LAKEPORT — Clear Lake High School”s Glenn “Milo” Meyer will be honored as North Coast Section Athletic Director of the Year when the California State Athletic Directors Association (CSADA) holds its annual awards banquet April 24 in Reno.
Each year the CSADA honors the top athletic directors from each section in the state as well as a State Athletic Director of the Year.
Russ Peterich of Santa Rosa won the NCS award a year ago.
Meyer, Clear Lake”s varsity football coach from 1997-2008, has served as the school”s athletic director for nearly a decade.
“Now I have more time to do it,” Meyer said of his athletic director responsibilities since stepping down as varsity football coach following the 2008 season. “I enjoy it. It”s fun.”
Meyer said he is honored to receive the award, which is voted on by his athletic director peers.
“Geri Giovanetti (of Middletown) nominated me for the award a couple of years ago but I didn”t file the paperwork. I didn”t think I was worthy of it,” Meyer said. “Geri gave me hell for that.”
Athletic directors do a lot more these days than just prepare schedules, according to Meyer.
“Parents are the biggest challenge,” Meyer said. “If they have a complaint against a coach I get together with them and I go through the coach first to see if we can get it resolved.
“Everybody gripes about the coaches and soon there won”t be any because nobody will want to do it.”
Meyer attended the CSADA awards ceremony four years ago when it also took place in Reno.
“It was a very nice event,” he said.
One of the perks of winning the award is a three-night stay at John Ascuaga”s Nugget in Reno, where Meyer said he might be tempted to gamble a little bit.
“I”ll put down on a bet on the Cowboys to win the Super Bowl next year,” said Meyer, a big Dallas fan.
Winning the award isn”t all good news for Meyer.
“I have to wear slacks to the awards ceremony, which will end my streak of 20-odd years of wearing shorts,” Meyer said. “But the good news is my oldest daughter (Ashlee) is getting married in June, so I can wear them twice.”
