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Q&A with Alan Millar, the new — and first — GM of Hockey Canada’s Program of Excellence
It has been three weeks since Hockey Canada announced longtime junior hockey executive Alan Millar as the first-ever general manager of its Program of Excellence. And after leading the Regina Pats (where he was general manager the last two seasons) through the CHL Import Draft, it has been 12 days since he officially started on […]

It has been three weeks since Hockey Canada announced longtime junior hockey executive Alan Millar as the first-ever general manager of its Program of Excellence.
And after leading the Regina Pats (where he was general manager the last two seasons) through the CHL Import Draft, it has been 12 days since he officially started on the job.
The role is a new one and makes Millar the general manager, top voice and roster-builder for Hockey Canada’s U20 World Junior team and U18 Hlinka Gretzky Cup and world championship teams. In the role, he will also oversee Canada’s under-17 program.
In the past, management groups of junior hockey executives were put together to run each of those teams individually (almost always while they also worked with their club teams). But coming off back-to-back quarterfinal exits at the World Juniors, Hockey Canada, under longtime senior vice president of hockey operations Scott Salmond, sought to hire a full-time decision-maker for the “entire program.”
They chose Millar, who’d been a part of management groups for seven gold medals (two at the World Juniors, two at U18 worlds, and three Hlinkas) and one silver (at U18 worlds), and was an executive with Moose Jaw, Sarnia and Guelph before Regina.
On Monday afternoon, The Athletic spoke with Millar for more than 20 minutes about the new role, his vision for it, some changes he hopes to make to the process, his first staff choices for the 2026 World Junior team and the upcoming World Junior Summer Showcase.
Here is our conversation, edited lightly for clarity and concision.
Scott Wheeler: I’ve got a lot I want to get into, but let’s start at the beginning: How did this new role come about?
Alan Millar: Well, it just started with conversations with Scott Salmond, (with) them going through a process in terms of a little bit of a restructuring around men’s national teams and specifically around the Program of Excellence. They created this new position as general manager of the POE, and it was something that, as I went through the process, I was really excited about. It’s obviously difficult to be at Hockey Canada (Millar worked with them for three years between jobs as GM in Moose Jaw and then Regina) and then go to Regina and be there for two years and then come back but it was just a real good fit for me personally and professionally, and for my family. And just the excitement around managing the World Junior team, it just all came together.
Wheeler: What does the job description entail? I know you’ve hired some people to help you oversee the individual teams, but how do you envision the role and the workload?
Millar: I’m responsible for all staff selection, particularly around the coaching staff. Player scouting. Evaluations. Player selection. Team-building. Everything that goes into putting those programs together, those national teams. I’ll work really closely with Scott Salmond on the big picture of the program. I’ll work very closely with (Hockey Canada’s senior manager of hockey operations) Benoit Roy on logistics and planning, and strategies in terms of camps and events. But really, the main part of my job will be the hockey part, the scouting part, and building teams and trying to win world championships.
Wheeler: The Hlinka follows shortly after, but your first event on the calendar will be the World Junior Summer Showcase in Minneapolis. What has the early process been? And after doing your own showcase for a time there, including when you were with the program previously, what drew you guys back to the Summer Showcase over the last two years?
Millar: I just think it’s the ability to be at a higher level in terms of the competitiveness around the Summer Showcase, where you’re playing international games. The decision was made to go back to Plymouth initially, and now with us going back to Minneapolis, I think it gives us a real good evaluation and a real good opportunity to get to know the players on and off the ice. I think it’ll be real important for Dale Hunter and our coaching staff. It gives us the ability to bring in a group of new players who weren’t on the team a year ago to get to know them better, and to bring in the returning players for a short period of time through the Red-White game and the game against Finland, and then send them on their way.
But I just think, first of all, it’s important to get together. It’s really important for the players, the coaches, the staff, for everybody to spend some time together as we get ready for December. And I believe that this is another level in terms of competition to have competitive games against Sweden, Finland and the Americans. I think it just really helps us not only in our preparations but also (in) our evaluations as we go through the process here between now and early December in terms of putting together the final roster.
Wheeler: At the high-brow level, what’s your vision for the way a Team Canada should be built at the U20 and U18 levels? How do you want your teams to play?
Millar: Everything starts with skill and talent. Through the process and getting them into the Summer Showcase, for me, it starts with the most talented players in the country.
We’re certainly going to have a value of hard skill over soft skill, that’s an important value for me. We want smart players, we want players that compete, and we want to play fast. So there’s a balance there between your skill level, there’s a balance there in terms of you need different types of players to win, but you’ve got to make sure that balance starts with as much talent as possible. Do you want big guys on the back end? Do you want length and reach? Do you want guys that play hard? Do you want different players in terms of matchups and those things? Again, there’s a balance there, but it all starts with skill and talent.
Wheeler: Beyond the obvious track record, why Dale (Hunter) as your bench boss for the World Juniors?
Millar: In going through the process with Scott Salmond in terms of putting this coaching staff together — and we’re in the final process of finalizing that staff and hope to have an announcement by the end of the week — every World Juniors is important but it’s at another level with the results of the last two years. That’s the reality of the situation.
So when we wanted to start putting the coaching staff together, it started with Dale for me and Sammy. When you look at his track record coming off of another Memorial Cup and an incredible three-year run with London, he’s had success in the program, he’s won at Hlinka and he won at the World Juniors in 2020, he’s got familiarity with the program, and then I think there’s just another part of this that works so well to include Mark Hunter in the management group with Scott Salmond and myself. The way Dale and Mark have worked together over the years, the program that they’ve built, there’s a comfortability there and a continuity there that I think is real valuable.
Mark is going to come on board, and we’ll work very collaboratively on the team build and the players’ selection with the coaching staff. And I just think at this important juncture where we’re at with the national junior team, that Dale and Mark were the guys that we had to go out and get.
Wheeler: Now that you’ve been in the role — albeit for a short amount of time — is there anywhere where you think, whether it’s with camps or the number of players invited, “I can put my fingerprint on this process there?” What kind of conversations are you guys having beyond picking the players and the coaching staff about the process?
Millar: We’re working through some process. I’m getting caught up on a lot of things and at the same time starting to put my own footprint. I think the big thing for us that I’m working on is looking at doing something in November where we would bring players together and not do a selection camp in December.
Wheeler: OK.
Millar: And whether we do something in November or not, part of what we’re looking at right now is with me being full-time here in a general manager’s role and now Byron Bonora as the head scout for the Program of Excellence, that that two- or three-day camp with two games against U Sports, I’m not sure that it’s required any longer with the process that we want to build here. So we’re looking to move on from that quick. It was just such a short selection camp, and I think it presented challenges in that you could make mistakes in such a short-term evaluation. Now we move forward with the process and the people and leadership that we have in place with the POE to pick the team and go in December. Take advantage of the time for more preparation. So that’s a key process that we’re looking at moving forward with right now. We feel under our new structure here that we move on from a three-day selection camp.
Wheeler: If you’re talking late November, is that asking guys to come and join you from late November on, potentially, and is that a heavier ask of CHL clubs?
Millar: We’ve had discussions, and the CHL is supportive. But it’s something we’re working to be able to put together.
Wheeler: How important is the Summer Showcase then to get a look at the guys, especially guys who’ve been banged up, whether it’s a Roger McQueen or a Cayden Lindstrom? And how much weight do you place in summer hockey as you begin this process?
Millar: There’s a certain understanding that it is summer hockey. We do have some players that are being invited to the camp that have missed a considerable amount of time. We’re still working through the process in terms of availability with some of those players and where they are in terms of their injuries and recoveries. We’ll take everything into consideration in terms of we have some players coming into the camp that didn’t play a lot of hockey last year. So we understand that and we’ll take that all into consideration. It’ll be an important process in terms of the get-to-know, but at the same time, there will be an understanding of the timing. But it’ll set the tone for us in terms of what our scouting plans look like when the fall starts. That’ll be a real important part for Mark and I.
Wheeler: This tournament has always been talked about as a 19-year-old tournament, and Hockey Canada’s rosters have typically been reflective of that, with exceptions for the Bedards and the McKennas and every age group being different. Do you view it that way? Do you view it as a 19-year-old’s tournament? And how do you think about experience when it comes to putting kids on this massive stage?
Millar: That’s definitely a common phrase of “It’s a 19-year-old’s tournament,” and it is another level. We all know that. And when you get to a certain point in the tournament, it’s really hard. There’s not a lot of time and space. You gotta get inside. You need size. You need heaviness. You need different types of players to win. I reflect back to the gold medal game against Czechia in Halifax, and that was a big man’s game. That was a heavy, heavy game, and obviously it went all the way to overtime. So whether you’re 19, 18 or 17, there’s a way that we want to play. And experience does matter, but at the same time, I’m looking for the best players, the best people, so the age is a number — it doesn’t necessarily mean that the team has to be made up of only 19-year-olds for us to be successful. There is a balance there to consider the experience, but at the same time, regardless of your age, if you should be on the team, and most importantly, we believe you can help us win, regardless of age, you’ll be on the team.
(Photo: Chris Tanouye / IIHF Images)
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NBC rounds out NBA lineup with Fisher, Scalabrine, Daugherty and more
As NBA announcer free agency nears its end, NBC announced a slew of pickups on Thursday. NBC Sports announced Thursday that it has hired play-by-play voice Michael Grady, plus five additional NBA analysts — Brad Daugherty, Derek Fisher, Robbie Hummel, Austin Rivers, and Brian Scalabrine — for its NBA package that begins in October. Daugherty, […]

As NBA announcer free agency nears its end, NBC announced a slew of pickups on Thursday.
NBC Sports announced Thursday that it has hired play-by-play voice Michael Grady, plus five additional NBA analysts — Brad Daugherty, Derek Fisher, Robbie Hummel, Austin Rivers, and Brian Scalabrine — for its NBA package that begins in October.
Daugherty, Hummel, Rivers and Scalabrine all currently work for NBC Sports in some capacity. Daugherty has been a NASCAR analyst for NBC since 2020, Hummel and Rivers work college basketball games, and Scalabrine is an analyst for Celtics games on NBC’s Boston RSN.
Fisher, who works as an occasional studio analyst on Spectrum SportsNet Lakers coverage, will be making his NBC debut.
All five analysts will primarily work on game coverage, though Scalabrine and Rivers will also contribute to the studio.
As for Grady, the Minnesota Timberwolves voice will work for both NBC and Amazon after spending a season with ESPN last year.
NBC said in its release Thursday that it has now “finalized” its NBA roster. That would mean Jalen Rose, who has worked for NBC as a college basketball analyst, is not in the network’s plans for the NBA. (Rose made several appearances as a guest studio analyst on TNT’s “Inside the NBA” last season, a role that could conceivably continue when the show moves to ESPN.)
In addition to Grady and the five analysts announced Thursday, NBC previously named Jamal Crawford, Reggie Miller and Grant Hill as game analysts; Carmelo Anthony and Vince Carter as studio analysts; and Mike Tirico, Noah Eagle and Terry Gannon as play-by-play voices. Maria Taylor and Ahmed Fareed were named studio hosts.
It should be noted that NBC has not yet announced any sideline reporters for its NBA coverage, but that announcement should be coming soon.
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Epperson, McMorrow Set For 2025 World Junior Summer Showcase
Story Links DENVER – The journey for incoming freshmen Kristian Epperson and Brendan McMorrow to make Team USA for the 2026 IIHF World Junior Championship gets underway this weekend in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The University of Denver hockey duo are among 42 players overall and 11 from the National Collegiate Hockey Conference […]

DENVER – The journey for incoming freshmen Kristian Epperson and Brendan McMorrow to make Team USA for the 2026 IIHF World Junior Championship gets underway this weekend in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
The University of Denver hockey duo are among 42 players overall and 11 from the National Collegiate Hockey Conference that have been invited to participate in the 2025 World Junior Summer Showcase, a week-long evaluation camp that features practices and 10 total exhibition games in preparation for this year’s World Juniors in Minnesota from Dec. 26, 2025 to Jan. 5, 2026.
The summer camp starts today, Friday, July 25 with practices and concludes with games on Saturday, Aug. 2. Canada, Finland and Sweden will also be sending teams this week for exhibitions and practices at Ridder Arena on the campus of the University of Minnesota.
While every American at the Summer Showcase is on USA Hockey’s radar to make the team, not every player will be invited again to training camp in December before the final team is announced. Additionally, if an under-20 player wasn’t invited to the Summer Showcase, they are still eligible to be invited to training camp in five months and make Team USA’s roster for the World Junior Championship, which will be held on U.S. soil for the first time since 2018 in Buffalo, New York.
Both Epperson and McMorrow are familiar with wearing the red, white and blue, as they each played for the U.S. National Team Development Program for two seasons from 2022 to 2024. Both players helped the Americans win gold at the 2022 World Under-17 Hockey Challenge, with McMorrow also being a member of USA’s gold-medal winning squads at the 2024 IIHF U18 World Championship and 2024 World Junior-A Challenge.
Denver Richard and Kitzia Goodman Hockey Head Coach David Carle had led the Americans at the past two World Juniors and won the gold medal each year, marking the first-time ever that the United States won back-to-back championships at the U20 tournament. University of Minnesota head coach Bob Motzko, who also won gold in 2017 with the USA National Junior Team, is leading this year’s squad.
Overall, the U.S. has won a medal in eight of the last 10 IIHF World Junior Championships, the best medal stretch in U.S. history. The eight medals include four golds (2025, 2024, 2021, 2017), one silver (2019) and three bronze (2023, 2018, 2016). The United States has won 28 of its last 32 games over the last five World Junior Championships, with a trio golds (2025, 2024, 2021) and one bronze (2023) medal during that time.
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Syracuse Orange Ice Hockey: All-21st Century Team
For the Syracuse Orange All-21st Century Team for ice hockey, we are going to use the standard college line-up of three forwards, two defense and a goalie. The Orange program started in 2008 and they have made two NCAA Tournament appearances since then. Let’s see which athletes will be taking the ice for our squad: […]
For the Syracuse Orange All-21st Century Team for ice hockey, we are going to use the standard college line-up of three forwards, two defense and a goalie. The Orange program started in 2008 and they have made two NCAA Tournament appearances since then.
Let’s see which athletes will be taking the ice for our squad:
Goalie:
Allie Kelley- There’s an argument to be made for Lucy Schoedel, but Kelley setting the school and NCAA record for career saves with 4,594 is an accomplishment that can’t be overlooked. Kelley holds Syracuse records for career saves (2,371 in just two seasons), as well as saves in a game (64).
Defense:
Jessica DiGirolamo- the career leader in goals (33) and points (95) by a defenseman. Twice named CHA Defender of the Year and a three-time All-CHA 1stTeam selection. Currently playing with Montreal in the PWHL.
Allie Munroe- Twice named CHA Defender of the Year and two-time All-CHA 1stTeam selection. Helped lead Orange to first CHA title and NCAA appearance. Currently playing with Toronto in the PWHL.
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Forward:
Stefanie Marty- three-time member of the Swiss Olympic Team. Syracuse’s first-ever Winter Olympian. Twice selected All-CHA 2nd team.
Melissa Piacentini- named CHA Player of the Year in 2015-16. Finished her Syracuse career as the all-time leader in points (112), goals (53), assists (59), and plus/minus (+60).
Stefanie Grossi- holds the Syracuse school record for career points with 117 and assists with 72. Won the 2015-16 CHA Scoring Title and was a two-time All-CHA 1st team selection.
Our second-team unit would be:
Goalie: Lucy Schoedel
Defense: Lindsay Eastwood and Nicole Renault
Forward: Shiann Darkangelo, Isabel Menard and Mae Batherson
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Louisiana Task Force On NIL Update
Tiger Stadium will host its first College Football Playoff game this season. (LSU photo). by Piper Hutchinson, Louisiana Illuminator July 24, 2025 A new Louisiana legislative task force on name, image and likeness issues is formulating a plan to tackle the problems the burgeoning industry has brought amid a time of turmoil for college athletics. […]


by Piper Hutchinson, Louisiana Illuminator
July 24, 2025
A new Louisiana legislative task force on name, image and likeness issues is formulating a plan to tackle the problems the burgeoning industry has brought amid a time of turmoil for college athletics.
The study committee was created in House Resolution 15 by Rep. Rashid Young, D-Homer, a former Grambling State football player who will chair the task force. Made up of athletics directors, business leaders and college athletes, the group is tasked with making recommendations for future state laws on NIL and athlete compensation.
Only within the past four years have college athletes been permitted to profit off of their name, image and likeness. NCAA rules adopted in 2021 allowed them to strike endorsement contracts like their professional counterparts, ranging from small-dollar deals with local businesses to multi-million dollar agreements with large corporations.
While many have celebrated the new rules, which allowed unpaid athletes the ability to access some of the profit being made off college sports, others believe the influx of money has opened the floodgate to NIL deals that essentially amounted to paying players for their performance on the field, which is not permitted.
This summer, a federal judge approved a settlement in the case House v. NCAA that will allow schools to pay their student-athletes directly. While the new payment mechanism is called “revenue sharing,” many colleges that do not make a profit with their athletics program will still pay their players to maintain a competitive advantage.
At the first meeting of Young’s task force Thursday, members expressed frustrations with the new reality of college athletics.
“I’ve seen so many changes through the years with the NCAA and how they have allowed this to get out of control, and now we have to try to put it back to some reasonableness,” John Curtis Christian High School football coach J.T. Curtis said.
Along with the ability to pay players, the House ruling resulted in the creation of the College Sports Commission, a private oversight organization to which athletes must submit their NIL deals for approval.
Taylor Jacobs, LSU’s associate athletic director of NIL & strategic initiatives and one of the university’s representatives on the task force, said the new reporting system has not been easy and has delayed approval of some deals. Requests filed in the days after LSU won the College World Series on June 22 still have not been approved by the commission, she said. Because interest in deals spike after a national championship, those athletes may have missed their window of opportunity, Jacobs explained.
Whether colleges can find a way to legally compensate international athletes without jeopardizing their visa status is another issue facing colleges in Louisiana and elsewhere. Young said the problem might require seeking partners in the federal government to solve.
The task force comes after two bills to exempt college athlete’s NIL income from state taxes stalled in the state legislature earlier this year. The proposals created perception concerns as legislators were being asked to tighten state spending.
Young’s House Bill 168 would have exempted the first $12,500 of student-athletes’ NIL income from state taxes. It would have aligned the exemption with the standardized deduction offered to every other Louisiana resident. It’s not clear if this legislation is necessary for the athletes to receive the deduction, but Young said he wanted to make sure they get it.
House Bill 166 by Rep. Dixon McMakin, R-Baton Rouge, would have exempted the entirety of an athlete’s NIL income from state taxes. The task force is likely to recommend a version of this bill.
Its recommendations are likely to cover more than just college athletics. Two members representing high schools expressed concern that state law does not regulate how their athletes can be compensated for their name, image and likeness.
Young said legislation will probably be filed to protect children who engage in these deals.
The task force is expected to meet monthly until it submits its report to the legislature in January. The next regular session starts in March 2026.
Members of the task force include:
- State Rep. Rashid Young, D-Homer
- Keli Zinn, LSU executive deputy athletics director
- John Hartwell, University of Louisiana Monroe athletics director
- Heath Schroyet, McNeese State athletics director
- Jonathan Terrell, Nicholls State athletics director
- Grady Smith, Woodlawn High School principal
- Chandler LeBoeuf, Louisiana Community and Technical College vice president of education
- State Rep. Tehmi Chaisson, D-Lafayette
- Jolee Liles, NIL specialist for the Louisiana Department of Justice
- Amaya Messier, LSU beach volleyball player
- Verge Ausberry, LSU executive deputy athletics director
- Lucas Morgan, LSU Shreveport athletics director
- Ben Robichaux, Southeastern Louisiana baseball player
- Bryan Maggard, UL Lafayette vice president for intercollege athletics
- Keira Miracle-Tilford, Southern University softball player
- Philippe Carter, Southern University assistant athletic director
- Sheridan Cooper, Southern University at New Orleans director for compliance
- Brandon Shelvin, a NIL collective executive
- Kennedy Jones, Grambling interim director for civil rights and Title IX
- David Aubrey, AT&T Louisiana president
- Colis Temple III, Board of Regents member
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St. John Fisher Names Jennifer Granger Director of Athletics and Recreation
General | 7/25/2025 10:30:00 AM Story Links PITTSFORD, N.Y. – St. John Fisher has named Jennifer Granger, who has devoted herself to the university’s intercollegiate athletics program for more than two decades, as its Director of Athletics and Recreation. Granger served as the department’s interim director from June 2024 to June 2025. […]

General | 7/25/2025 10:30:00 AM
PITTSFORD, N.Y. – St. John Fisher has named Jennifer Granger, who has devoted herself to the university’s intercollegiate athletics program for more than two decades, as its Director of Athletics and Recreation. Granger served as the department’s interim director from June 2024 to June 2025.
A 1995 graduate of St. John Fisher, Granger joins Bobby Wanzer and Bob Ward as the third director of athletics in university history. She previously worked as Fisher’s associate athletic director and senior woman administrator (2021-24), assistant athletic director (2017-21) and athletics business manager (1998-2017).
“I am thrilled and truly humbled to be the next Director of Athletics and Recreation at St. John Fisher University,” Granger said. “We have a rich tradition of success at Fisher and an amazing staff filled with professionals who are truly dedicated to our student-athletes. I look forward to our continued collaboration.
“I’d like to thank Vice President for Enrollment Management Jose Perales and President Gerry Rooney for their support, leadership, and placing their trust in me to lead the department. I’d also like to thank Bob Ward for his guidance and mentorship over the years.”
Granger has compiled several notable accomplishments and, above all else, ensured the support and well-being of Fisher student-athletes during her career at the university. She has established and developed a Student Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC), served as the university’s NCAA compliance officer, helped the institution attain enrollment goals and worked with institutional leaders in the development of new athletic programs, including men’s and women’s ice hockey, men’s wrestling, men’s volleyball and women’s rowing. Granger has also been instrumental in hosting multiple NCAA Championship events in the Rochester area, including the 2025 NCAA Division III Men’s Golf Championships and the 2023 NCAA Division III Track and Field Championships.
Granger received her Bachelor of Arts degree from St. John Fisher and was a student-athlete herself, playing on the women’s basketball team under legendary head coach Phil Kahler.
“I am thrilled to announce Jennifer Granger as our new director of athletics and recreation. Jen understands the special role that intercollegiate athletics plays on our campus and in the community,” Perales said. “For more than two decades, she has been an integral part of the team that has led some of our most successful years athletically, and she is well-positioned to accelerate the excellence of Fisher athletics. I am confident that Jen will lead our outstanding team of student-athletes, coaches, and staff forward.”
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Wake Forest to Host Annual Walt Clinic
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — Wake Forest men’s soccer is proud to announce the return of the Walt Chyzowych Memorial Clinic, set for Saturday, Aug. 16 from 5:00-6:15 p.m. at Spry Stadium. This beloved community event for boys and girls aged 6–13 supports the Walt Chyzowych Fund and honors the legacy of one of American soccer’s most influential […]


WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — Wake Forest men’s soccer is proud to announce the return of the Walt Chyzowych Memorial Clinic, set for Saturday, Aug. 16 from 5:00-6:15 p.m. at Spry Stadium.
This beloved community event for boys and girls aged 6–13 supports the Walt Chyzowych Fund and honors the legacy of one of American soccer’s most influential coaches.
Clinic Details
- Date & Time: Saturday, August 16, 2025 | 5:00 p.m.-6:15 p.m.
- Location: Spry Soccer Stadium
- Ages: Boys & girls, ages 6–13
- Registration Fee: $25 per player
- All proceeds benefit the Walt Chyzowych Memorial Fund
Legacy of Walt Chyzowych
Walt Chyzowych served as Wake Forest’s head men’s soccer coach from 1986 to 1994. Under his leadership, the program earned its first ACC title in 1989, transforming the Demon Deacons into a collegiate powerhouse. His impact resonated nationally through his role as U.S. Soccer Federation Director of Coaching, designing coaching licensure programs, and directing Olympic, World Cup, and youth national teams. Chyzowych’s influence lives on as his name is honored at Spry Stadium and across U.S. soccer development programs.
About the Walt Chyzowych Memorial Fund
Established in 1995 by Ralph Lundy, the Fund’s mission is to preserve Chyzowych’s vision through youth development initiatives, scholarships, and coaching education programs. Clinic proceeds support ongoing programs that continue his pioneering work in American soccer.
Register Now!
You can register for the clinic online here. For questions or assistance, call 336‑758‑3059 or email wfsoccer@wfu.edu.
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