professional development
August 3, 2021
I Want to Become an Athletic Director. Now what?
Athletic director, director of student activities, assistant principal for athletics, dean of athletics, and athletic program manager are just a few of the many titles associated with a position in interscholastic athletic administrator. But titles c...
July 19, 2021
9 Tips for First-Time Athletic Directors
After the interviews were concluded, you were offered the position. You are now ready to step into your first athletic director’s position. Now what? Beyond wondering if you are crazy, which you should have pondered before the interview, how do you...
June 4, 2021
Sports Under 40: The Impact of Professional Development
Growing up in the ’80s and ’90s without a cellphone or any type of electronic communication, my “friend requests” were sent out through playing team sports. Accepting this “request” indicated a bond that was like no other type that only p...
April 29, 2021
New Leadership for Boston College’s M.S. in Sports Administration Program
Educator and collegiate athletics professional Patty Raube Keller will join the Woods College of Advancing Studies at Boston College as program director of its Master of Sports Administration degree program, assuming the position in May. Keller br...
April 17, 2020
BSN SPORTS helps coaches & ADs amid Coronavirus-related school closures
DALLAS, April 6, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — BSN SPORTS, a division of Varsity Brands and the nation's largest direct marketer and distributor of sporting goods to the school and league markets, recently announced a series of initiatives to allow coaches ...
April 8, 2020
NIAAA offers free online workshops for athletic administrators
With the rest of the country attempting to carry on their everyday lives with web-based technology such as Zoom, athletic directors have the opportunity to work on professional development for free while working from home. The National Interschola...
June 21, 2018
Offseason is a time for professional development
If there’s one thing successful basketball coaches have in common, it’s their relentless pursuit of information. They’re at the clinics, they’re reading the books and they’re networking to build a library of basketball strategies they can e...
October 31, 2017
ADs, coaches must embrace value of professional development
When we think about athletic budgets, necessities like equipment, salaries and facilities costs spring to mind. You typically don’t consider professional development to be a critical part of your spending, but if not, that’s something you should ...
Some #TuesdayTips via The Aspen Institute Project Play on coaching priorities.
