athletic director
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?...
16 lessons for guiding non-teacher coaches
As more faculty members age and teachers give up coaching responsibilities, athletic administrators are faced with a staff comprised of fewer coaches from within the building. The exodus of teachers from coaching may also be influenced and exacerbate...
7 Keys to Succeed as a First-Time Athletic Director
Arrowhead High School’s Kevin Flegner said he has evolved in his role as activities director over the years, citing increased patience, more research and deeper analysis prior to making decisions. He also began a practice of over-communicating to m...
Arrowhead High School Special Report (Home)
Arrowhead High School Special Report Coach And Athletic Director's entire September 2012 issue is dedicated to our first-ever, head-to-toe coverage of the inner workings of one of America's most-envied public high-school athletic programs—Arrowh...
7 things to consider when interviewing for the AD job
Whether you are looking to move from the coaching ranks into an athletic management position or if you want to advance to a better situation, selected candidates go through an interview. The individual or committee conducting the interview wants t...
