Torre Chisholm is the Director of Athletics at Portland State University, an FCS school in the Big Sky Conference. Torre discusses the opportunities and challenges at the largely commuter campus in a major metropolitan area with multiple professional sports franchises. [Editor note: Chisholm recently announced his resignation from Portland State, effective October 31, 2014.] Timeline […]
PoA037 China Jude | Queens College (NY)
China Jude has been the Assistant Vice President for Athletics at Queens College in New York for four years. China discusses her unique path to athletics administration and the opportunities and challenges raising money for Queens\’ NCAA Division II program. Timeline 00:45 – Career Path 04:29 – An Over-achiever 06:52 – Women & Minorities in […]
PoA036 Erin Quinn | Middlebury College
Erin Quinn has been Director of Athletics at Middlebury College since 2007. In this conversation, he talks about the Middlebury culture of integration, leadership and core values. Timeline 00:46 – Career Path 04:04 – Building the Right Athletics Culture 08:31 – Walking the Talk 13:09 – Expectations Education 17:05 – Student-Athlete Leadership 20:00 – Engaging […]
PoA035 Mark McHorney | Benedictine University
Mark McHorney was named as Benedictine University\’s Director of Athletics in June of 2009, signaling a new era in the Eagles\’ athletics history. Mark discusses his student-athlete success program, SOAR. Timeline 00:43 – Career Path 03:02 – Detour from Coaching Aspiration 05:04 – Starting an Athletics Program Remotely 09:44 – SOAR: Commitment to Student Development 13:18 […]
PoA034 Bill Hogan | Seattle University
Bill Hogan is the Director of Athletics at Seattle University, which recently returned to the NCAA Division I level after more than 30 years. Bill talks about that transition and also shares his very interesting theory on coaching personality types. Timeline Table of Contents: 00:52 – Career Path 03:12 – Return to Division I 05:07 […]
PoA033 Bill Chaves | Eastern Washington University
In this episode, Bill Chaves talks about athletics at Eastern Washington University, FCS-level challenges and opportunities and shares his thoughts on leadership and advice for up and comers. Timeline Table of Contents: 00:59 – Career Path 02:50 – BCS vs FCS Subdivisions 04:35 – It\\\’s About Student-Athletes 05:45 – Resources are Conference Relative 07:22 – […]
PoA032 President’s Perspective- Bill Robinson
Bill Robinson, president emeritus of Whitworth University in Spokane, Washington shares his thoughts and insights about small college athletics. He served as Whitworth’s 17th president from 1993 to 2010, after previously serving as president of Manchester College, in Indiana, from 1986 to 1993. His tenure as Whitworth’s president was the second longest and one of the […]
PoA031 Showcase: Volt Athletics
Dan Giuliani, co-founder of Volt Athletics discusses his research-based system targeted at small colleges and high schools. Includes product demonstration. Dan directs the strategic vision of Volt Athletics and oversees all Volt programming and strength and conditioning content. Dan is an Adjunct Professor of Sport Performance at the University of Washington and has been a […]