To coach one high school sport takes dedication. Running two sports teams in the same school year significantly increases the time commitment.

But that's exactly what Palmerton's Alex Knoll and Lehighton's Trevor Miller - a pair of first-year head golf coaches - are doing this school year. Both Knoll and Miller enjoy sharing their knowledge of the sports they love.Miller, who also coaches junior varsity basketball at Northern Lehigh, was a four-year varsity letter winner in both sports at Lehighton. The business education teacher stated he "loves" being an educator not only in the classroom or on the hardwood, but also on the greens and fairways."Obviously as an educator, it is important for me to help kids as much as I can," Miller said. "That's a big aspect of why I do what I do. Ultimately, it's extremely fun to be able to share my knowledge with other people, especially these young student athletes."That really makes my job that much more enjoyable. It's not really a job to me, it's more fun than anything. If you can do things that you enjoy, it's not work for me. I enjoy being around the kids and teaching them as much as I can about the sport."That's the same kind of attitude Knoll will take in his first season with the Palmerton golf team after serving as the Bombers' boys tennis coach the last couple of years.As the season gets underway, Knoll will be right at home with the game that has been a part of his life for a long time. Knoll is a certified Professional Golf Association (PGA) Golf Professional at Bethlehem Golf Club.The first year golf coach, who also is a Math teacher at Palmerton, is more than ready to follow the philosophy of the PGA professionals."Our credo as a PGA professional is to spread the game of golf everywhere," Knoll said. "The best place to spread it is to juniors because they're the future of the sport. I definitely feel that by becoming the golf coach at Palmerton I can really help spread the game at least in this part of Carbon County with the kids that we have."I really enjoy seeing kids develop as athletes and I feel golf and tennis, even though tennis is a mobile sport, they both have similar swings and similar paths of what the racquet and club have to do. And, I feel that allows me to be able to help them with their respective sport."While teaching them the fundamentals of the game is part of any coaches game-plan, both head coaches will incorporate a little bit of their philosophies into their coaching styles."I use the same one for both sports I coach," Knoll said. "It's just getting better each and every time they're on the practice field or court and in a match. We might not have the most talented kids in the Colonial League, but if they try hard and they put the time into it, they can develop faster than others."That's all I want to see. I don't want to see them get frustrated. I want to see them give a full effort and that will lead to their success."While Knoll focused on helping his players become better golfers and tennis players, Miller is more in favor of motivation."Obviously, they're two different kind of sports," Miller said. "But, philosophically, they have a lot of similarities. In respect to golf, you hit a bad shot, my biggest thing is with my kids is to tell them that they need to move on to the next shot. So, if you hit a bad one, you're on to the next one. Same thing with basketball. If you miss a basket, or you miss a lay-up, or a jumper, you move onto the next play. Those are similarities for sure with moving on to the next play or the next shot. And, kind of forgetting about the last one."It's kind of like in life. You make a mistake, you move on, learn from it and go on to the next thing. That's a similarity.With most sports being played year-round, coaching two high school sports takes some very efficient time management skills.After a full day in the classroom, they will both head out to matches that will usually continue until the sun has set."First of all, my wife (Jackie) is also a teacher and she is also a coach," Miller added. "So, she's highly supportive of me, which is one of the biggest things. I have been fortunate enough to grow up with my father (Northern Lehigh boys' basketball coach Jeff Miller), who has coached pretty much for his whole life practically."So, I have been able to see how you can manage your time both with work, education, with coaching, and with the family and making all of those things work together the best as possible. Obviously, time management is a big thing. I'm constantly on the move."But, when you're doing something that you love, it's not too difficult to do that."