athletic director
Stadium Seating
2011 National Athletic Director’s Conference Mark Beaulieu, Dealer Service Manager of Hussey Seating, lays out exactly what Athletic Directors should be looking for when purchasing stadium seating. ...
Six Boston-Area High Schools Upgrade To Multimillion-Dollar Athletic Facilities With Synthetic Turf
Rich Fahey, Boston Globehttp://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2011/12/01/artificial_turf_installed_at_six_area_schools/?page=fullAll of a sudden, the athletes at Dedham High School had a spring in their step.On Oct. 12, the Marauders’ field...
A.D.ministration: Beyond the tip of the iceberg
A lot of the athletic director's duties are visible to those in your program. Fans and parents see you performing game-management tasks at various contests, and it's also easy to conclude that you scheduled the games, officials and transportation. Th...
A Special Message From Our Publisher
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How micromanagement hurts athletic directors
While you may not be able to precisely define it, most understand the feeling of being micromanaged. It creates a difficult work environment. Micromanagement is a disruptive and counterproductive management style that negates creativity, initiativ...
Balancing the athletic director job with family
Our position as athletic director is extremely time-intensive, demanding and unforgiving. It's not uncommon to have contests scheduled every day of the week, some during the evening in either the stadium or gym, and even some on Saturdays. Our one...
Handling frustration in the athletic administrator position
As an A.D., one of the first things you are going to realize is that life can be frustrating but that you don’t have to enjoy those occasions as long as you understand the dynamics behind them. That being said, you need to develop an approach for d...
