Pressures on Coaches Take a Heavy Toll. Marcia C. Smith.
by Smith, Marcia C; ProQuest Information and Learning Company.
Series: SIRS Enduring Issues 2006Article 48Institutions. Publisher: Orange County Register, 2005ISSN: 1522-3256;.Subject(s): Coaches (Athletics) | Coaching (Athletics) | College sports | Job stress | Professional sports | Stress (Physiology) | Stress (Psychology)DDC classification: 050 Summary: "Coaches, particularly in the four major pro leagues and NCAA Division I football and men's basketball, have long pushed themselves to exhaustion to stay off the hot seat and avoid a pink slip. Year-round schedules and 20-hour days have become the expected behaviors for those under pressure to win, fill arenas, master salary caps or scholarship limits and fulfill expectations of media and fans." (ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER) This article reveals how the resignation of Los Angeles Lakers head coach Rudy Tomjanovich and "recent events involving coaches signal the dangerous tradeoff of an increasingly demanding, high-profile, high-stakes profession at the expense of compromised health."| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due |
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Originally Published: Pressures on Coaches Take a Heavy Toll, Feb. 17, 2005; pp. n.p..
"Coaches, particularly in the four major pro leagues and NCAA Division I football and men's basketball, have long pushed themselves to exhaustion to stay off the hot seat and avoid a pink slip. Year-round schedules and 20-hour days have become the expected behaviors for those under pressure to win, fill arenas, master salary caps or scholarship limits and fulfill expectations of media and fans." (ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER) This article reveals how the resignation of Los Angeles Lakers head coach Rudy Tomjanovich and "recent events involving coaches signal the dangerous tradeoff of an increasingly demanding, high-profile, high-stakes profession at the expense of compromised health."
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