Touchdown Association 1 Mission Statement The Lutheran Cougar

Touchdown Association 1

Mission Statement The Lutheran Cougar Touchdown Association is a group of football supporters with a genuine desire and interest in supporting and encouraging the athletic, academic, spiritual and community service endeavors to meet the goals of the program and for the benefit of the players. Cougar football The Lutheran High Football program is a strong, unified team that relentlessly strives for excellence and to build a legacy on the field as conference champions, in the classroom as dedicated learners, as children to our supportive parents, and as Christians in our society. Mentally Tough, Spiritually Strong 2

Cougar Football Core Values Mental Toughness All players and coaches will compete in all team activities with Team First Attitude Coaches will put the players into the best positions for the team to Spiritual Strength Players, coaches, and all team personnel will know who they Perfect Execution Players will be perfect in their execution in school with their studies In Game Poise When faced with adversity, Cougar Football Players will remain their minds fixed on representing their team formidably. succeed. Players will work to develop the necessary skill sets. represent and be ambassadors of Christ when competing. as well as on the field with play memorization. 3 focused on the game goals and free from emotional distress.

Touchdown Association Goals • Promote pride, respect, spirit, and unity among the LHS football players, student body, staff, coaches, families and local businesses. • Utilize its membership to organize and facilitate activities to provide for the fellowship and involvement of Cougar Football patrons and supporters. • Participate in school and community related and supported activities in order to further the mission of LHS and the Cougar Football Program. • Work as a group to make new football families and friends feel welcome. Allow the coaches to “coach, ” providing the players with the tools and instruction they need to perform at the highest level. 4

Why do I want to be involved in the CTA? • Help parents see the benefits of being involved in their sons’ sports programs at LHS (Your son WANTS to see you around making the program better and show improvement!) • Everyone has something to offer to the Cougar Football Program…get involved! • Assist coaches by volunteering as a coordinator in a specific area of expertise. 5

Purposes of the CTA • Find coordinators for the various tasks and events throughout the year. • Allow the coaches to coach and to prepare the kids for Friday Night! • Exposure at LHS, AAA conference, and beyond • Create a “buzz” about the LHS in the community • Sell the program for what it is now and what it can become. LHS Football grows Lutheran High! 6

Responsibility Flow Chart Coach Kuhlmann works with 4 main areas as the CEO of the LHS Football Program. • Assistant Coaches • Alumni Association • Touchdown Association • LJCF (Junior Cougars) 7

Doug Kuhlmann, LHS Head Coach Touchdown Association Advisory Council Banquet Coordinator Computer/Coach Comm and Game Day Filming Button Making for Players/Cheer/Pommer Halftime Refreshments Auction Basket Website Field Marker Game Programs Orchard Farm Jamboree Varsity Field Manager Cheer/Pommer Appreciation In-Season Elementary Camp El Shaddai JV Field Manager Spirit Wear Sales Senior Night (Pictures/Flowers) Hi-Light Film Post-Game Friday Nights Memory Books Filming Coordinator Senior Thursday Dinners Press Box Game Director Freshmen Field Manager Borgia Jamboree Alumni Prep-Stats Online Saturday Donuts 8 Contact

Coordinator Information and explanation The key piece of being a coordinator is to provide the guidance and volunteer time to achieve the goals of the job description. Coordinators will not be financially responsible for the items needed to complete their tasks. See following pages for explanation of each coordinators’ position 9

Coordinators Contact Coordinator Spirit Wear Will ensure that new football families have their contact information (email and phone number) on file with Coach Kuhlmann. Will also assist in recruiting new members to find a spot where they believe they can volunteer. Will assist Coach Kuhlmann in designing the spirit wear for the players and fans for the season and will be in charge of selling it during early season games. Varsity Field Manager Will sign up people to work chains for all home varsity games. Will also remind each game when they will work via email. JV Field Manager Will sign up people to work chains for all home JV games. Will also remind each game when they will work via email. Freshmen Field Manager Will sign up people to work chains for all home Freshmen games. Will also remind each game when they will work via email. Press Box Game Director (V/JV/Fr) Will sign up people to work in the press box for all home games. This includes the clock/timer person, the announcer, and the spotters for the announcer. Will also provide the announcer with a roster of away team name/number/position. Will ensure that each game has a filmer. For Freshmen and JV games, we need 1 filmer. For varsity games, we need 2 filmers (field level and press box. ) Filming Coordinator Computer/Coach Comm Will assist Coach Schenck before and during varsity games in the set-up of the coach comm scouting software. Will sit in the press box during games and “log” 10 etc. and “live capture” the games and input the D & D, play type, play result,

Coordinators Prep Stats Online Coordinator Button Maker Following the varsity games after our statisticians have faxed the correct game stats to stats-online, this coordinator will be in touch with Coach K and make appropriate changes if changes are needed. Will work with the Post Dispatch. Will take pictures of all players and cheerleaders and pommers early in the season and then coordinate making buttons for them. Half-Time Refreshments During varsity home games, the coordinator will provide gatorade or equivalent and orange slices to players. Can be delivered on game day to the locker room. Cheer/Pommer Appreciation Will work with the cheerleaders and pommers to plan a program for cheer/pommer appreciation night at a Varsity game. Will provide flowers for each girl and coach. Will work with the coach in providing a script for the announcer. Will work with the senior players to plan a program for senior night at the last varsity home game. Will provide a autographed picture for each dad and a flower for each mom. Will work with the Coach K in providing a script for announcer. Will provide refreshments for coaching staff and team personnel following home varsity contests. Team personnel meet in Coach K’s room following each home game and begin breaking down the game for Saturday’s team practice. Will line the stadium game field before varsity home games. Will recruit other parents and players to assist with the marking. Senior Night (Pictures/Flowers) Post-Game Friday Home Games Field Marking Coordinator Saturday Donuts Will deliver donuts and juice to LHS on Saturday mornings at 8 am for team film review. 11

Coordinators Website Coordinator Hi-Light Film Senior Thursday Night Dinners El Shaddai Coordinator Borgia Jamboree Coordinator O. F Jamboree Coordinator Game Programs Memory Books Will update LHS Cougar Football website with appropriate information and ensure that the flow of information is received by parents and supporters in a timely fashion. Coach Kuhlmann will no longer have to provide daily email updates!!! Will work with the team hi-light DVD producer with choosing team and player hilights. Will also assist in production. Will work with signing up senior families to host an evening at their home or LHS on the night before varsity games (including the Blue/White Scrimmage and the Orchard Farm Jamboree. Will ensure that the late July/early August team retreat has the needed components: food, transportation, tents, cabbins, workers, practice gear, etc. More detailed description is available upon request. Will ensure that all families and players have transportation to and from the Friday/Saturday games. Will provide maps and detailed schedules to each family. Will also provide gatorade for in between each game both days. Will provide Gatorade for use during each of the 3 games. Will coordinate orange slices for the players. Will design and provide a one page insert to be included in the LHS Varsity Football program. Details will include, but not limited to: team synopsis, upcoming schedule, players of the week, opponent outlook. Will organize the development of the memory books for the varsity football team. Duties will be ordering of binders, copying paperwork, collecting articles, collecting 12 pictures from team photographers, collecting rosters.

Coordinators Banquet Coordinator Auction Basket Alumni Relations In-Season Elementary Camp Will organize the banquet in conjunction with Coach Kuhlmann. Will ensure that the commons is decorated and family provides the necessary desserts and means to celebrate the team and the individual accolades. Will solicit donations from team families and supporters as well as businesses in order to provide items for the FB team auction basket. The basket has a “Entertainment” theme. Will work with former players and families to keep in touch with the program and give them opportunities to support its ongoing development. Will alert alumni of events during the season and invite them to continue to be a part of the program. Will coordinate the scheduling and logistics of the annual elementary in-season football clinic. This is for grades 1 -5. Current Cougar players and coaches will host and teach kids the basics of football. Location is stadium field. Saturday during season 10 am -2 pm. 13

If you have questions regarding the Cougar Touchdown Association or would like to be help as a coordinator, please contact Coach Kuhlmann via email or cell. Check out the website at www. lutherancougarfootball. com (314) 497 -3014 Dkuhlmann@lhssc. org Touchdown Association 14