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Communication & Update

 

Clear communication helps our season run smoothly. Families are expected to stay connected, check updates regularly, and communicate respectfully with coaches and program leadership when questions or concerns come up.

Football

SportsEngine

Families should use SportsEngine to access team messages, schedules, calendars, location information, and important updates.​

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  • Team chat

  • Practice updates

  • Game schedule updates

  • Calendar reminders

  • Location information

  • Weather or schedule changes

  • Team-specific announcements

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Who to Contact

Basketball

GroupMe

Families should use GroupMe to access team messages, schedules, calendars, location information, and important updates.

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  • Team chat

  • Practice updates

  • Game schedule updates

  • Calendar reminders

  • Location information

  • Weather or schedule changes

  • Team-specific announcements

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   Start With Your Head Coach
For questions related to your athlete’s team, practices, games, playing time, or team-specific expectations, please contact your athlete’s head coach first.

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Program Questions

For program-wide questions, concerns, or issues that cannot be resolved at the team level, families may contact the program director.

Football Director
 Marcel Kills Enemy​
marcel.killsenemy@malonecenter.org

Basketball Director
 KeShawn Wilson​
keshawn.wilson@malonecenter.org

Communication Expectations

Communication Expectations

How We Communicate:

  • Check your teams group chat regularly during the season

  • Communicate absences as early as possible

  • Use respectful language when contacting coaches

  • Allow reasonable time for a response

  • Avoid addressing major in any group chat

  • Handle concerns privately, not in front of athletes or other families

  • Safety concerns should be communicated right away

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This is important because your coaches are volunteers and your parent packet already asks families to be patient because coaches have work, family, and other obligations.

Schedule Changes

Practice and game times and dates may change due to weather, field availability, league updates, or other circumstances. When changes happen, updates will be shared through your teams group chat as soon as possible.

Reporting Absences

If your athlete will miss practice, a game, or a team activity, please communicate with the coach as early as possible. Attendance matters because there is a short window between the practices and the games.

Emergencies or Safety Concerns

If your athlete is injured, sick, experiencing symptoms, or has a safety concern, please communicate with a coach as soon as possible. Safety concerns should not wait.

  • Injuries

  • Illness

  • Concussion symptoms

  • Equipment problems

  • Heat/weather concerns

  • Any issue that affects participation

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