Letter from the Editor

An overall football budget includes a variety of items: equipment, field maintenance, health issues including doctors and a support staff, salaries for staff, travel, on-the-road meals, security, and a number of other factors. Obviously, the budget for a high school football team differs from that of a Junior College or Division I-A program. But more and more programs-at all levels-are including funding for the growth of a new position with the structure of their budget; that is, the Video Coordinator. While relatively new, the number of Video Coordinators is growing at an exponential rate. From the early days of watching film in a projector as a way to prepare for your next opponent, the art of breaking down game tape has become much more specialized. Nearly all D-I programs have the position of Video Coordinator and his or her role has become an integral part of the football program