Assembly Resolution No. 2434

BY: M. of A. Rules (Lemondes)

MEMORIALIZING Governor Kathy Hochul to proclaim
October 6, 2024, as Coaches Day in the State of New
York

WHEREAS, It is the custom of this Legislative Body to recognize
official days that are set aside to acknowledge the role and value of
coaches and to thank them for being instrumental to the development of
children throughout the State of New York; and

WHEREAS, Attendant to such concern, and in full accord with its
long-standing traditions, this Legislative Body is justly proud to
memorialize Governor Kathy Hochul to proclaim October 6, 2024, as
Coaches Day in the State of New York, in conjunction with the observance
of National Coaches Day; and

WHEREAS, On September 19, 1972, President Richard Nixon signed
Proclamation 4157 establishing October 6 of each year as National
Coaches Day; and

WHEREAS, The creation of National Coaches Day came at a very
significant time for sports in America; title ix of the education
amendments had been signed into law only three months earlier and the
Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women had just been
formalized to conduct national championships in women's college sports
for its 280 member institutions; and

WHEREAS, The triumphs and the tragedies of the 1972 Summer Olympics
were still very fresh in the collective mind of the country; however,
President Nixon's words did not focus exclusively on elite athletes and
coaches; he acknowledged that the majority of coaches take their
satisfaction from the achievements of others as well as made the case
that a coach's role is greater than simply medals and scoreboard wins;
and

WHEREAS, Many of those who participate in organized sports become
better citizens because of the lessons they have learned from their
coaches and because of the example which their coaches have set for
them; and

WHEREAS, Today, millions of coaches serve as those examples for tens
of millions of athletes across the United States; the importance of
well-trained coaches is clearer now than at almost any other time in our
history; and

WHEREAS, Coaches Day recognizes the men and women who serve the
athletes of this Nation as well as recognizes those organizations and
institutions that are committed to preparing coaches to provide not only
the technical and tactical knowledge required to coach a sport, but also
the interpersonal skills to teach the valuable life lessons of which our
future as a Nation depends; and

WHEREAS, Furthermore, Coaches Day celebrates a coach that has had a
positive impact on you, your child, or your community and supports the

push for quality coaches and the institutions that are committed to this
goal; and

WHEREAS, Rare indeed is the impressive dedication shown by
individuals for the benefit of others which coaches across all
disciplines throughout the State of New York have displayed throughout
their lives; now, therefore, be it

RESOLVED, That this Legislative Body pause in its deliberations to
memorialize Governor Kathy Hochul to proclaim October 6, 2024, as
Coaches Day in the State of New York; and be it further

RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution, suitably engrossed, be
transmitted to The Honorable Kathy Hochul, Governor of the State of New
York.