Thursday, January 22, 2009

Saint Mary’s hosts coaches clinic

Coaches participate in a team-building exercise.


Saint Mary’s University and the Christian Brothers Midwest District sponsored a Lasallian Coaches Clinic in Winona on Jan. 17-20.

Approximately 20 coaches from Lasallian high schools of the Midwest District and the New Orleans-Santa Fe District attended the clinic, along with our Saint Mary’s coaches who both participated and presented.

Dr. Len DiPaul from Neumann University of Pennsylvania was the keynote speaker. Dr. DiPaul is the executive director for the Department of Pastoral and Theological Studies at Neumann, and is a co-founder of Neumann’s Center for Sport Spirituality and Character Development. His participation in the program was sponsored by Saint Mary’s Press. The topic of his keynote address was “The Spirituality of Coaching and Sportsmanship.”

Schools represented included Bishop Kelley High School, Tulsa, Okla.; Christian Brothers College High School, St. Louis, Mo.; Christian Brothers High School, Memphis, Tenn.; Christian Brothers School, New Orleans, La.; De La Salle High School, Minneapolis; De La Salle Institute, Chicago; Mullen High School, Denver, Colo.; St. Paul's High School, Covington, La.; Totino-grace High School, Fridley, Minn.