What are Your Secrets to Success? Mentors, Part 2

In a continuation of last week’s article about mentors, today’s article will lay out how you could design a mentorship program within your student-athlete development department. There are three ways in which I can envision a mentor program being created for student-athletes. With all three ideas, there must be someone who oversees the development of […]

What are Your Secrets to Success…? Mentors

20 Secrets to Success for NCAA Student-Athletes Who Won’t Go Pro provides insights into why a mentor is crucial for student-athletes to have during their athletics experience and after. Not only are the insights important for the student-athlete, but can be very useful for the mentor themselves. Having a better understanding of what the student-athlete […]

What are Your Secrets to Success…? Donors

[Ed.: “What are your secrets to success…” is a series written for College AD by the co-author of 20 Secrets to Success for NCAA Student-Athletes Who Won’t Go Pro, Jake Hirshman.] Many know and understand the differences in revenues and monetary support for athletic departments across the country. Every athletic department has different priorities in how they spend their […]

What are Your Secrets to Success? Transition

[Ed.: “What are your secrets to success…” is a series written for College AD by the co-author of 20 Secrets to Success for NCAA Student-Athletes Who Won’t Go Pro, Jake Hirshman.] It’s amazing that a sales effort could reveal new observations into student-athlete development. I’ve already talked about my first six observations in the articles “BUY-IN” and “Participation.” Here are the […]

What are Your Secrets to Success? BUY-IN.

[Ed.: “What are your secrets to success…” is a series written for College AD by the co-author of 20 Secrets to Success for NCAA Student-Athletes Who Won’t Go Pro, Jake Hirshman.] While attempting to sell my book, 20 Secrets to Success for NCAA Student-Athletes Who Won’t Go Pro, I had the privilege of learning about student-athlete development from athletic directors, directors […]

What are Your Secrets to Success? An Interview with Dr. Janice Hilliard

This week, for three days in Indianapolis, the 2018 NCAA Emerging Leaders Seminar will take place for more than 200 current graduate assistants and interns across the NCAA. The program’s goal is to educate and prepare these individuals for careers in college sports. I was fortunate to speak with an intern from the 1991-92 class, […]