Category Archives: Athletic Directors

Mitigation Strategies Document

Mitigation Strategies Document

On Friday, September 11th representatives from the CIAC, its Sports Medicine Committee, the Connecticut Department of Health and the governor’s office met in Hartford to discuss the CIAC’s strategies for COVID mitigation relating to the sport of football. A copy of the document presented by the CIAC at the meeting can be viewed here.

CIAC Fall Sports Plan Update Press Conference

CIAC Fall Sports Plan Update Press Conference

CIAC Executive Director Glenn Lungarini held a press conference at the CIAC office on Thursday, August 27 to provide an update on the CIAC Fall Sports Plan. The full press conference is available in three parts below.   

Register Now For Student Leadership Conference

Register Now For Student Leadership Conference

CAS-CIAC is holding a Zoom summer leadership event in partnership with inCourage titled “Choices Count” on August 11 at 1 p.m. Former NFL player Ray Rice will serve as the featured speaker in the event which provides an inward and outward journey for high school leaders. Registration is open now at the following link: casci.ac/5842 andContinue Reading

Emotional Intelligence CAS Conversation

Emotional Intelligence CAS Conversation

Dr. Marc Brackett, an expert on social and emotional intelligence, joined CAS-CIAC Executive Director Glenn Lungarini for a discussion on how to help students through this challenging time. 

Unified Sports Participant Message – Stay Unified Stay Safe

Unified Sports Participant Message – Stay Unified Stay Safe

Unified Sports athletes and teammates offer thanks to those keeping us safe, and share the important message — stay Unified, stay safe. 

NFHS Offering Free Officials Courses

One way of addressing the declining number of high school officials is by retaining the ones you already have. And one way of retaining them is by thanking them for their hard work and sacrifice. That’s one of the reasons we’re offering FREE officiating courses at the NFHS Learning Center from now until July 1. Check outContinue Reading

CIAC Tournament Coronavirus Update

CHESHIRE, Conn. – Due to continuing concerns regarding the spread of COVID-19 (coronavirus) CIAC has made the difficult decision to cancel the remainder of its winter championship tournaments. The decision was made in light of discussions with numerous agencies and considering the circumstances of our member schools, our championship venues, and weighing the health andContinue Reading

Eight Distinguished Contributors Joining CAS-CIAC Hall of Honor

CHESHIRE, Conn. – In recognition of exceptional careers of service to CAS-CIAC eight distinguished honorees will be recognized as the fifth class in the CAS-CIAC Hall of Honor. Earle Bidwell, Armand Fabbri, Harold Goldberg, Art Kohs, Tom Murray, Armand Regalbuti, George Synnott, and Margaret Williamson will be honored at the induction ceremony being held onContinue Reading

CIAC Launches Officials Appreciation Initiative

Upon returning to school and competition after the winter break, CIAC member schools and their winter teams have heave been invited to focus on something besides just their games and practices — saying “thank you” to the officials overseeing those contests. Beginning January 9th, CIAC has invited its member schools to participate in its firstContinue Reading

Arbiter FAQs

Arbiter FAQs

Below are each of the Arbiter FAQ messages we have sent to schools. As new messages are sent we will continue to add them to this page. Note that you can search for text on this page (or any page) in your web browser by typing Control-F (Windows) or Command-F (Mac). The tool on theContinue Reading