#coaching

#coaching

While nearly every National Spelling Bee champion over the past 15 years has worked with a coach, the 32-year-old Remer is the country's only full-time tutor for elite spellers. Most coaches are former spellers who are still in college or even high school.

The 2025-26 high school sports season has required Armando Fernandez to multitask at an extraordinary level. He has served as head coach at Sotomayor for boys' basketball and volleyball, and is interim head coach for baseball. He also was head coach for Franklin's flag football team. Each team has won playoff games this season.

These guys have a lot to be proud of this season," Kniffin said. "I feel it is the most important thing in the world." The Anteaters returned to the men's volleyball championship game on Monday for the first time since 2013, but the team came up short against Hawaii (30-5, 9-1 Big West). The unranked Anteaters (21-9, 5-5) knocked off No. 1 UCLA in the quarterfinals, winning 4-3 (25-23, 19-25, 25-23, 19-25, 16-14).

“I was just scared 'cause I didn't know what I was getting myself into” he reflected later, recalling the noise, the chaos of when he first walked into “

Glödis Viggósdóttir hoisted the 7.1-kilogram trophy, made of 925 sterling silver, high into the air with both arms. Confetti shot up over the team, and the cheers of the entire FC Bayern Campus filled the air. In the background, a white archway bore the inscription "German Champions 2026". A moment FC Bayern Women had fought for all season long.

Thibodeau has experienced plenty of success during his head coaching tenure, which kicked off with a similarly successful five-season run with our Chicago Bulls. All told, his Bulls, Minnesota Timberwolves and Knicks clubs logged a cumulative 578-420 regular season record and a 48-55 playoff record, including two East Finals berths.

The pressure of coaching is horrific at times and despite having had a third quarter that was as good as Leinster had played this season, they were a try away from losing.

"Transformation takes time, and it's a process, right? And I think I see that we've had tremendous growth. To bring in players like Nneka, Erica Wheeler and then Ariel, we have everyone in camp fully healthy."

After 18 years of living and breathing this club, it's incredibly difficult to put into words what it means to myself and my family. I leave feeling hugely grateful and honoured not only to have worn the shirt and represented those legends who came before us, but also to have shared that journey as a player and a coach with the incredible supporters who make this club so special.

Mike Prendergast insists he has not been put off his ultimate goal of becoming a head coach, despite being overlooked for the Munster top job in favour of Clayton McMillan.

Maybe we gotta start flopping, too. The league is in a place right now where you draw contact, spill away, you get rewarded. Guys who try to play through contact tend not to be rewarded.

Once again a good performance but nothing to show for it... Unfortunately, it's a constant, especially in the last three games: the team tried until the end but failed to score. We have to try not to concede, and then we have to do something up front.