
Steve Borelli
USA Today sports editor, youth sports columnist ("Coach Steve"), and author on parenting young athletes
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Jun 17, 2026
Be Valiant Rewind: "No One Has Youth Sports Figured Out" | Steve Borelli, USA Today
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Todd MerkowHOST
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?

Steve BorelliGUEST
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.

Steve BorelliGUEST
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.
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Todd MerkowHOST
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.