Jim Abbott is the Director of Athletics at Oklahoma City University and the founder of the Business of Small College Athletics Workshop (BOSCA).
Oklahoma City claimed the Learfield Sports Directors Cup for the first time in school history, qualifying 16 of 18 Stars’ teams to their respective National Championships, while also collecting NAIA red banners in four sports – Competitive Cheer, Division I Women’s Basketball, Women’s Golf and Softball. Oklahoma City claimed seven of 11 Sooner Athletic Conference Championships awarded in 2016-17, with an incredible 16 Stars teams registering a team GPA of 3.0 or higher.
Find more information about BOSCA 2017 here.
Discussion Highlights
1:00 2017 NAIA Athletic Director of the Year
2:30 On obtaining, and sustaining, high levels of athletics success
6:00 Career background
9:30 Importance and impact of fundraising for small college athletics
12:30 Creating a “culture of fundraising”
15:00 Working with institutional advancement offices
17:45 BOSCA Workshop
23:00 On leadership
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