Rob Cashell, was named the commissioner of the Cascade Collegiate Conference in April 2012 after a national search and serving as interim commissioner since January of 2012. As the Chief Administrative Officer for the 11 full member and four associate member conference, Cashell oversees all facets of the day-to-day operations including scheduling, marketing, rules and […]
PoA057 | Amy Edmonds, U. Wisconsin Whitewater
University of Wisconsin-Whitewater Chancellor Richard Telfer announced the appointment of Amy Edmonds as director of intercollegiate athletics in July 2014. She enters her 12th year on working on campus in 2015-16. In 2014-15, Warhawk teams and student-athletes experienced numerous successes, and several new initiatives took place under Edmonds’ leadership. Sixteen of UW-Whitewater’s 20 varsity teams […]
PoA056 Bob Driscoll | Providence College
Entering his 13th season as Providence College’s Associate Vice President & Athletics Director, Bob Driscoll has transformed and reinvigorated Providence College’s athletics program. Having established a vision of student-athlete success in the classroom, in the community and in competing for championships, Driscoll maintains focus on fostering one of the nation’s most respected programs. Driscoll established […]
PoA055 Brian Summers | Christian Bros. University
Summers is CBU’s seventh Director of Athletics, starting June 30, 2014. Summers comes to CBU after a distinguished 13-year career at Lewis University, a fellow NCAA D-II Lasallian school in Romeoville, Ill. Since December 2010, Summers has been Associate Director of Athletics – Director of External Relations, and he served from 2005-2010 as Assistant Director […]
PoA054 Stevie Baker-Watson | DePauw University
Stevie Baker-Watson was named DePauw’s Theodore Katula Director of Athletics and Recreational Sports in January 2012. She oversees 23 varsity sports which compete at the NCAA Division III level in addition to the intramural and club sports programs and is just the ninth DePauw director of athletics in the last 88 years. Since her arrival, Baker-Watson […]
PoA053 Ryan Ivey | Austin Peay University
Ryan Ivey was the Director of Athletics at Texas A&M- Commerce until early August 2015 when he was named the new AD at Division I Austin Peay University in Tennessee. In this interview, conducted while Ryan was still at TAMC, he discusses the values of NCAA Division II, some of the challenges of generating revenue […]
PoA052 Tim Downes | Emory University
Tim Downes is the Director of Athletics and Recreation at Emory University, an NCAA Division III institution in Atlanta, Georgia. Tim discusses his efforts to develop a “statement of principles” for the Athletics Department, including the process, challenges and benefits he encountered. Downes was named the 2013-14 Under Armour AD of the Year for Division III. […]
PoA051 Darin Wilson | Georgia Gwinnett College
Darin Wilson is the Director of Athletics at Georgia Gwinnett College, an NAIA institution that started its athletics program in 2011. Darin talks about the opportunities and challenges of starting a program from scratch. Darin’s recommended reading list: Thinking for a Change by John Maxwell The Energy Bus by Jon Gordon 01:01 – Career Path […]