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Encouraging Athletes to Participate in Multiple Sports
David Hoch, a retired athletic administrator with 16 years of experience, talks about sport specialization and how coaches can encourage student-athletes to participate in multiple programs....

Negotiations and the athletic director
Negotiation is often a formal, organized process of give and take, making proposals and eventually coming to a settlement, but it can also simply involve two individuals trying to work out differences. One side gives something with the prospect of ge...

The A.D. as the public relations practitioner
Many corporations and large organizations have an individual who serves as the public relations point person. And celebrities often have their own publicists. In both of these examples, this individual’s purpose is promote the positive aspects and ...

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 ...

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...