Florida Atlantic will hold a 1-hour clinic where all proceeds will go to the families of the victims of the Stoneman Douglas High School shooting on Saturday. Owls head coach Lane Kiffin told the South Florida Sun-Sentinel he got the idea while talking with motivational speaker/college football coaching whisperer Jon Gordon.
“It just kind of came to me,” Kiffin told the paper. “I think it started with Jon Gordon telling me he was coming down here, he was gonna swing by and see me and he was going over there to help. It just kind of triggered, there’s gotta be something we can figure out to do.”
FAU will hold the clinic at Orange Bowl Field in Fort Lauderdale, with any youngster between kindergarten and eighth grade invited to attend. Admission will cost $20, and all proceeds will be given to the victims.
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FAU also hosted the Douglas football team at practice on Thursday. Miami also hosted the Douglas team earlier this spring, and the Miami Dolphins have donated $100,000 to the victims’ families.