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Steve Borelli

Steve Borelli

USA Today sports editor, youth sports columnist ("Coach Steve"), and author on parenting young athletes

Jun 17, 2026

2:06
Can you give us a quick snapshot of the journey of your kids as a sports parent and where they are today in their journey?
2:14
Yeah, I mean, I think what's fascinating about this is USA Today – The way my job worked is that I was editing weekly publications for USA Today, our sports weekly publication and our monthly kind of previews of different sports.
2:29
And so the way that schedule worked, I was able to, from the time my boys, who are now teenagers, late teenagers, were five or six, I was able to really devote time to coaching their teams.
2:41
Like never... thinking that this would be something I never write about.
2:45
It's just something that every dad, not every, but a lot of dads like to do.
2:48
Right.
2:48
So my dad coached me a little league.

52 MINS LATER

55:17
And just tell us really quickly what this article meant to you, what you got out of it, and what sports parents kind of take away.

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