It’s Time To Reconsider How Strength Of Schedule Is Measured In College Football
To say College Football Playoff semifinalist Washington played a poor non-conference schedule is accurate with it ranking No. 127 out of 128 FBS teams. To say the Huskies scheduled poorly is somewhat off base. When then-Washington coach Steve Sarkisian scheduled the home-and-home with Rutgers in March 2014, the Scarlet Knights were coming off 9-4 seasons […]
Is Your Department Truly Aligned For Success?
As the cost of hiring and firing football coaches increases presidents and athletic directors have mounting pressure to pick the right leader to move their programs forward. In a recent New York Times article by Marc Tracy he states “Coaching changes do not slow down programs; bad hires do,” While success and failure are highly […]
How Much Debt Are Student-Athletes Leaving With?
There is a constant conversation surrounding whether student-athletes should be paid to play for their universities or if room and board in addition to tuition coverage are enough to justify the time and effort scholarship athletes expend. That dialogue gets ample play in media circles, and this article will not pose an opinion regarding that […]
Don’t Ruin Relationships Over Differing Opinions
We often don’t see ourselves actively seeking the world beyond our comfort zones. In just a few months of graduate school, I’ve learned just how necessary a healthy group is and how easy it actually is to create the right mindset as a young professional. Rather than avoiding differences of those around us, we need […]
[Ed.: “I Have An Idea…” is a series written for College AD by the author of Brands Win Championships, Jeremy Darlow.] “Strike While the Iron is Hot.” – Proverb I’m willing to bet that many of you reading this passage work for (or have worked for) an athletic program that has at one point or another completely outperformed […]
Scheduling Home Non-conference Games Has Become Impractical For Some Programs
This is not your dad’s college basketball scheduling, nor your big brother’s for that matter. Scheduling has changed significantly in recent years and the folks at home are feeling it the most. Gone are the days of an abundance of home-and-home scheduling arrangements between college basketball’s bluebloods or other top teams. For example, Kentucky coach […]