athletic administration
January 15, 2025
Is health coaching the missing link for college athletes?
Many of us, as college athletes, have sat through health talks from our coaches or dieticians, getting lectured about nutrition and what we should be eating. We have been told not to skip meals when running between classes and practice, to get 7-8 ho...
January 14, 2025
A conversation with Morehouse College head coach and former NFL wide receiver Terance Mathis
Terance Mathis is the first-year head coach at Morehouse College. Previously, he has been the offensive coordinator at Savannah State University and head coach at Pinecrest Academy in Georgia, among other coaching positions. Before joining the c...
January 14, 2025
2025 Annual Coaches Survey results
Hiring quality assistants, problematic parents, and continuing education are just a few of the issues most important to coaches that are highlighted in Coach & Athletic Director’s seventh annual Coaches Survey Results. In 2018, Coach &...
January 14, 2025
Considerations for natural grass and turf surfaces
There are plenty of choices to be made when putting in a field but one of the first is whether that field will have a natural grass or a synthetic turf surface. To be clear: There is no right choice or wrong choice; there is only the choice that...
January 14, 2025
Q&A.D. with RIIL executive director Michael Lunney
Michael Lunney has been the Rhode Island Interscholastic League (RIIL) executive director since the 2020-21 school year. Previously, Lunney served as the RIIL’s assistant executive director since 2011. He served for 16 years as the director of a...
January 13, 2025
Iowa wrestling official kicks out fans during dual meet
An Iowa high school wrestling meet between two of the state's top teams ended with no spectators in attendance for being rowdy and disruptive. When Southeast Polk and Ankeny high schools squared off on the mats late last week, fans in attendance w...
January 13, 2025
New York firefighter charged with assault of referee during 10-year-old’s game
A New York firefighter has been charged with assault on a sports official, harassment, and disorderly conduct, and engaging in fighting after an altercation during a 10-year-old's basketball game in Pennsylvania recently. The event was recorded an...
January 13, 2025
Washington bill could increase penalties for violence against referees
A potentially new bill could be stricter penalties for those who attack referees or other officials during school sporting events in Washington. Under current state law, it is a gross misdemeanor for anyone to “interfere by force or violence” ...
As with most responsibilities held by an athletic administrator, thinking ahead and planning goes a long way toward hosting or leading successful committee meetings.
A.D.ministration: Surviving and thriving with committee work
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The life of an athletic director includes a variety of responsibilitie...