There is a dire issue that many university athletic programs rarely address: Who are they allowing to sit at the table and do they deserve to be there? Especially the smaller FCS or DII schools where anyone with $200 can become a donor, volunteer for a committee position and walk

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http://traffic.libsyn.com/sportstaopodcast/Taoep0871.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Android | RSSZach Dayton returns to the podcast after nearly four years since his original one (Ep. 328). Dayton talks about his transition from Pace University, a D2 school, to Fairfield University, which is Division 1. Dayton shares his insight into bringing not

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http://traffic.libsyn.com/sportstaopodcast/TaoEp0852.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Android | RSSTom McMillen oversees 129 Football Bowl Subdivision athletic directors, working on mentoring and advocacy, as president/CEO of LEAD1 Association. The organization has been around since 1986 and has fostered a conduit of growth of athletic directors, as well as giving voice

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http://traffic.libsyn.com/sportstaopodcast/TaoEp0847.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Android | RSSChristopher Asa returns to the podcast after almost five years in between episodes (Ep. 161). In that time, he’s worked for MiLB at the Montgomery Biscuits, the ACC’s Florida Seminoles and with the Florida A&M Rattlers. Asa’s role with FAMU oversees

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http://traffic.libsyn.com/sportstaopodcast/TaoEp0809.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Android | RSSMark Murdock joins the podcast to chat about how whole body cryotherapy and other recovery modalities are changing sports fitness and athletic training. Murdock discusses the latest cutting-edge recovery methods from the point of view as a former coach; introducing the

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http://traffic.libsyn.com/sportstaopodcast/TaoEp0757.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Android | RSSBob Peters will fully admit that he is an old school athletic director at Centralia College. Peters talks about his start, as well as how he has avoided the traps of worry about his own legacy and focused more on the

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http://traffic.libsyn.com/sportstaopodcast/TaoEp0751.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Android | RSSJamy Bechler focuses on personal improvement of leaders, ensuring that those staff and student-athletes they oversee receive the best vision possible for their athletic department. Bechler talks about motivational growth of the individual who is earning that position of leader within

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http://traffic.libsyn.com/sportstaopodcast/TaoEp0743.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Android | RSSOverseeing 36 community college athletic departments in two states and one Canadian Province, Northwest Athletic Conference Executive Director Marco Azurdia explains why his work is cut out for him. Azurdia talks about some of the challenges of increasing the professional development

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http://traffic.libsyn.com/sportstaopodcast/TaoEp0729.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Android | RSSWhile the historical namesake of Thomas Phelps is widely known as an 1880s Rear Admiral for the U.S. Navy, the current version of Thomas Phelps is doing his best to ensure that the traditions of the Naval Athletic Association stay alive

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http://traffic.libsyn.com/sportstaopodcast/TaoEp0722.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Android | RSSComing over from the professional sports marketing side, Rob Thompson is posed to help his alma mater at the University of New Haven generate a higher dynamic of revenues off-the-field. Thompson discusses his career, spanning from generating crowds for special sporting