The third one is having put the last eight years of my life into coaching the All Blacks and trying to win the World Cup, I'm going to have to search inside myself to see whether I could coach a team against them, Smith said.

Its not just going to any team, it's going to a team that over time will potentially challenge the All Blacks, so I've got to be clear in my mind that I could be a part of that.

Smiths decision to turn down England leaves Lancaster still searching for a permanent backs coach ahead of next months tour of South Africa.

The Rugby Football Union today confirmed that Mike Catt will join England's coaching staff for next month's tour as interim backs coach, having signed a two-month deal. Jon Callard and Simon Hardy will also join the coaching team for the three-Test tour.

Catt will join Stuart Lancaster's backroom team next week after completing his duties with London Irish after their final Aviva Premiership match against Gloucester on Saturday.

Lancaster said: Mike has played at the top level and is highly respected. He has done a great job at whilst coaching at London Irish and we are looking forward to working with him on this South Africa tour. He is experienced in playing in South Africa and this will be invaluable as we prepare for this challenging and exciting tour.

While Mike, Graham Rowntree and myself will lead on the coaching for the tour we will also have Jon Callard and Simon Hardy as part of the coaching team. Jon and Simon know the players well from their roles with the Saxons.

They will assist in the preparation and support to the midweek teams and they will provide excellent specialist support in their individual areas with Jon supporting our kickers and Simon our hookers throughout the whole squad.

Catt said he was hugely excited about the prospect of joining Lancasters coaching team.

I was very impressed with England during the Six Nations, not just the way they played but the culture that is developing, and hopefully I can complement what Stuart and Graham are doing. There are some talented young players coming through and the chance to work with them for the Barbarians game and the tour is really exciting.

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Bruce Felix Cucchiara passed away Tuesday, April 24, 2012. He was born in 1954 in New Orleans.

Bruce was a dedicated Christian, a respected community leader and businessman. He will always be missed. A graduate of St. Paul's School with the class of 1972, he remained active in the Alumni Association and St. Paul's Foundation Board. He received his undergraduate degree from Southeastern Louisiana University and began his career in the banking and financial industry. He was the first President of Resource Bank based in St. Tammany Parish and was the CFO of SECO, a real estate development company in Covington. An avid sports fan, he dedicated decades of his life to Covington's youth as a volunteer baseball and basketball coach.

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LOMA LINDA, CA April 25, 2012- Loma Linda University PossAbilities hero, Eric Arrington, has dedicated his life to coaching and mentoring kids, as well as young adults, in his community. In honor of National Mobility Awareness Month, in May, Arrington is vying for the opportunity to continue his service to his community by entering an online contest to win a wheelchair accessible minivan.

The Rialto native hopes that his story and aspirations could win him the contest with the National Mobility Equipment Dealers Association (NMEDA). The organization is recognizing local disabled heroes across the United States who have made significant contributions to their community. The organization will give away at least three of the vehicles to the individuals with the highest number of votes on its website, http://www.nmeda.com/mobility-awareness-month.

While celebrating the invitation to try out for the NFL 22 years ago, Arrington was shot after putting himself between his friend and a shooter. He saved his friend from injury, but six gunshots to his back left him paralyzed below the waist. After his disabling injury, not only was Arrington able to coach football for 20 years at local colleges and high schools, but he also became a volunteer at Loma Linda University Medical Center where he counsels other individuals with disabilities.

In 2009, Arrington was forced to stop coaching and volunteering because of injuries sustained from getting in and out of his vehicle. In order to get back in the game, the 49-year-old needs a wheelchair accessible vehicle, but he unfortunately cannot afford the $60,000 investment.

To watch his full story, and to vote for Eric Arrington, visit http://www.vote4eric.org. Voting is open until May 13.

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As Pat Summitt sat at the press conference at Thompson-Boling Arena on April 19 where she stepped down as Tennessee womens basketball coach, evidence of her legacy was all around. Her eight national title banners were hanging in the rafters, along with quite a few more denoting Final Four appearances and SEC Championships. Her players were sitting in matching orange and white warm-ups near the front row. The press conference was even happening on a court named after her. But maybe Summitts biggest legacy was sitting to her left: her son Tyler, who officially accepted an offer as an assistant coach for the Marquette womens basketball team the day before. Wasnt it interesting as I stepped aside as head coach, my son Tyler stepped into a game as an assistant with Marquette womens basketball? Pat said. I can tell you Im so proud of Tyler. Tyler, a graduating 21-year-old, flew to Milwaukee the weekend before last to interview for the spot, and got the offer from Golden Eagles coach Terri Mitchell that Monday before accepting the offer. I think she (Pat) was really proud of me, Tyler told The Daily Beacon. Shes always told me that I need to go away and prove myself and earn everything I get. Tyler grew up in Pats shadow. Thats just the way it works when your mom is an American sports icon. Even though he had to endure chants like, Mammas boy! from opposing fans in high school basketball games while playing at the Webb School of Knoxville, his determination to follow in her footsteps never wavered. Ive never really questioned Gods plan. I really feel like this is what Im meant to do this is my purpose in life, Tyler said. If that changes down the road, thats fine, because part of coaching basketball is also about leadership and relationships Tyler played basketball as a walk-on at UT, but not in the sense outsiders would typically expect (an undertalented player getting a bench spot because of his name). No, Tyler has had it in mind to get into the family business for a long time. Walking on for the Vols was simply a means to get a better insight into behind-the-scenes action in college basketball so that he could land a coaching gig like the one at Marquette. There was no doubt in my mind he was going to get to that level, said UT mens basketball coach Cuonzo Martin. He works extremely hard at it. He understands the game. Hes studied the game ... but hes a good guy and he puts the time into it. Anytime a guy puts the time into it like he does he has a chance to be successful. He lives in the house with one of the best thats ever coached the game, so some of it has to rub off on him. Some of it definitely rubbed off. Tyler coaches a U-17 AAU girls team, and at a recent game where most of the team was taking their ACTs, Tyler only had five players to work with. One of them showed up late, though, and per Tylers rules, she couldnt start, leaving just four players on the court at tip-off. The refs, the other coach and everybody in the stands were looking at me like I was crazy, Tyler said. But something my mom always instilled in me was that discipline comes first. You set the standards and you keep them there. Hell certainly try to keep the standards high as he heads off to coach at Marquette, keeping his mother just a phone call away. As far as Marquette goes, Im very excited to start, Tyler said. Shes got a few pointers for me and well see what happens. I dont know if I have any pointers for him, Pat responded. He studies the game all the time and Im proud of him and wish him the best. After Tyler graduates in May, hell head off to follow in his moms illustrious footsteps. Tyler, Dave Hart, UT athletic director, said, all youve got to do is post 1,099 wins and youll blow past your mother. Pat and Tyler laughed, high-fived each other and held on for a few seconds longer. Many probably entered Thompson-Boling that day expecting something like a funeral. What they got, though, was more like a graduation ceremony. At least in this moment, it was obvious that one door closed just as another one opened.

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When a program undertakes an ambitious rebuilding regimen, it is necessary to have leadership well versed in taking programs to the next level.

The Horned Frogs mens basketball team is that program this season, and first-year assistant coach Rob Evans is that leadership.

Im very excited to be here at TCU, he said. This is a program on the rise.

Fort Worth is the latest stop on the coaching carrousel for Evans, who has spent the last 42 years of his life coaching basketball at the Division I level.

In that time span, he has rightfully earned a reputation as a program builder, someone who excels at taking struggling teams and aiding them in their rise to prominence.

He did it at Arizona State University, where he led the Sun Devils to postseason appearances in four of his eight seasons. He did it at Ole Miss before that, where the Rebels made it to the NCAA Tournament in consecutive years during his tenure after having made it only once before.

Before those head coaching stops, Evans spent time working as an assistant with TCUs future Big 12 Conference mates Texas Tech and Oklahoma State. From Stillwater, Okla., to Oxford, Miss., Evans has succeeded in taking his teams to the next level.

The secret to his style lies within his unwavering commitment to doing things the right way, all the time, he said. The 65-year-old from Hobbs, N.M., exudes an aura of calm that comes with living a consistent life.

We know we have to follow our plan, he said, adding the need for people [to] believe in the program.

Evans garners that belief by engaging in practices that are above ground, both on and off the court.

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JUST AFTER NEWS that Bobby Petrino was involved in a motorcycle mishap, lied to the media about it, withheld information from his bosses, was found to have at least one mistress and eventually was fired as the Arkansas head football coach, Steve Spurrier opined on the situation.

It did not used to be this way in college coaching, Spurrier said.

Although not his intention, Spurrier provided a rather succinct and worldly look at the dramatic and altering landscape of coaching at all levels over the past decade or so.

In fact, coaching generally is not what it used to be in just about every sport and at just about every level. For the sake of argument, though, lets narrow the focus of discussion to coaching in major-college football and in all of professional sports.

There are no numbers to confirm this, but you have to believe there were fewer scandals involving coaches as late as the 1970s and 1980s. Most of the scandal then dealt primarily with violations of NCAA rules. If Bear Bryant was cheating anywhere other than in recruiting, it certainly was not reported.

Those were likely the last days of an era in which college football coaches were viewed as role models for athletes. Going back further, it is easy to romanticize about the days when Knute Rockne and Bud Wilkinson served as father figures to their players. They were leaders, bent on developing young men as much as winning football games.

Coaches really are not coaches anymore, at least not at the major-college football level and at least not in the way we used to think of coaches. As salaries for coaches have skyrocketed, and university presidents and athletics directors have ceded power to men wearing whistles around their necks, the profession has changed drastically.

Anyone who believes college athletics is about sports and the games that are played has not been paying attention. Every major college now operates a multi-million dollar business called intercollegiate athletics. Athletics directors are the CEOs of these businesses, and head football coaches mens basketball coaches at some schools are the chief fund-raisers.

Because winning games directly correlates to increased revenues for the business, it has taken the highest priority at most institutions.

If an athletics department can hook on with a top fund-raiser (coach) who can win games and championships, then that person is paid handsomely. In most cases today, the chief fund-raiser (coach) is paid many times more annually than the president of the school and its athletics director.

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Top British swimmer Liam Tancock has emphasised how world class coaching is critical in giving athletes the best chance of Olympic success.

Tancock, 26, is Team GBs foremost male swimming hope for London 2012 in a squad studded with female stars.

And he says that coaching he received as an eight-year-old forms the backbone of his challenge today.

The stuff I was taught when I was eight I still put into practice today it helped me get to the [100m] Olympic final in Beijing [in 2008], he told Eurosport.

For example, a great start in swimming is very important: I was taught to dry my hands before getting in, in order to get a better grip on the bar. Little things like that.

Growing up I had a great coach called John Randall until the age of 18. From then to now Ive had Ben Titley. I learned some great things about life from my coaches: they help me prepare for competition and get my body and mind ready.

Great coaches make great athletes, in all sports. Because of that Im involved in a campaign that aims to get young guys into coaching, with scholarships available.

Ive done some qualifications myself, but I dont have time at the moment to do any coaching as heading towards the Olympics Im focused on competing but Ive done a few swim clinics recently.

A double world champion in the 50 metre backstroke, Tancock also holds the world record time in that discipline. However the 50 is not an Olympic event so he will instead challenge over 100m in London in July and August.

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Top British swimmer Liam Tancock has emphasised how world class coaching is critical in giving athletes the best chance of Olympic success.

Tancock, 26, is Team GBs foremost male swimming hope for London 2012 in a squad studded with female stars.

And he says that coaching he received as an eight-year-old forms the backbone of his challenge today.

The stuff I was taught when I was eight I still put into practice today it helped me get to the [100m] Olympic final in Beijing [in 2008], he told Eurosport.

For example, a great start in swimming is very important: I was taught to dry my hands before getting in, in order to get a better grip on the bar. Little things like that.

Growing up I had a great coach called John Randall until the age of 18. From then to now Ive had Ben Titley. I learned some great things about life from my coaches: they help me prepare for competition and get my body and mind ready.

Great coaches make great athletes, in all sports. Because of that Im involved in a campaign that aims to get young guys into coaching, with scholarships available.

Ive done some qualifications myself, but I dont have time at the moment to do any coaching as heading towards the Olympics Im focused on competing but Ive done a few swim clinics recently.

A double world champion in the 50 metre backstroke, Tancock also holds the world record time in that discipline. However the 50 is not an Olympic event so he will instead challenge over 100m in London in July and August.

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MIAMI (CBS4) Christine Silva was stressed trying to balance work and family, with no time left over for herself.

I was constantly exhausted. I felt like I was never able to keep up, said Silva.

So she tried something new. She hired a Wellness Coach to help her regain control of her life.

Within the very first session, I realized this is not about just getting exercise. It was about how do I see myself and where do I want to be, explained Silva.

A Wellness Coach takes a holistic approach, focusing the body and the mind. They meet clients one-on-one and create an individualized health plan.

Margaret Moore is CEO of Wellcoaches Corporation. The coach is really trained to help you take a bigger picture of you, over all aspects of your health and wellness and then come up with a formula that combines all of these things together.

Wellness coaching used to focus on helping individuals cope with one particular disease. And Life coaching was reserved for busy executives. But now its more mainstream for anyone, and its endorsed by the American College of Sports Medicine.

Christinas been working with her coach for two years and says her life has changed

Im more relaxed almost on a almost daily basis, Christina explained.

Of course hiring the right coach is key. So ask a lot of questions about fees, whats offered, communication, and how many times you meet.

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Dear Mothers (yes, all of you)

Oh please, oh please, give yourselves and each other a break.

Consider this an early Mothers Day present. I have no stake here except to be an objective outsider who sees much. Im not a parent and never wanted to be, so I speak out of concern for the many mothers I love and even the ones I dont know personally but whose angst is palpable.

Its all about this: Finding a way to peace about your decisions regarding your life as a parent.

Because clearly if one comment by Hilary Rosen a comment clearly made in the context of a conversation on CNNs Anderson 360 about PAID work can set off a firestorm of wrath where youre fighting each other about your decisions (again), there is a reason to go within and examine them. When we feel defensive about anything, it is a sign to stop and look at the situation. I tell this to my life coaching clients all the time and we work on where their sensitivity might be originating. Get in there and understand why a quip angers you or hurts your feelings.

I practice what I preach here, albeit in a different context. In a dialogue with a friend recently, I shared that I enjoy life as an independent contractor most of the time but every so often I find myself wondering if I made the right choice. The hours can be erratic, as is the money flow. But there is great freedom, too, and it works with my body rhythms. Overwhelmingly, my thoughts bring me back to yes, this is indeed the way of life that is best for me. However, if and when that changes, I will address it and alter my course.

So must mothers. A life path you chose two years ago might not necessarily be working now. Re-evaluate it thoughtfully. This applies to everyone, really, but I am especially thinking about mothers because of what Ive been hearing and reading in the wake of the political dustup created to put women in a twist last week. It worked like a charm.

Almost every day I delight in how mothers are their own best support system for each other, but also feel dismayed that they are the most vicious in cutting each others choices down. Why must your next door neighbor Sally approve of your decision to work part-time while raising your children? Why does that matter to you? And, if youre in the judgmental Sally category, what is it about your choice that bothers you so much youre projecting your uncertainty on to others in a way designed to hurt?

We as women so easily get into please validate me mode, dont we? Goodness, its exhausting.

For me, this last week of criticizing each others choices isnt about race or class or geography or who has a car elevator. Its not about political persuasion. Its about making a decision for yourself and your child and then knowing that at times youll feel great about it and at other times youll feel shaky and question yourself. Find peace in that reality.

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