For big time college athletic programs, boosters are an invaluable and unavoidable resource. When looking at the financial breakdown of top athletic departments, booster donations comprise a substantial chunk of their income. For example, Texas A&M, which topped the 2016 USA Today revenue chart with $194 million for the 2015-2016 year, received over $92 million […]
What Can Small Schools Do to Prepare for Leadership Lobbying for Bigger Jobs?
The University of Tennessee still does not have an AD to replace outbound Dave Hart, and it has hired a search committee to assist with the transition. Perhaps that was money incoming chancellor Beverly Davenport could have saved, as there is a candidate at one of the small schools nearby making it obvious he is ready […]
For A New AD, Keeping Department Intact the Prudent Play
For new AD hires, there is oftentimes the tendency to immediately changeover personnel, bringing-in people from the outside to staff the department. These could be people the AD worked with in prior stops or brand new people hired as an alternative to the status quo. While the desire to make these kinds of moves can […]
For Real Feedback, ADs Must Do More with Exit Interviews
In a great look inside an athletic department, New Mexico’s Associate AD for Communications Frank Mercogliano wrote an article for the Lobos’ website outlining the value of senior student-athlete exit interviews. Not just outlining the various benefits of speaking with exiting seniors, Mercogliano pulled back the curtain a little in terms of how UNM conducts […]
As Viewership Falls, Will Other Sponsors Reconsider Bowl Sponsorships?
The 11th-oldest college postseason bowl game, the Independence Bowl in Shreveport, Louisiana, recently lost its primary sponsor, Camping World, for the 2017 season. Citing a downturn in television ratings the past two years in conjunction with poor value for money, Camping World CEO Marcus Lemonis stated, “When we looked at the economics and the return […]
Would Mandating Recruiting Dead Periods Affect Coaches’ Work-Life Balance?
Jeremy Crabtree of ESPN posted an interesting article this past week about a little-discussed and probably-overlooked amendment to a college football recruiting overhaul being proposed and voted-on in April. In the piece, Crabtree extrapolates that this amendment, which would create dead periods in face-to-face contact with recruits during the summer, would allow for better work-life […]