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Column: NFL bullying raises questions about locker room culture
It’s not often Coach & Athletic Director focuses on professional sports, but the story of Richie Incognito and the alleged bullying of his Miami Dolphins teammate Jonathan Martin is worth your attention. This could happen in any locker room. ...
Making Your Events Safe for Spectators
Jay Hammes, the athletic director at Racine Horlick High School (Racine, Wis.), offers his take on how to keep your facilities, fans, players, coaches and administrators safe during an athletic event. In the second video, he urges athletic directors ...
11 attributes of effective athletic administrators
As all coaches know, effective athletic administrators can make your job measurably easier and a little less stressful, while poor athletic administrators can be a nightmare to work for and a big reason you leave. Here are the top 11 attributes ...
Involving your athletes in team discipline
Struggling with some discipline issues on your team? Seems like every team has at least a couple of athletes who love to push the envelope when it comes to team rules. Some athletes are notoriously late, others have too “active” of a social li...
Preparing Your Underdogs for the Postseason
Find yourself with an underdog team as you prepare for the postseason? Let’s take a moment to assess your situation in terms of disadvantages of and advantages.Disadvantages: Insufficient talent; pessimistic players and parents; likely playing ...
Eight sure-fire strategies for building a thriving program
Transforming a declining or problematic program into a rising program is definitely a challenge. There will be many weeks when it feels like you are taking two steps forward and sometimes just as many backward as the negative gravity of the situation...
A.D.ministration: Conducting effective, efficient meetings
Very few individuals involved in education and athletics enjoy meetings. Usually these events are viewed as a major imposition and something that takes valuable time away from more important tasks and responsibilities. This general feeling has grown ...
A.D.ministration: Providing help for the athletic director
There should be little debate that an athletic administrator has an incredibly busy and demanding position. The job is so complex and encompassing that even knowledgeable and experienced individuals may occasionally need help. So, where do you go?...