High School Sports Programs Get Boost from HintonBurdick

St. George, UT, November 4, 2010 — Several area coaches and student athletes are now using state-of-the art statistics software to improve performance and prepare for games, thanks to the generosity of HintonBudick CPAs and Advisors, hintonburdick.com.

The St. George-based accounting firm is offering local high schools sports programs handheld computers and access to software needed to record, analyze, and evaluate player statistics in order to improve individual and team performance.

According to HintonBurdick managing partner Morris Peacock, Enterprise High School has already received two handheld computers and software for football, basketball, and volleyball stats while Dixie, Pine View, Desert Hills, Cedar, and Hurricane High Schools have received a handheld computer each and the software for football statistics.  HintonBurdick will supply a handheld devise with basketball software on it and is currently working to get the basketball program up and running. 

Peacock also pointed out that HintonBurdick has assigned a staff member to create professional-looking statistics reports to be distributed at all home games, creating a more knowledgeable, motivated fan base.  “We also create a script for game announcers to use,” he said, “when referring to stats at any point in the game.”

“Our intention with this program,” Peacock explained, “is to support the community that has helped make us one of the largest accounting firms in the state.  Helping local coaches and athletes all perform to the best of their abilities is one way of doing that.  Besides,” he added, “we all enjoy athletic events more when the teams are well-prepared.  In addition to the report provided to fans at home games, coaches can run custom reports from the data entered, which allows them to have more meaningful data to make coaching decisions.”

Desert Hills High School Varsity Football Coach Randy Cowdin, one of the schools  that took advantage of HintonBurdick’s offer, said, “The stats program has been a real benefit to us.  The professionalism of the stats report, along with the information it contains helps motivate our players.  The folks from HintonBurdick have been great to work with on all aspects of the program.”

HintonBurdick CPAs and Advisors provides accounting and audit services, litigation support, computer training and systems management, payroll services, tax planning and consulting services to clients in 47 states and some foreign countries.  Offices are located in St. George, Cedar City, Hurricane, and Richfield, Utah, and in Mesquite, Nevada.