| By Glynn A. Hill, www.houstonchronicle.com | It’s a humble display, but a monument to Rice’s modern success. Atop a folding table draped in a blue tablecloth sits Trevor Cobb’s 1991 Doak Walker Award, David Bailiff’s 2013 Conference USA Coach of the Year Award, and trophies for the the Owls’ division and conference titles that same year. […]
At Harvard, Education Through Athletics (and vice-versa)
www.apnews.com CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) — When Harvard sophomore Seth Towns awoke in his riverside dorm room Wednesday morning, he had options. He could work out at the gym to prepare for the upcoming Ivy League basketball season. He could slog downstairs for another dining hall breakfast with his roommates. Or he could head over to […]
Between Division III Athletes and Professors
By Michael Nelson, Evan Tucker, www.insidehighered.com Division III colleges and universities, which don’t award athletic scholarships, outnumber their generally much larger Division I counterparts by 442 to 347. Yet many professors at Division III liberal arts colleges earned their advanced degrees at Division I universities at which varsity athletes are less than 5 percent of the student body, live and […]
PoA095 | Mark Sims, Student-Athlete Career Fuel
In this episode Mark Sims talks about the founding of Student-Athlete Career Fuel, inspired by his own experiences as a collegiate soccer player and his 20+ years in the technology industry. About Student Athlete Career Fuel Before Mark and his business partners sold their consulting firm, MarketSphere Consulting, to Grant Thornton, Mark ascended through ranks […]
PoA090 | Rob Larson, Luther College
In this episode, Rob Larson talks about his role as Faculty Athletics Representative, athletics as a marketing and enrollment tool and also offers some great advice for athletics directors about how to effectively work with FARs. Rob Larson is the Vice President for Communications and Marketing at Luther College and a member of the President’s Leadership […]
PoA083 | Vin Mcaffrey, Game Plan
In this episode, Vin McCaffrey, founder of Game Plan, discusses his company’s innovate platform for student-athlete development. He discusses the unique elements of Game Plan, its success stories and its focus on student-athlete life-cycle development, from matriculation through employment. Vin McCaffrey started Game Plan in 2008 with the goal of giving student-athletes a better college […]
PoA079 | Betsy Mitchell, Cal Tech University
In this episode, Betsy Mitchell talks about her approach to leadership, which began as a student-athlete, and her mentors that helped shape her approach to athletics leadership. She also discusses building a competitive athletics program at one of the world’s top engineering colleges and her approach to selling that vision. —- Mitchell is the director […]
PoA073 | John Shukie, Forward Progress Athletic Consulting
John founded Forward Progress in 2013 after serving as Director of Academic and Membership Affairs (AMA) at the NCAA national office, where he oversaw various academic and compliance-related programs. This included creation and oversight of the in-person academics hearing process, Academic Progress Rate (APR) and Graduation Success Rate (GSR) data and data reviews. Over his […]