Retired athletic & school administrator. Past Board Secretary, NIAAA. AHSAAA Hall of Fame. NIAAA Hall of Fame. NIAAA Frederick Award Recipient.
Springfield, MO
Joined April 2014
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A grand retirement gift from The Wife.
To modify a phrase from Ambrose’s “Band of Brothers” classic:
Sir, were you a champion?
No, but I served a school full of champions.
Twenty-five state champions; 16 runners-up.
“Historic” Daily Moment—“There has never been a man in our history who led a life of ease, whose name is worth remembering.“— Theodore Roosevelt @NIAAA9100 @BorderStSummit @OiaaaOklahoma @MIAAAMO1 @KIAAAks @ArkHSADs
“Historic” Daily Moment—“My reading of history convinces me that most bad government results from too much government.”— Thomas Jefferson @NIAAA9100 @BorderStSummit @OiaaaOklahoma @MIAAAMO1 @KIAAAks @ArkHSADs
Daily Moment—“My definition of an intellectual is someone who can listen to the William Tell Overture without thinking of the Lone Ranger.“— Billy Connolly @NIAAA9100 @BorderStSummit @OiaaaOklahoma @MIAAAMO1 @KIAAAks @ArkHSADs
Fun Daily Moment—“Recession is when a neighbor loses his job. Depression is when you lose yours.”— Ronald Reagan @NIAAA9100 @BorderStSummit @OiaaaOklahoma @MIAAAMO1 @KIAAAks @ArkHSADs
Doug Killgore, CIAA, CMAA retweeted
Do you want special in your life? Then you better get used to hard. If you want special, tell me one person in history – in any area of life that did something special – that didn’t embrace hard?
Cori Close
Fun Daily Moment—“I’ve always wanted to go to Switzerland to see what the army does with those red knives.”— Billy Connolly @NIAAA9100 @BorderStSummit @OiaaaOklahoma @MIAAAMO1 @KIAAAks @ArkHSADs
Fun Daily Moment—“I like long walks, especially when they are taken by people who annoy me.“— Billy Connolly @NIAAA9100 @BorderStSummit @OiaaaOklahoma @MIAAAMO1 @KIAAAks @ArkHSADs
Just got my first political text of the season announcing early voting is open in Missouri.
It encouraged me to “Vote early, vote often.”
Can’t tell which party it’s from.
(Funny) Daily Moment—“From there to here, and here to there, funny things are everywhere.”—Dr. Seuss @NIAAA9100 @BorderStSummit @OiaaaOklahoma @MIAAAMO1 @KIAAAks @ArkHSADs
Daily Moment—“There are those who look at things the way they are, and ask, “Why?’ I dream of things that never were, and ask, ‘Why not?’“—Robert Kennedy @NIAAA9100 @BorderStSummit @OiaaaOklahoma @MIAAAMO1 @KIAAAks @ArkHSADs
Daily Moment—“Each man should frame life so that at some future hour, fact and his dreams meet.”— Victor Hugo @NIAAA9100 @BorderStSummit @OiaaaOklahoma @MIAAAMO1 @KIAAAks @ArkHSADs
We can always use more “teacher coaches serving student athletes.” The word order is critical.
In school sports, coaches are educators first.
They care about WHO YOU BECOME as a person.
Not just how you perform as an athlete.
Talk to your local school about participating in their athletics program today!
#ChooseSchoolSports
niaaa.org/choose-school-spor…
Daily Moment—“Our dreams must be stronger than our memories. We must be pulled by our dreams, rather than pushed by our memories.”—Jesse Jackson @NIAAA9100 @BorderStSummit @OiaaaOklahoma @MIAAAMO1 @KIAAAks @ArkHSADs
Daily Moment—“We become not a melting pot, but a beautiful mosaic. Different people, different beliefs, different yearnings, different hopes, different dreams.“—Jimmy Carter @NIAAA9100 @BorderStSummit @OiaaaOklahoma @MIAAAMO1 @KIAAAks @ArkHSADs
Definitely a most deserving selection. Gary has been consistently helpful and a leader in the profession. Provided he gets his @dunkindonuts in a timely fashion! Congrats my friend, proud of you!
It’s #AwardWinnerMonday!
Today we celebrate Gary Stevens! 🏅 After 17 dedicated years as Athletic Director in Saco, ME, Gary continues to lead as Assistant Executive Director of the MIAAA.
Thank you for your tireless work for Maine student-athletes and ADs! 👏🌲
Daily Moment—“My dream is of a place and a time where America will once again be seen as the last best hope of earth.“— Abraham Lincoln @NIAAA9100 @BorderStSummit @OiaaaOklahoma @MIAAAMO1 @KIAAAks @ArkHSADs
Daily Moment—“I believe the world is one big family, and we need to help each other.”—Pope John, XXIII @NIAAA9100 @BorderStSummit @OiaaaOklahoma @MIAAAMO1 @KIAAAks @ArkHSADs
A serious situation to address. You can be sure @DrKelleyUC will provide valid and valuable information about options.
Check out my latest article in @NFHS_Org High School Today Magazine about how pay to play excludes students and what athletic directors can do: tools.nfhs.org/uploadedfiles…
Daily Moment—“So live that you wouldn’t be ashamed to sell the family parrot to the town gossip.”— Will Rogers @NIAAA9100 @BorderStSummit @OiaaaOklahoma @MIAAAMO1 @KIAAAks @ArkHSADs
Daily Moment—“No amount of law enforcement can solve a problem that goes back to the family.“—
J Edgar Hoover @NIAAA9100 @BorderStSummit @OiaaaOklahoma @MIAAAMO1 @KIAAAks @ArkHSADs