Chris Fore is a veteran Athletic Director and Head Football Coach from Southern California who specializes in the hiring process among the highly competitive athletic world. His consulting business,EightLaces, has been instrumental in helping coaches navigate the employment process. He counts former NFL players, collegiate coaches at all levels, and high school coaches from all sports as his clients. (One client just landed a NCAA Division 2 Head Football Coach position!
Fore’s success as an Athletic Director can best be summed up in this: every year he has been an AD, his school won MORE League Championships than the year before! And he has set SCHOOL RECORDS for most League Championships in one year at both schools where he has been an AD! Excelsior Charter School hired Chris to bring prestige to their athletic program after winning just 3 League Championships in TEN years. They won SIX in his first school year!!
He is the author ofBUILDING CHAMPIONSHIP CALIBER FOOTBALL PROGRAMS, released in December, 2013. He has also publishedOUTSIDE THE LINES: FOOTBALL COACHES andOUTSIDE THE LINES: ATHLETIC DIRECTORS. Fore has written articles for two national magazines:NIAAAandCoach/Athletic Director, and has been featured in articles on some of football’s best websites:Football Scoop,X and O Labs, Coach XO,My CoachBook and more. He has been a guest onHigh School Football America’s radio show, as well asFox Sports AM 570 Los Angeles, and has also appeared multiple times onFootballCoachingPodcast.com.
Fore’s own blog, CoachFore.org, is seen by hundreds of unique visitors per day, and is a favorite among football coaches.