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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

by Dr. David Hoch

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

by Bob Beron, CMAA, Caesar Rodney High School

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

by Wesley Sykes

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

by Wesley Sykes

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

by Wesley Sykes

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

by Kevin Hoffman

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

by Kevin Hoffman

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 ...

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