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Play Like A Champion Today™ Staff F. Clark Power, Ph.D., Director
Clark received his undergraduate degree from Villanova University and his M.A. from the Washington Theological Union. He then taught at the middle school and high school levels for three years before attending Harvard’s Graduate School of Education for his doctorate. Clark has authored five books and numerous articles on moral education and development with a focus on school discipline, moral atmosphere, democratic citizenship, faith and religious development, and youth sport. He served on the inaugural Board of Directors of the National council for Accreditation of Coaching Education. In addition, Clark is the past president of the Association for Moral Education, the leading international organization in moral education, and a recipient of the Association’s Kuhmerker Award for his contributions to the field of moral education. Clark is married to Anne Marie Power, who is the Director of Undergraduate Education in Notre Dame’s Department of Sociology. They have two children, David, who is currently a Notre Dame senior, and Kara, a Notre Dame alumna. Clark has coached youth soccer, softball, basketball, and served as President of Holy Cross Parish’s Athletic Association. Kristin Komyatte Sheehan, M.A., Program Director
Oscar B. McBride, MCAA, Associate Director Oscar is also Chairman of the Fit4Life Youth Foundation, a non-profit organization. This foundation operates various programs including Relentless Sports and Red Zone Youth Passing League, which are dedicated to youth fitness and wellness. Fit4Life is also involved in international and community outreach. This past summer, Oscar traveled to Uganda where he visited several of Uganda’s Catholic Schools and parishes where he worked with children and established a flag football program. Oscar is a member of the National Positive Coaching Alliance, the National Federation of State High School Associations, the Interscholastic Athletic Administrators Association, the Notre Dame Alumni Club of Orange County, and the Notre Dame Monogram Club. ADDITIONAL CONTRIBUTORS Kevin Dugan, M.B.A., PLC Consultant
Kevin Dugan holds the position of Director of Men's Lacrosse Operations at the University of Notre Dame. A 2001 graduate of Notre Dame, Dugan returns to his alma mater following three very successful seasons at the University of Scranton. He will be working with the coaching staff to help organize and streamline the day to day operations and business of the program. Dugan is a proven coach and relentless recruiter who brings an entrepreneurial spirit with him. Off the field, Dugan has been very active and involved in international social justice issues. He is the founder of Fields of Growth International, an organization that uses athletics as a community and human development tool in rural villages of Uganda, East Africa. A native of Avon-by-the-Sea, NJ, Dugan graduated from Christian Brothers Academy and received his B.B.A. in Finance from the University of Notre Dame in 2001. He was a monogram winner and midfielder on the 2001 final four team. He went on to earn his M.B.A. at Wheeling Jesuit University, before being employed in the Global Markets and Investment Banking Division at Merrill Lynch in New York, NY. Dugan works closely with Play Like A Champion Today™ in their outreach in Uganda. Jared C. Dees, M.Ed., PLC Consultant Brooke Crawford Record, M.A., PLC Consultantant
Patricia "Tish" Kelly-Holmes, M.D., Coordinator of Wellness Education Ray O'Connell, M.A., Coordinator of Athletic Leadership Education
Mike McCoy, National Director of Mike McCoy Ministries Mike is the National Director of Mike McCoy Ministries. He speaks in Catholic schools across America and abroad empowering young people to make positive life choices and challenging them to live as a disciple of Christ. A native of Erie, Pennsylvania, Mike is a graduate of the University of Notre Dame (majoring in Economics.) He played football for the Irish and was a consensus All-American in college. He was chosen UPI Lineman of the year and was sixth in the Heisman Trophy balloting his senior year. He was the #1 draft choice of the Green Bay Packers where he played defensive tackle. He played eleven years in the NFL – seven with Green Bay, two with the Oakland Raiders and two with the New York Giants. Mike received many awards including the Packers Rookie of the Year, All-Pro player, Packers Dodge NFL Man of the Year, Notre Dame Pro Player of the Year, Erie, PA. Pro Hall of Fame and the Pennsylvania Sports Hall of Fame. Mike was awarded the 2005 Harvey Foster Humanitarian Award by the University of Notre Dame Alumni Association. Mike serves on the Board of Directors of YMCA Camp High Harbour and Camp Hope in Georgia, as well as having served on the Boards of Pro Athletes Outreach and Wisconsin Special Olympics. Mike and his wife Kia live in Jefferson, Georgia and are the parents of four children. Please visit his website at www.mccoy77.com. Jim Lefebvre, PLC Consultant Jim is an experienced communications professional, providing writing, editing, consulting and project management in the areas of proposals, marketing communications, educational materials and publications. His background includes work as a sports writer, trade magazine editor in the field of athletic administration, sports publisher and publicist. In addition, he has been a volunteer youth sports coach, manager and board member. He recently published a new book titled "Loyal Sons: The Story of the Four Horsemen and Notre Dame Football's 1924 Champions". Jim has graciously decided to dedicate a portion of the profits to Play Like A Champion Today™. Jim is the founder and director of IntegriSport, an initiative to assist youth and school sports related organizations to communicate and facilitate a new vision of sport which is centered on integrity, ethics and the development of the whole person. Jim and his wife Joanne are parents of two daughters, Kerry and Elizabeth, both current Notre Dame students. Nicole LaVoi, Ph.D., PLC Consultant
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Clark is Director of the Play Like A Champion Today™ Educational Series. Currently in his 27th year at the University of Notre Dame, Clark is a Professor in the Program of Liberal Studies and Concurrent Professor in the Department of Psychology. He currently serves as Associate Director of the Center for Ethical Education, which he co-founded. Clark served on Notre Dame’s Faculty Athletic Board for the previous 6 years (2001 - 2007). 
Kristin serves as the Program Director for Play Like A Champion Today™. She coordinates PLC’s educational and evaluation programs, develops curricula, and teaches a course on coaching and ministry for Notre Dame’s Education, Schools, and Society undergraduate program in education. Her professional experiences prior to PLC include developing, authoring and presenting a youth abstinence curriculum; writing a Project Rachel program for the Archdiocese of Detroit: serving as Director of Hannah’s House; a home for pregnant women in crisis; and teaching parenting classes to underprivileged parents. Kristin is a two-time graduate of the University of Notre Dame, earning a BA in Theology and a Master’s Degree in Counseling Psychology. While an undergraduate, Kristin was a Division I Varsity cheerleader for three years, a career highlighted by cheering for the 1988 National Championship Irish Football Team. She is also a member of the Notre Dame Monogram Club, Phi Beta Kappa and Psi Chi Honor Societies.
Jared served as the Assistant Director for PLC through 2008 and 2009. While a member of the team, he developed new technological resources for the program including new features to the PLC website and the online recertification program. He is a graduate of the Alliance for Catholic Education (ACE) program at the University of Notre Dame where he earned a Master of Education degree. Jared has always had a passion for ministry and sports. As an undergraduate at Miami University (Ohio) he studied History and Religion and served as the student chair of campus ministry while working as the Miami intramural sport coordinator for football and soccer. He has coached at many different age levels ranging from elementary school to high school varsity athletics. Most recently, he coached varsity football and track at Pope John Paul II High School in Hendersonville, Tennessee. 
Brooke, a former Division I student-athlete at the University of North Carolina and collegiate lacrosse coach, formally served as Coordinator of Sport Programming for the Institute for Educational Initiatives from 2005 - 2008. Currently living in Bryn Mawr, PA, Brooke serves as Assistant Director of Annual Programs at the Academy of Notre Dame, an Independent Catholic School for Girls, and coaches their Girls Varsity Lacrosse Team. Brooke completed her graduate degree in Applied Psychology with a specialization in Sport Psychology at the University of Notre Dame. A 3-time All-American and former member of the US Lacrosse Squad, Brooke’s playing and coaching experience at various levels has assisted in the development of the PLC curriculum. A coach at the University of Connecticut, James Madison University, the University of Notre Dame, Palmetto High School (Miami, FL) and now, the Academy of Notre Dame, Brooke has coached over 500+ athletes, directed numerous camps and clinics for young athletes and has significantly contributed to the growth of Girl’s Lacrosse. Brooke’s husband, Lon Record, is a former member of the Notre Dame Football Staff and currently serves the Head Strength & Conditioning Coach for the Villanova Men’s and Women’s Basketball. 
Tish is an Integrative Medicine physician with experience in University Health, Community Health, and Preventative Medicine. She serves as Coordinator of Wellness Education for the Center for Ethical Education and is focusing her research for PLC on the health and nutrition dimension of youth sport. In addition, Tish’s work in the community involves nutrition education for children and parents and research on the effectiveness of an integrated, sensory-based nutrition education curriculum in positively impacting health and behaviors of both parent and child. Dr. Holmes's has developed the "Healthy, Happy, and Whole™" Wellness Curriculum for the Center.Tish and her husband, Pat, a graduate of Notre Dame and Director of Academic Services for Student-Athletes, are the parents of five children. The whole family enjoys a variety of sports and activities both at Notre Dame and in the South Bend community. 
Ray is a graduate of Notre Dame and has a Master of Education Degree from Loyola University. Ray served as the Head Men's Soccer Coach at Loyola University for 25 years from 1980-2005. While there he successfully coached and mentored 50+ athletes per season while developing the "whole person" coaching concept that focuses on character, ethics, academics and sportsmanship. Over his career, he produced 65 All Conference and 12 Professional athletes. 99% of his athletes earned a 4 year degree. Ray worked with the Chicago Sting Professional Soccer franchise, was a Positive Coaching Alliance Midwest Representative, the two-time recipient of the Horizon League Conference Coach of the Year award and he has authored several articles discussing positive and motivating coaching programs.
Nicole is currently serving as the Associate Director of the Tucker Center for Girls and Women in Sport at the University of Minnesota. A consultant to the Center for Ethical Education, Nicole contributed to the development of the PLC curriculum with her research on the coach-athlete relationship, the motivational-moral climate, and coach education. Nicole developed Parents and Coaches Together (PACT), a program within the PLC Educational Series, for the Minnesota Youth Soccer Association.
John is a physician who is board certified in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (PM&R), and is fellowship trained in Women’s Sports Medicine from the Medical College of Wisconsin. He is currently on staff at the South Bend Clinic, where he practices Musculoskeletal/Sports Medicine and does nerve conduction testing (EMG’s). John was a starter on his high school soccer team and he is a proud graduate of the University of Notre Dame, where he was a varsity cheerleader and member of the gymnastics squad. He received his Masters in Biomedical Science from Barry University and his M.D. from the Chicago Medical School. John has covered sporting events at the community, high school and collegiate level, as well as for the International Skating Union (ISU). John lives in Granger, IN and is a member of the Dooley Society (Notre Dame health care professional alumni). In his spare time, he practices and teaches Chinese martial arts and is a 3rd degree black belt and instructor, and enjoys hiking, mountain biking, anything involving nature or animals, and jogging the lakes on the campus of Our Lady. He is a firm believer in the importance of exercise in contributing to a healthy, happy life.