Cronin tabbed AFCA second vice-president

Georgetown College football coach Bill Cronin continues to move up the ranks in the American Football Coaches Association. He has been on the board since 2007 and this past January in San Antonio was elected second vice-president as Tommy Tuberville stepped down.

The board elected Lee Owens, Ashland University, as president, while Rich Rodriguez, University of Arizona, was voted first vice-president.

"It is always an honor to be recognized by your fellow coaches. This is a responsibility I take seriously and an organization I believe strongly in," Cronin said. "I'm happy to serve and continue to help us make strides in football across the board."

As it is right now, maintaining each coach ahead of him remains a coach, Cronin will serve this year as second vice-president, 2017 as first vice-president and then be president of the AFCA in 2018.

Cronin has served on the AFCA NAIA All-America Team Selection Chairman since 2006.

He was on the Nominating Committee, which is in charge of selecting coaches to be on the Board of Trustees, the past two years and will rotate off this year.

From 2006-08, Cronin was on the AFCA Rules Committee. He also served on the AFCA Alonzo Stagg Award Committee in 2013, selecting a winner for that award.

The AFCA is the only national organization solely dedicated to improving football coaches through ongoing education, interaction and networking. The primary goal is to provide resources to football coaches at the following levels: high school, junior college, international, semi-professional or professional; to assist in personal and professional development inside the football coaching profession. There are 11,000 members, representing the interests of coaches as well as several stakeholders within the game of football.

The annual January meeting is the largest gathering for the organization with more than 6,000 coaches at the national convention. The four-day event includes more than 100 speakers with a variety of topics from concussion management, to strategy, practices, program organization, media relations, career development and more.