Uniform Front

Is your program updating your team’s jerseys? Here’s the lineup for 2010 – and several things to consider. While coaches love Xs and Os, the heat of the battle, and developing players, one task most coaches generally don’t like is the process of finding and buying uniforms. But uniforms have to be replaced – sometimes due to wear, sometimes due to necessity and sometimes due to directional changes in your program. Some new coaches change the team’s uniform design to signify the change in philosophy. Over time, we find a replacement system that works. For example, when I was a student assistant for the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, Coach John Miech instituted an innovative method to ensure quality jerseys were constantly brought in while keeping costs to a minimum. When a player joined the team, he was assigned a number and usually kept that