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Flegner: Recognizing The Athletic Department’s Donors
Kevin Flegner, Activities Director at Arrowhead High School (Hartland, Wis.), shows us the Donation Wall at Arrowhead, which features all of the athletic department’s donors....

Flegner: Sponsorships Are Critical To Funding
Kevin Flegner, Activities Director at Arrowhead High School (Hartland, Wis.), discusses the important role advertisers played in the Stadium Project....

Flegner: An Inside Look At The Football Stadium
Kevin Flegner, Activities Director at Arrowhead High School (Hartland, Wis.), discusses the inception of the Stadium Project....

Flegner: Breaking Down Arrowhead Athletics
Kevin Flegner, Activities Director at Arrowhead High School (Hartland, Wis.), provides an overview of everything Arrowhead’s athletic department has to offer its athletes, from facilities to sport offerings....

Keeping politics out of the booster club
A booster club with no politics or infighting? A booster club fundraising for the overall spirit of the school rather than the individual needs of the big-time sports? It’s happening at Arrowhead High School (Wisconsin), and the school, athleti...

A.D.ministration: Helping coaches transition out of your school
Things are going well with your teams. The athletes are having a good experience, and you have outstanding coaches in place throughout your program. But then you hear that one of your coaches is interested in another position. Oh, no. There's a...

Dominican AD Accepts Job At UC Davis
Marin Independent Journalhttp://www.contracostatimes.com/sports/ci_21016042/dominican-athletic-director-tumey-accepts-ad-position-atTerry Tumey, who guided the transition of the Dominican University athletics programs from the NAIA ranks to the NCAA ...

Arkansas Coach Plans To Declare Bankruptcy
SouthBendTribune.comhttp://www.southbendtribune.com/sports/collegesports/sbt-college-football-smith-to-declare-bankruptcy-20120705,0,710444.storyArkansas coach John L. Smith, the former head coach at Michigan State, says he is making plans to declare...

Getting tough on abusive coaches a difficult task
My first sports writing job out of college brought me to a regional Little League tournament in western Kentucky. As a casual observer, only in attendance to snap a few photos, I got my first taste of over-aggressive coaching. [caption id="attachm...

How athletic departments operate like organizations
While many athletic administrators may not realize it, their school and athletic department are organizations. Athletic directors also deal with other organizations, such as leagues, professional associations, booster clubs, community groups and boar...