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FILE - In this April 9, 2019, file photo, San Francisco head coach Nino Giarratano watches action against Stanford during an NCAA college baseball game in San Francisco. As thousands of college athletes and coaches across the country try to adjust after the sudden suspensions of entire seasons of competition and perhaps more so the camaraderie of daily practices, training sessions and team meals, communication specialists and mental health professionals are encouraging those involved to allow these young men and women to go through the stages of grieving as needed. "It is very similar to grieving," said Giarratano. "We are in contact daily trying to help them academically, athletically and keeping their spirits up." (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)

FILE - In this April 9, 2019, file photo, San Francisco head coach Nino Giarratano watches action against Stanford during an NCAA college baseball game in San Francisco. As thousands of college athletes and coaches across the country try to adjust after the sudden suspensions of entire seasons of competition and perhaps more so the camaraderie of daily practices, training sessions and team meals, communication specialists and mental health professionals are encouraging those…

March 27, 2020

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Coaches find ways to support young athletes feeling adrift
March 27, 2020 12:44 p.m.

Coaches find ways to support young athletes feeling adrift

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Morgan Coppoc finds herself in a situation similar to so many other college athletes across the country, hundreds of miles away from campus and lost without her routine and her tennis teammates at Georgia.