COLORADO COACH- Fall 2018 From the President- by Thad Lear Wow, time is flying by. When this comes out some fall sports will be over or in the playoffs deciding championships, while others will be making their final push for the Playoffs. Winter Sports will be ramping up off season work and gearing up for the grind of the season ahead. Coaches today are to be commended for all of the time and effort you put into your athletes in and out of the season. On behalf of CHSCA I want to thank you all for what you are giving to our student athletes today in Colorado. Don’t forget to make sure all the head coaches are members of our association so they can participate in the nomination process of the 2019 All State games. Each year the games continue to improve and grow; don’t miss out on having your student athletes potentially be a part of next summers All State games. In addition to CHSCA recognizing our student athletes in the games, coaches who are members have many opportunities to recognize colleges and peers for any of our many awards given out by CHSCA. I mention this as our Hall of Fame committee is currently looking at a number of candidates that have been nominated for possible induction into the 2019 CHSCA Hall of Fame class. In addition to the Hall of Fame CHSCA offers many other distinguished awards that we need our members to nominate candidates. Examples include everything from the Student Athlete scholarships and the Steinmark Awards, to special coaches awards such as the Don Descombs, Lloyd Gaskill, Katte Sportsmanship, Doc Yost Teacher- Coach, and the Southall Adaptive Sports Awards. CHSCA wants and needs your help as members to nominate our outstanding coaches around the state. CHSCA also recognizes media and outside individuals and organizations that help make our organization soar into the future. Membership and commitment to recognizing the coaches and mentors that have impacted you are just a small part of what CHSCA offers. I want to take a minute and remind all of you about the Wrestling and Track clinics that we will be sponsoring in the coming months, check out the web site to get the details. I want to thank current Wrestling President Tom Galacia and Past President Conrad Parra for putting together this fall’s Wrestling Clinic along with Dr. Rick Bettger. We are all looking forward to seeing our Wrestling Members there. In addition to the Wrestling Clinic I can’t wait to see if we have record numbers of members attending the track clinic in January. I am sure that we will offer top notch speakers and entice our track coaches to come out in record numbers this January. Finally, I want to express to our members how grateful I am for your membership and for the efforts of our Board of Directors. CHSCA is an organization that is constantly looking for ways to maintain what we offer as well as to look to the future and see how we can better serve coaches in Colorado. Our current Board gives their time and makes tremendous effort to make sure that you all have the things you need as Colorado Coaches. Look Forward to seeing you at the upcoming Clinics, All State meetings and Games. Have a great year.