Coaches attend USA Football national convention

Contributed Story Posted 28 January 2017 at 8:11 pm

Contributed Photos – Representing the local Niagara Orleans Football Associaiton at this weekend’s USA Football national conference in Orlando are, from left, player safety coaches DJ Moore and Geno Allport from Albion and Brian Payne from Medina.

The local Niagara Orleans Football Association (NOFA) is well represented at this weekend’s 4th annual USA Football National Conference held in Orlando Florida in conjunction with the NFL’s Pro Bowl.

The local representatives include Albion USA Football Player Safety Coach DJ Moore, NOFA Player Safety official Geno Allport from Albion and Medina Player Safety Coach Brian Payne.

Over 1000, youth coaches,  player safety coaches,  high school coaches and administrators from across the U.S. and many other countries attended the conference.

Many speakers including Bill Polian, John Gruden, Mike Martz, Mike Golic, Brian Billick, Rusty Jones, Mike Hill, Ray Lewis and Jerome Bettis.spoke about football and many things surrounding the game on and off the field.

They also attended the U19 USA VS Canada Football Game at ESPN Wide World of Sports.

Some of the speakers included Jerome Bettis, Ray Lewis and Mike Hill.