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The AthleticDirectorU Podcast

Feb 28, 2020

Newly appointed Western Carolina AD, Alex Gary, joins the AthleticDirectorU Podcast just after he is announced as the leader of the WCU Athletics Department. Gary, former Sr. Associate AD for Development at Oregon State touches on his leadership philosophy, his value alignment with the institution, being a part of a...


Feb 25, 2020

Elon Athletics Director Dave Blank and George Mason Athletics Director Brad Edwards chat with AthleticDirectorU about employee retention, professional development and burnout. The duo lay out their hiring and search process strategies, onboarding positives and negatives, providing opportunities for employees,...


Feb 20, 2020

Jacksonville Athletics Director Alex Ricker-Gilbert and Cal State Bakersfield Athletics Director Ziggy Siegfried sit down with Purdue Associate Athletics Director for Strategic Initiatives Tom Moreland to discuss getting comfortable in the AD chair. With similar experiences being promoted to the chair from...


Feb 17, 2020

Atlantic 10 Commissioner Bernadette McGlade, CIAA Commissioner Jacqie Williams and George Washington Director of Athletics Tanya Vogel sit down with AthleticDirectorU to discuss constituent management, managing influence, filtering information, and maximizing stakeholder value. The trio also touches on weighing opinions...


Feb 11, 2020

Tailgate Guys Founder & CEO Parker Duffey hosts a trio of Deputy ADs – Mississippi State’s Jared Benko, Kentucky’s DeWayne Peevy, and Clemson’s Graham Neff – for an in-depth conversation about the Deputy AD role. The group discusses career paths and plans, managing up, addressing their weaknesses, and much...