NCAA Football Playoff: Wright Waters and Bill Hancock Discuss the New Structure

Listen to the conversation below: The Football Bowl Association has engaged Winthrop Intelligence—helping college athletic administrators increase revenue and make high-stakes decisions—to compile a statistical examination of the 2012-13 Bowl Season, and present a third-party look at the state of post-season football.…

Full StoryFebruary 28, 2013

Ask the AD: Francis Reidy on the Changing DII Landscape

Francis X. Reidy Athletic Director St. Leo University. Fran Reidy became a full time member of the St. Leo Lions athletic department in 1993. Along the way, he has served as Sports Information Director, Compliance Officer, Assistant Athletic Director, and…

Full StoryFebruary 28, 2013

Ask the AD: Brian Mackin on Coach Hires, Conference Realignment, and Technology

Brian Mackin Athletic Director The University of Alabama at Birmingham. Brian Mackin has been the University of Alabama at Birmingham’s athletic director since 2007, after five years as senior associate athletic director for external affairs for the school. Mackin’s tenure has brought…

Full StoryFebruary 11, 2013

Bowl Executive Round Table: The Bowls, the Future, & Community

The Football Bowl Association has engaged Winthrop Intelligence—helping college athletic administrators increase revenue and make high-stakes decisions—to compile a statistical examination of the 2012-13 Bowl Season, and present a third-party look at the state of post-season football. Kevin Barefoot, in…

Full StoryFebruary 1, 2013

Conference Commissioner Round Table: Leadership and Technology

Nate Silver’s recently published book opens with this thought provoking quote: “Data-driven predictions can succeed—and they can fail. It is when we deny our role in the process that the odds of failure rise. Before we demand more of our data, we…

Full StoryJanuary 31, 2013

Ask the AD: Dick Kaiser on the Transition to DII Athletics

Dick Kaiser Athletic Director South Dakota School of Mines & Technology Dr. Dick Kaiser has served as Athletic Director at the South Dakota School of Mines & Technology since 2009, and has overseen SDSM&T’s transition from the NAIA to NCAA…

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Ask the AD: Jim Livengood on Coaching Change

Jim Livengood Athletics Director University of Nevada Las Vegas. Two new recently released studies sought to explore the relationship between coaching and performance, to determine whether it is necessarily reasonable to expect a new coach to outperform his predecessor. The first…

Full StoryJanuary 7, 2013

Chief Marketing Officer Round Table: Best Practices, Trends & Technology

In the fast-paced world of college athletics marketing—where the sophistication of promotion is continually increasing, evolving, and growing more refined—chief marketing officers are always on the hunt for keener insight into the needs of their audience. Four of the industry’s…

Full StoryDecember 24, 2012

Football Bowl Association: An Interview with Executive Director Wright Waters

Wright Waters Executive Director Football Bowl Association Wright Waters, who spent 14 years as commissioner of the Sun Belt Conference and has 40 years of experience in college athletics overall, was recently hired as the Football Bowl Association’s first-ever Executive…

Full StoryDecember 3, 2012

Ask the AD: Five Questions for Athletic Director Jared Mosley

Jared Mosley Director of Athletics Abilene Christian Abilene Christian University’s Jared Mosley, in his eighth year as Athletic Director, is navigating a move to the Southland Conference, as well as a jump from NCAA Division II to Division I. Jared…

Full StoryOctober 22, 2012

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