For background on the parent-coach conflict, check out this March 2012 story from the Telegram-Gazette.

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The book expertly shows the problems that can occur when the lines blur between parent, coach and promoter.

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As a sports parent and coach, my response is: no kidding.

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It could be a boss, parent, coach, teacher, or peer.

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Whether it was a parent, teacher, coach, relative or church leader, we all have had someone nearby who has lent a hand in shaping our futures.

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"As a mentor, your role can be coach, pseudo-parent, cheerleader, " Carter said.

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Lawrence Hecimovich, perhaps most prominent for his work as deputy attorney for the city of San Francisco, lost a lawsuit he filed after the local Parent-Teacher Organization no longer allowed him to coach in the Encinal School after-school basketball league.

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What parent will freely send a child to a university that chose to protect a coach's future over its students?

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