AFM contributing writer, Thom Park, felt the need to share a few coaching commandments to live by, which can be found on page 40 in this issue’s Staff Report. With all this talk about doing the right thing, it reminds me of a lesson learned by Craig D. Coleman. Coleman has been a football coach since graduating from Adrian College in 1987. Coach Coleman attended the United States Sports Academy in