{"id":35226,"date":"2015-08-25T03:19:14","date_gmt":"2015-08-25T07:19:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/utnews.utoledo.edu\/?p=35226"},"modified":"2015-08-24T15:46:39","modified_gmt":"2015-08-24T19:46:39","slug":"downtown-coaches-association-luncheons-set-to-begin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/08_25_2015\/downtown-coaches-association-luncheons-set-to-begin","title":{"rendered":"Downtown Coaches Association luncheons set to begin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A University association will host weekly luncheons featuring the UT athletic community.<\/p>\n<p>The Downtown Coaches Association is an organization dedicated to promoting and encouraging interest in The University of Toledo athletics program. Members and guests will have the opportunity to attend a weekly buffet lunch that will feature talks from different members of UT\u2019s athletic community.  <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Downtown-Coaches-Association.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Downtown-Coaches-Association.jpg\" alt=\"Downtown Coaches Association\" width=\"540\" height=\"170\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-35328\" srcset=\"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Downtown-Coaches-Association.jpg 540w, https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Downtown-Coaches-Association-300x94.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/a>The cost of lunch is $14, and anyone interested in Rocket athletics is encouraged to attend. Annual membership dues are $40 for those who choose to join the organization. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Downtown Coaches Association has been an instrumental support group for Rocket athletic programs for several decades,\u201d said David Nottke, senior associate athletic director. \u201cMembers get the up-close and personal look inside of Rocket athletics. Our coaches and student-athletes are regular guests on our Monday luncheon programs.\u201d   <\/p>\n<p>The opening luncheon on Monday, Aug. 31, will feature UT Football Coach Matt Campbell with a report and Football Equipment Manager Jeremy Boyd with a demonstration on what it takes to outfit and protect players. Lunch will begin at 11:30 a.m. with the program beginning at noon. <\/p>\n<p>UT President Sharon Gaber will speak at the second luncheon, which will be Tuesday, Sept. 8, due to the Labor Day holiday. <\/p>\n<p>Lunches then will continue each Monday until winter break. After winter break, luncheons will resume Monday, Jan. 4. <\/p>\n<p>For more information or to join Downtown Coaches Association, click <a href=\"https:\/\/give2ut.utoledo.edu\/dca.asp\">here<\/a> or contact Julia Kudla at 419.530.5087 or <a href=\"mailto:Julia.Kudla@utoledo.edu\"> Julia.Kudla@utoledo.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UT Football Coach Matt Campbell will be one of the guests for the Downtown Coaches Association&#8217;s luncheon Monday, Aug. 31. University President Sharon Gaber will be up next Tuesday, Sept. 8.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":708,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[56,5],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35226"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/708"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35226"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35226\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":35331,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35226\/revisions\/35331"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35226"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35226"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35226"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}