UAlbany Football's John Allen Chosen For Expert Coaches Academy in Dallas on June 5-7

Courtesy: UAlbany Sports Information

Indianapolis, Ind. – University at Albany’s John Allen is one of 28 football coaches that have been selected to participate in the 2008 NCAA Expert Coaches Academy, scheduled to take place on June 5-7 in Dallas, Texas. Allen is in his first season as the UAlbany program’s wide receivers coach.

The Expert Coaches Academy is an NCAA program that addresses the critical shortages of ethnic minorities in head coaching positions in the sport of college football, primarily at the Division I level. The academy’s program prepares coaches for many of the issues they will experience at the head coaching level and offers networking opportunities.

Coaches will participate in workshops during the three-day program that focus on communications, interview skills, fiscal responsibilities, compliance, academic issues, and building and managing a successful football program. The participants represent Division I, II and III colleges and universities.

Allen was previously the head coach of NFL Europe’s Berlin Thunder until the National Football League ceased league operations in June 2007. He had been the offensive coordinator and wide receivers coach for the Amsterdam Admirals from 2004-07. On the collegiate level, Allen was the wide receivers coach at Bucknell University in 2002. He served as both offensive coordinator and receivers coach at Division II Lock Haven University in Pennsylvania from 1996-02.