USA TODAY NETWORK Hosts First Ever Livestream of American Football Coaches Awards Show Presented by Amway
January 09 2018 - 9:30AM
Business Wire
AFCA Awards Show will bring together 8,000
coaches and former coaches.
The USA TODAY NETWORK, part of Gannett Co., Inc. (NYSE: GCI),
will host the first ever livestream of the American Football
Coaches Association Awards Show (AFCA) and green carpet on Tuesday,
January 9 beginning at 6:00 pm ET from Charlotte, N.C. The event
will air live on USA TODAY.com and on USA TODAY Sports' Facebook
page.
The American Football Coaches Awards Show, presented by Amway,
will be hosted by Rick Neuheisel, the former UCLA coach and Rose
Bowl-winning quarterback for the Bruins, as well as former ESPN
broadcaster Bonnie Bernstein. More than 8,000 coaches and former
coaches will gather to present end-of-season awards, including FBS
Coach of the Year, Allstate AFCA Good Works Team®
Honorary Head Coach, and USA TODAY Sports Coach's Play Call of the
Year.
The show will include appearances by Central Florida’s (and now
Nebraska’s) Scott Frost, former Huskers coach Frank Solich,
Georgia’s Kirby Smart, Virginia’s Bronco Mendenhall, Wisconsin’s
Paul Chryst, Northwestern’s Pat Fitzgerald, Iowa State’s Matt
Campbell, Fresno State’s Jeff Tedford, and Liberty’s Turner Gill.
Former Marshall coach Jack Lengyel will be honored, along with
Jenks (Okla.) High School coach Allan Trimble, who will receive the
Power of Influence Award as he fights ALS. Coaches from FCS,
Division II, Division III and NAIA will also be recognized.
Preceding the awards show, there will be a green-carpet event
hosted by USA TODAY Sports Pulse’s Trysta Krick and Adam Woodard,
along with USA TODAY Sports national college football writer George
Schroeder. The hour and a half green-carpet event will be
livestreamed via Facebook beginning at 6 p.m. ET from the NASCAR
Hall of Fame. It will feature interviews with coaches as they
arrive and will debut original videos shot at this year’s
convention by USA TODAY Sports.
“USA TODAY NETWORK is excited to be the inaugural livestream
host of the AFCA Show. We have the opportunity to live-broadcast
the event from USA TODAY and the NETWORK’s local news sites,” said
David Meeks, managing editor of USA TODAY Sports. “We are honored
that the AFCA chose us as a platform to air this exciting show
recognizing the best in college football.”
About USA TODAY NETWORK
USA TODAY NETWORK, part of Gannett Co, Inc. (NYSE: GCI), is the
largest local-to-national media organization in the country,
powered by our award-winning newsrooms and marketing solutions
business. With deep roots in local communities spanning the U.S.
with more than 100 brands, plus USA TODAY, we engage more than 110
million people every month through a diverse portfolio of
multi-platform content offerings and experiences. For more
information, visit www.gannett.com.
About the American Football Coaches
Association (AFCA)
The AFCA was founded in 1922 and currently has more than 11,000
members around the world ranging from the high school level to the
professional ranks. According to its constitution, the AFCA was
formed, in part, to “maintain the highest possible standards in
football and in the coaching profession” and to “provide a forum
for the discussion and study of all matters pertaining to
football.”
About the Allstate AFCA Good Works
Team®
The Allstate AFCA Good Works Team® was established in 1992
by the College Football Association, recognizing the extra efforts
made by college football players and student support staff off the
field. AFCA became the governing body of the award in 1997 and
continues to honor college football players who go the extra mile
for those in need. Allstate worked to present the award starting
with the 2008 season.
About Amway
Amway is an $8.8 billion direct-selling business based in Ada,
Michigan, USA. Top-selling brands for Amway are Nutrilite™ vitamin,
mineral and dietary supplements, Artistry™ skincare and color
cosmetics, eSpring™ water treatment systems and XS™ energy drinks –
all sold exclusively by Amway Business Owners. Global sales in 2016
made Amway the No. 1 direct-selling business in the world,
according to the 2017 Direct Selling News Global 100. The company’s
annual sales figure includes revenue from direct-selling operations
and other business holdings. For company news,
visit amwayglobal.com/newsroom.
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