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Chad Rollins: NAYS Volunteer Coach Of The Year

For more than two decades Chad Rollins has been Focusing On Fun his teams become not only better players but – more
impacting young lives as a beloved volunteer coach “With the Jupiter Mustangs, we’re focusing on learning importantly – better people. While players are stretching
through the Jupiter-Tequesta Athletic Association (JTAA) the game and also having fun playing the game,” Rollins at the start of his youth football practices he can be seen
in Florida. says. “Once you have a kid who’s having fun at a young weaving all over the field, talking and fist-bumping and
Big hearted and humble, with an endless supply of energy age they will grow up and love sports so that’s my biggest high-fiving every single young athlete.
and enthusiasm for kids, his days are packed with coaching accomplishment is making sure the kids love the sport and With Rollins’ engaging personality and kids-first focus,
youth football, junior varsity girls basketball and track and also learn the sport that we are teaching them.” it’s easy to see why he is a wonderful mentor for new coaches
field. Plus, this dad of three somehow finds time to volunteer One of Rollins’ biggest attributes is his unwavering coming into the JTAA program. And a terrific source for
to coach young athletes in the Special Olympics, too. focus on having fun. When he steps on a field, court, or longtime coaches as well.
track, he always brings a big smile and genuine passion “I am the coaching liaison here for this program so when
– and his young athletes latch onto his energy and are first-year coaches come to our program I try to tell those
excited to compete. coaches to make sure it’s all about the kids, because if it’s
“When I start at the beginning of the year I don’t care how not all about the kids then you’re in the wrong profession,”
old they are, I like to have fun coaching them,” he says. “I Rollins says. “You have to do it from the heart.”
think if kids see their coaches having fun they will follow That’s exactly how Rollins has been coaching kids and
in their footsteps, and they’ll do the same and have fun.” changing lives season after season. And he’s genuinely
Parents love having their young athletes learn from touched when he hears from former players who share how
Rollins, too. And while he works with youth – encouraging, much he has meant to them in their lives.
motivating, and inspiring them – he never seeks out attention “One kid must have had to do a school project on
for his efforts. He’s all about the kids – all the time. somebody that they admire, and he wrote about me,” Rollins
Rollins was nominated for the award by Brad Caldwell, said. “So, I had tears in my eyes. He was like ‘when I was
president of Jupiter Mustangs Tackle Football and Cheer. 5 Coach Chad helped me do this and helped me do that.’ So
It’s all these qualities – and many more – that earned “Chad coaches my son in two different sports, and I’ve that’s what it’s all about right there.”
Rollins the prestigious Volunteer Coach of the Year coached football with him for a couple years,” Caldwell
award, annually presented by the National Alliance for said. “For the basketball league there’s eight to 10 kids
Youth Sports (NAYS). and he runs around a couple different towns to pick them
“Just seeing the smiles on the kids’ faces and seeing up. Most of them have broken homes, and he always puts
them having fun, that’s what it’s all about,” Rollins said. these kids first. One day, Chad asked if I could step in and
Rollins was selected among hundreds of nominations coach basketball because he was going to be about 15
submitted from recreation agencies nationwide and U.S. minutes late. I was curious why he was going to be late
military bases worldwide. Judging is based on how the because he’s never late – and it was because he was with
nominee upholds the NAYS Code of Ethics for Coaches, the Special Olympics that day, which is one of his big
which includes placing the emotional and physical well- passions. I never knew that he did the Special Olympics
being of players ahead of a personal desire to win; treating on top of coaching high school and all of the youth sports
each player as an individual and understanding the range here at JTAA.”
of emotional and physical development for the same age Community Commitment
group; and doing his/her best to provide a safe playing Rollins is well-known throughout the Jupiter community
situation for all players; among many other key areas. for his strong commitment for helping all the kids on
Estate Planning:

Last Will And Testament Verses Trust – How They Differ

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Will and Testament takes distributed at the grantor’s death. We use separate by competent legal counsel. Reliance on the information
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