The Akron Athletic Director Search: Four Significant Late Additions To The Applicant Pool
Sources tell College AD that the University of Akron left the application for athletic director open 48 hours after the posting closed on the NCAA Jobs Market. We are told there were several additions to the applicant list we procured July 24th and disseminated July 27th. Several significant applicants within that 48 hour period include: […]
College AD Obtains List Of Applicants for University of Akron Athletic Director
College AD, through an FOIA request, has obtained the list of applicants for University of Akron Athletic Director. The university received applications from July 10th until applications closed July 24th. The table below is sorted by application date, beginning with most recent application. Notable Applicants By The Numbers: 3 internal candidates, 3 Group 5 senior […]
Vanderbilt AD Williams Cautions Entertaining Any Future NCAA Divisional Split
Back in April, I wrote a piece which discussed Notre Dame Athletic Director Jack Swarbrick’s candid vision for the future of college athletics. At the time, Swarbrick heavily foreshadowed seismic changes in the college sports landscape, suggesting that the cultural differences inherent amongst current NCAA members will ultimately prove to be so profound that they […]
“The problem with a lot is that people don’t want to play us. We’re good. Some don’t even answer our phone calls or emails. We’re trying, believe me.” This is what it’s like scheduling for a G5 juggernaut, as told by Marshall’s sixth-year AD, Mike Hamrick, in an article on his department’s site. The case […]
The Case Against George O’Leary As UCF AD, Interim Or Otherwise
Last week, a somewhat surprising college athletics succession story appeared on sports tickers everywhere, accompanied by relatively little national fanfare (at least relative to what we feel it merited). The University of Central Florida, without an athletic director since former incumbent Todd Stansbury opted for a future in Corvallis instead of Orlando, announced on Tuesday […]
My Interview with New UAB Athletic Director Mark Ingram
It’s not hyperbole to say that perhaps no athletic director in the country has had a more eventful first few weeks on the job than Mark Ingram, UAB’s current Athletic Director. Hired to be the new head of the Blazers’ athletic department on May 2nd of this year, Ingram had been on the job less […]