Northwest Notes

| January 17, 2017 9:57 PM

Football coaches clinic set for Feb. 24-25 at Cd’A High

COEUR d’ALENE — Dozens of the area’s top football coaches are scheduled to speak at the annual Parker Toyota Football Coaches Clinic, scheduled for Feb. 24-25 at Coeur d’Alene High.

Among those slated to speak are University of Idaho assistant coaches Mike Breske and Jason Shumaker; Eastern Washington interim co-head coach Jeff Schmedding; and former Lake City High football coach Van Troxel.

Cost is $65 per coach if paid by Feb. 1, $70 per coach if paid after Feb. 1. Group coaching discounts are available. Discounts for Junior Tackle coaches are also available.

Information: Shawn Amos, [email protected]

NIC men’s, women’s hoop

games rescheduled for Jan. 30

The North Idaho College men’s and women’s basketball games originally scheduled for Jan. 11 with Columbia Basin College have been rescheduled for Monday, Jan. 30 in Pasco, Wash.

Tipoff for the women’s game is 6 p.m., followed by the men’s game at 8.

Picone to step down as LCSC AD; Cushman to replace him

LEWISTON — Lewis-Clark State College athletic director Gary Picone announced he will retire this summer, and LCSC President J. Anthony (Tony) Fernandez said he would be replaced by current associate athletic director Brooke Cushman during a news conference on campus Tuesday.

The change will take effect at the start of the college’s fiscal year on July 1.

Picone is in his second stint as athletic director at LCSC when he returned to the post in 2006. He is in his 11th consecutive year and 20th overall at LCSC.

Cushman, a Lewiston native, has served as associate athletic director and assistant athletic director since 2006, and as tournament director of the NAIA World Series since 2011.