College professor; athletic director; sports journalist and author.\u00a0 Born– November 4, 1946,\u00a0Little Falls, NY.\u00a0 Parents– Nicholas James and Pauline Logar Staffo.\u00a0 Married– Marilyn Jeanne Rice, June 26, 1976.\u00a0\u00a0 Children– two. \u00a0Education–State University of New York at Brockport, B.S., 1968; Western Kentucky University, M.A., 1970; Ohio State University, Ph. D., 1978.\u00a0\u00a0Coach and teacher of physical education, Liverpool NY Central School District, 1969-79; Director of athletics and physical education, Weedsport, NY, \u00a0School District, 1979-80; \u00a0at Alice Lloyd College,\u00a0Kentucky, 1980-85;\u00a0 Professor and Head of the Department of Health and Physical Education at Stillman College, 1985-.\u00a0 Published articles and columns in magazines and newspapers as well as scholarly journals. Member of AAHPERD, Alabama Sate Association for Heath, Physical Education, Recreation, and\u00a0Dance, and other professional associations. \u00a0Chairman National Youth Sports Coalition, 1994-96.\u00a0 Named Alabama College Physical Education Professional of the Year, 1994. Inducted into the Zeta Phi Kappa Hall of Fame at Stillman College, 2000; the Hall of Fame of the College of Education and Human Ecology at Ohio State. 2009; Hall of Heritage at SUNY Brockport, 2011; the National Association for Sports and Physical Education Hall of Fame, 2013.\u00a0 Awarded the\u00a0 Honor\u00a0Award of the\u00a0American Alliance of Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance, in 2007; its \u00a0Charles Henry Award\u00a0 in 2009, and its highest award, the Luther Gulick Medal, \u00a02012.<\/p>\n
Sources;<\/strong><\/p>\n Marquis Who’s Who Online.<\/p>\n Article:\u00a0 Becky Hopf, “Teachable Moments,” Tuscaloosa News,\u00a0 May 22, 2013.<\/p>\n Publications; <\/strong><\/p>\n Alabama Football; Saban Leads Crimson Tide to the 2009 National Championship.\u00a0 Boston; American Press, 2010<\/p>\n Alabama Football; Stallings to Saban.\u00a0 Boston; American Press, 2009.<\/p>\n Bama after Bear; Turmoil and Tranquillity in Tuscaloosa.\u00a0 Northport; Sevgo Press, 1992.<\/p>\n Basic Tumbling; A Manual for Teaching Elementary through College Level.\u00a0 Boston: American Press, 2007.<\/p>\n Basketball.\u00a0 Boston; American Press, 2006.<\/p>\n Healthy Living. Bessemer; Colonial Press, 1992.<\/p>\n I Love Alabama\/ I Hate Auburn.\u00a0 Chicago; Triumph Books, 2012.<\/p>\n Teaching Basketball Skills for Physical Education.\u00a0 Boston; American Press, 2006.<\/p>\n Wilbur Crisp; Coach and Inventor.\u00a0 Northport; Sevgo Press, 1998.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" College professor; athletic director; sports journalist and author.\u00a0 Born– November 4, 1946,\u00a0Little Falls, NY.\u00a0 Parents– Nicholas James and Pauline Logar Staffo.\u00a0 Married– Marilyn Jeanne Rice, June 26, 1976.\u00a0\u00a0 Children– two. \u00a0Education–State University of New York at Brockport, B.S., 1968; Western Kentucky University, M.A., 1970; Ohio State University, Ph. D., 1978.\u00a0\u00a0Coach and teacher of physical education, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,8,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2422","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-authors","category-m-o","category-p-s"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lib.ua.edu\/Alabama_Authors\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2422","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lib.ua.edu\/Alabama_Authors\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lib.ua.edu\/Alabama_Authors\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lib.ua.edu\/Alabama_Authors\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lib.ua.edu\/Alabama_Authors\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2422"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.lib.ua.edu\/Alabama_Authors\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2422\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lib.ua.edu\/Alabama_Authors\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2422"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lib.ua.edu\/Alabama_Authors\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2422"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lib.ua.edu\/Alabama_Authors\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2422"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}