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The right combine-ations! The 1995 Reebok Combine Report.

Scholastic Coach and Athletic Director

| October 01, 1995 | COPYRIGHT 1995 Scholastic, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

"It's about serving coaches and empowering athletes." That's how National Coordinator Dick Corbin describes the mission of the Reebok[TM] Preseason Football Combines for high school athletes.

And that's how all of the 7,430 athletes who attended the thirteen combines last May and June responded to the challenge of the intense testing programs sponsored by Reebok and largely administered by Scholastic Coach -- programs that afford the athletes an opportunity to be tested, observed by college coaches, and alerted to their future academic needs. The emphasis on the athlete is undoubtedly the major reason for the phenomenal growth of the Combines. From three locations in ...

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