{"id":87980,"date":"2023-07-24T17:02:26","date_gmt":"2023-07-24T17:02:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.astound.com\/atvn\/?p=87980"},"modified":"2023-07-24T17:02:26","modified_gmt":"2023-07-24T17:02:26","slug":"st-new-football-coaches-part-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.astound.com\/atvn\/st-new-football-coaches-part-2\/","title":{"rendered":"New Football Coaches &#8211; Part 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After a busy offseason for local athletic directors and high school administrators as a number of head football coaching positions opened up since the end of the 2022 season.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We\u2019ve continued to bring you interviews with these brand new coaches in the ATVN region to introduce you to them and give them an opportunity to talk about their new programs.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jPF2cvUuddE\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Both Lloyd Brooks and Joel Rupp Jr. are facing obstacles for the upcoming season.\u00a0 In addition to these openings presenting themselves later in the off-season, both coaches have spent much of this summer playing \u201ccatch up,\u201d doing the equivalent of nine months worth of work\u00a0 compressed into roughly 15 weeks.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Also, both coaches have a very competitive schedule lined up for them for the fall, which both coaches addressed in greater detail during our live program.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Video customers will also be able to watch these and other local sports interviews in their entirety at any time, for free, through the Astound\u2019s On-Demand services.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Check back to \u201cThe SportsTalk Shop\u201d here on our website next week for more on local sports news and insights as well as our final listing of highlights of high school productions from the past school year on Astound Broadband\u2019s ATVN.\u00a0 We will also have more \u201call-star\u201d listings as announced by the local leagues, conferences and districts in the Astound viewing areas over the next several weeks!<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><b>PROGRAMMING NOTE:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Coming up on this Thursday\u2019s live \u201cATVN SportsTalk,\u201d our special in-studio guest will be Astound TV\u2019s women\u2019s basketball broadcaster Mimi Griffin.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mimi became the \u2018face\u2019 of NCAA women\u2019s basketball in the early 1990s when it was almost unheard of to have a female broadcaster calling a game.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In addition to talking about her pioneering experiences as an announcer for ESPN and other major networks, she will be on to talk about her current projects with the professional golf organizations and her current experiences announcing games with us on ATVN.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Viewers are encouraged to send questions and comments prior to the show to my email address &#8211; <\/span><a href=\"mailto:chris.michael@astound.com\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">chris.michael@astound.com<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &#8211; and we may read and respond to your opinions on the air.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Be sure to tune in and hear some of Mimi\u2019s great experiences and observations on current broadcasting issues.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The views expressed in this blog are<\/span><\/i> <i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of Astound Broadband or any other agency, organization, employer or company.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After a busy offseason for local athletic directors and high school administrators as a number of head football coaching positions opened up since the end of the 2022 season. 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