Personal Narrative: My Interview With An Athletic Director

It all started when i was in fourth grade. It all changed what inspired me came by whole big dream that i wanted to be successful at. I was at school just a normal day, and it was times to go to PE, and my coach got out a circular ball that i had never seen in my life. It was kinda colorful, it had some weird word written on it, but i couldn't see from where i was standing. My coach handed us each one of these balls, and coach called them volleyballs. My coach told us what to do and what not to do, so i was at this net, and just gave the ball a high five because that's what he said to do. Coach came over to me, and kinda directed me through and told me it was called a serve. That day i went home thinking about it, and i decided i want to do

When a passion dies, it is the most heartbreaking thing there is. A coach who has killed my passion has their favorites, makes me feel worthless, and only cares about the girls who she thinks are the best. No matter how hard I worked in practice, it would never be good enough for them.

college level, the hiring of coaches is a key responsibility for athletic directors that can be subject

It all started with an email seeking freshman male in his coaching and administration program. The 2012 graduate of UConn’s Sport Administration and coaching program, William Aloia, says this future success as the Associate Athletic Director for The College of St. Rose started out by almost” falling into his lap”. The New Jersey native began his undergraduate experience with two Division-I parents, and like an abundance of people he knew that working in sport was something he wanted to do. Previously a part of the Kinesiology department under the late Joe Marrone, Will jumped on the opportunity posted through an email and started his freshman year as a basketball manager for the very successful UConn’s basketball program. He explains how this experience “opened his door up”. Will states; “once I started at UConn working with the women’s basketball program and being around collegiate athletics at such a high level it’s really something in itself, and unbelievable experience. I knew it was for me, I didn’t know which part for sure, but I knew this was something I wanted to do.” What Will realized very quickly realized about working in sport is that often times it is a thankless job. However, that did not stop him from finishing his undergraduate career as a four-year manager for the basketball team. The motivation for Will early in his career has been a two-dimensional illustration of success.

In their effort to compete with other programs, coaches push the boundaries of recruiting. This is a huge problem in college sports that desperately needs fixing. For this problem, the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) has set strictly enforced rules for behavior like this. It is a very complex, broad set of rules. The purpose of these rules is simple. These rules are meant to encourage fair recruiting and too discourage offering incentives to collegiate athletes.

Staffing a school is the most important responsibility and service a principal has to attend and to provide a school. Students have a right to be taught by highly qualified teachers and in this case a highly qualified basketball coach. The case study #16 presents a situation where the principal has to begin recruiting to fill a basketball coaching position that has been long filled by two brothers that are ready to retire due to health reasons. The principal feels the pressure to have to fill this position, but finds it a bit challenging for a number of reasons—salary considered too low, not enough interest in “girls’ teams by the community, racial and gender concerns, and scandals in nearby district concerning males coaching girls’ teams. An athletic director for the high school suggests that she look into asking the parents of the players. (Kirschmann, 1996)

Athletic Directors do more than just schedule games, while that is a main part of it many other things happen behind the scenes, as well. In order to keep up on what is going on

My mind was set to pursue a career in coaching after my undergrad. Leading into my first year as college football coach, I relied mainly on my personal and prior experience during college as a football player. I wanted to provide the players with support and guidance I did not experience having as a player. During my first year as an assistant coach, I managed to influence some players following my main objective in my first year as a coach. Going into my second year, I was promoted with my own position group, running backs (RB), to coach without having to shadow another position coach as an assistant. I was excited, passionate, and overwhelmingly ready to guide this group of young men into a spiritual, motivational direction using my personal experience and my prior knowledge of football to support my coaching goals and objectives.

Certain policies and rules can put athletic directors in tough situations. This can lead to a high school athletic directors making some tough decisions with a huge emotional impact on themselves or someone else. High school athletic directors need to be aware that sports can help you make friends, and even enemies. Athletic directors need to be able to plan accordingly, have legal liability knowledge, great public relations, and have great written and oral communication skills, and have a knowledge of hiring and staffing.

A: I worked in the University 's Budget Office for three years before working in athletics. I began my career in Athletics in 1993 as the Senior Business Manager where I worked with day to day activities and reconciling. I was promoted to Assistant Athletic Director in 1999 and Associate Athletic Director in 2005. On September 2010, I was offered the position I hold now: Senior Associate Director for Business and Finance.

I was not actually planning to do this event, but I have to be honest, after 65 OCR’s in 2015 I am burned-out both physically and mentally and I just wanted to have an amazing weekend with both amazing people and amazing obstacles and both Canada and Dead End fit that need very well. I cannot say enough good things about my time in Canada this year and was very happy to be able to go and cover this event on short notice/request.

He was a very gracious, but more importantly, humble interviewee. I wanted to know the road that got the coach that I admire so much to the position he is in today. I started by asking him what made him want to become a coach. He said decided to start coaching because he was fortunate enough to play for two very influential coaches, Lloyd Simmons and David Denny. He told me that he learned more about competing from them than anyone else, and developed the desire to be able to do the same thing for young players as they did for him. He told me that like most coaches, he started as a player. During the summer, he played for the Texas Heat under David Denny. He played for him for two years, and they went on to win the 1997 17u National Championship. He was a 4-year Varsity Starter at Liberty High School in Liberty, TX. He received the awards of All-State Shortstop in both his Junior and Senior year. He then went on to play at Seminole State College in Seminole Oklahoma. In his freshman season there, the team went 58-8 and placed 5th in the National Junior College World Series. Following that season, he underwent arm surgery and transferred to Tyler Junior College as a sophomore. He soon became the starting team captain and second baseman there. A recurring arm injury forced him to hang up his cleats after that season. After his playing days were over, he decided to attend Texas State University and received his Bachelor’s of Science in Exercise and Sports Science. Upon receiving this degree, Coach acquired the position of Assistant football and baseball coach at Hardin High School in Hardin, Texas under Mike Morgan, our present Secondary football coach at Carthage High School. He worked at Hardin for three years, and then received the position of the hitting and infield coach at Texas A&M University at Kingsville while he worked on his Master’s. After two years, he had earned his

I want to intern with the MSU Athletic Department because I’ve always loved sports. I grew up watching my brother play football and developed a deep passion for it. I religiously attended his games and cheered him on for years. This love for football was only amplified once I attended my first Mississippi State game. The rush that comes along with game day in Davis Wade Stadium is like nothing I’ve ever experienced, and I know I will return to Starkville no matter where life takes me to keep experiencing that rush.

“To this day, after being in this business … the best day on a college campus is graduation, When I see kids I had a relationship with … graduating, you feel like you had a part in that.” David Williams, Athletic Director of Vanderbilt Athletics. Being around sports my whole life and now currently coaching a basketball team, I have encountered a few athletic directors and their supporting cast, which in a high school, it’s the principal and the administration staff. In some circumstance, especially from most coaches’ point of view, it is always about the result of the team and how good the players are. For some athletic directors, it is the same, but at the school I coach, it is also about

Growing up a student-athlete since the age of five, I quickly learned the importance and impact of goal setting, perseverance, accountability, and integrity. My sport, swimming, is a prime example of a sport where goal setting can make or break the athlete. I remember growing up with a clip board that was made of dry-erase material and it had my name and team written in bulky letters on the back. My mom and I printed out a page containing a table of my events, times, goal times, and records. I scanned this clipboard in the car on the way to the meet, before I swam, and after I swam to examine my performance. This form of goal setting helped me keep my head aligned with what I came to do that weekend and told me what I need to work on in the