From now through kickoff at USA Football's 2018 National Conference at Pro Bowl, we will take a look at some of the notable speakers and sessions on the docket for one of the country’s largest gatherings of high school football coaches.

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Name: Bruce Babashan

Position: Special teams coordinator, running backs coach and head strength and conditioning coach, Clarksburg (Maryland) High School

Session title: The Case for Football: Helping Coaches Understand, Effectively Manage and Respond to the Negative Narrative Impacting the Game

Session date, time: Saturday, Jan. 27, 5 to 5:45 p.m.

2018 National Conference website: https://nationalconference.usafootball.com

His background: Before taking his current job at Clarksburg, Babashan was the special teams coordinator and head strength and conditioning coach at Seneca Valley High School, one of the three most successful high school football programs in Maryland history. In addition to this, Bruce is also an internationally renowned professional and USA Boxing coach/trainer. He has coached internationally, and his athletes have competed at every level in the sport, including for international and world professional titles and in the Olympics. Babashan is also former highly successful corporate executive, and he speaks to corporations around the U.S. on leadership, performance and building mental toughness.

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