Athletic directors, assistant ADs, coaches discuss navigating through a pandemic and more

During the 2020-21 high school term in South Florida, sports returned with athletic directors, assistant athletic directors and coaches navigating through the pandemic.

In the summer, I interviewed some of them to discuss their programs, health & safety with the pandemic and more.

It was a learning experience for everyone, leading into the 2021-22 school year.

Here are video interviews with them.

Note: All had masks inside the building. Some wore masks during the interview. Some did not.

Dr. Krop High School (North Miami Beach) Assistant Athletic Director Ray Thompson.

Divine Savior Academy (Doral) Assistant Athletic Director Robbie Schmidt.

Pine Crest High School (Fort Lauderdale) Athletic Director Jeff Johnson.

Cardinal Gibbons High School (Fort Lauderdale) Athletic Director Mike Morrill.

Cardinal Gibbons High School (Fort Lauderdale) Assistant Athletic Director and Girls’ Soccer Coach Margo Miller.

North Broward Prep (Coconut Creek) Assistant Athletic Director and Girls’ Soccer Coach Tricia Amrhein.

Cypress Bay High School (Weston) Girls’ Soccer Coach Kate Dwyer.

Somerset Academy (Pembroke Pines) Girls’ Soccer Coach Marco DiGiacoma

Miami Senior High School Boys’ Volleyball Coach Rafael Cabanzon.

South Dade High School (Homestead) Assistant Baseball Coach Edward Pimentel.

Doral Academy (Miami) Assistant Softball Coach Kristie Picon.

Mater Academy (Hialeah Gardens - Miami) Volleyball Coach Elsa Lopez.

American Heritage High School (Plantation) Golf Coach and FHSAA Hall of Famer Brandt Moser.

American Heritage High School (Plantation) Athletic Director Karen Stearns.

Jim Varsallone

Miami Herald

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Jim Varsallone writes a high school sports column twice a week, featuring top performers in all varsity sports (boys and girls) in Broward and Miami-Dade counties. He also covers pro wrestling, something he’s done since his college days in the late 1980s. Now in his fifth decade of coverage, he currently follows WWE (Raw, SmackDown and NXT), AEW, Ring of Honor, TNA Impact Wrestling, MLW, WOW, NWA, and the South Florida indies, mainly CCW. He writes MMA, too -- mostly profile stories and video interviews with American Top Team and Sanford MMA fighters in South Florida. As for pro wrestling, he writes feature stories and profile pieces, updates upcoming show schedules in South Florida, photographs the action and interviews talent (audio and video) -- sharing the content here and via social media on his Facebook, Twitter and YouTube channel: jim varsallone (jimmyv3 channel). Support my work with a digital subscription