St. Luke's Sports Medicine, a service of St. Luke's University Health Network, is the local sponsor for this year's national Nike Coach of the Year Clinic, March 5 - 7, Holiday Inn Conference Center, Breinigsville.

The football clinic brings nationally-recognized college coaches to the area to speak to and interact with local high school and college coaches. Nike expects approximately 300 local coaches to attend.

This year's speakers include Mark Helfrich, head coach of the Oregon University Ducks; Mark Stoops, head coach of the University of Kentucky Wildcats; Kyle Flood, head coach of the Rutgers University Scarlet Knights; Bronco Mendenhall, head coach of the Brigham Young University Cougars; and Tim Murphy, head coach of the Harvard University Crimson.

Also speaking at the clinic will be three of St. Luke's orthopedic surgeons and sports medicine specialists: Nicholas Avallone, MD; Brett Gibson, MD; and Daniel Heckman, MD.

In addition to Easton Area, Wilson Area, Notre Dame, Marian Catholic, Whitehall, Northampton, Quakertown, Jim Thorpe, Mahanoy Area school districts in Pennsylvania; and Belvidere High School, Warren Hills Regional High School, Delaware Valley Regional High School, Phillipsburg School District and Centenary College in New Jersey, St. Luke's Sports Medicine has recently signed contracts to provide Moravian College and Bethlehem Area School District with sports medicine services.

St. Luke's Sports Medicine is also the official medical provider for the Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association's District XI.