HELP COACHES DEFEAT DUCHENNE:
September 30, 2023

The 16th Annual Coach To Cure MD took place on September 30th and raised over $70,000 so far for PPMD! We had over 300 schools participate and wear our patches this year and over 30 families participate as Ambassadors! Thank you to the AFCA and all those involved to make this another successful year.

Coach To Cure MD is a partnership between the American Football Coaches Association (AFCA), a professional organization for over 10,000 college and high school football coaches and staff, and Parent Project Muscular Dystrophy (PPMD), the largest national charity devoted exclusively to Duchenne muscular dystrophy (Duchenne).

In 2008 the AFCA adopted PPMD’s Coach To Cure MD program as one of their charity efforts. One reason the AFCA was drawn to Coach To Cure MD was because of the unique parallels between Duchenne, a disorder which robs young men of precious muscle strength and college football, a game where young men are at the peak of their muscle strength.

THE GOALS OF COACH TO CURE MD ARE SIMPLE

1. Raise national awareness of the disorder
2. Raise money to fund research for a cure

OUR APPROACH TO REACHING THESE GOALS IS ALSO SIMPLE

One football Saturday of each season AFCA coaches nationwide agree to promote Coach To Cure MD. By wearing armbands, mentioning Coach To Cure MD during on and off-field interviews, and in some instances doing even more extensive media relations around the date, coaches are rolling up their sleeves and proudly getting involved.