Coaching Turnover’s Effect on Style of Play

By: Jordan Sperber, Villanova University In a recent post we examined coaching turnover’s effect on both winning percentage and attendance and found that many top mid-major men’s college basketball programs struggle to succeed in the immediate aftermath of a coach change.…

Full StorySeptember 24, 2012

Coaching Turnover’s Effect on Attendance and Winning Percentage

By: Jacob Feldman, Harvard University It was all going so well. The Hawaii men’s basketball team had just finished its eighth straight winning season after another year of strong attendance. But then longtime coach Riley Wallace left. And it all…

Full StorySeptember 17, 2012

Realignment Ratings Index Part II: Assessing NCAA Conference Realignment in the Mountain West & Big 12

By: G.K. Nwosu, Doctoral Student-University of Nevada Las Vegas Conference realignment has arguably been the talk of intercollegiate athletics over the last two to three years. With the topic as ubiquitous as it has been, we found it an appropriate…

Full StorySeptember 11, 2012

Coach Bonus Compensation – Insurance as a Tool to Manage Fiscal Risk, Retain Coaches & Motivate Performance

Head coaches’ salaries increased at a faster pace than total revenue in the 2012 fiscal year ending June 30th, a rate of 11.7% versus 5.7%. This presents a problem, in terms of revenues, for top-tier athletic departments when performance is…

Full StorySeptember 3, 2012

CFO Interview: 3 Questions for Brett Huebner

Brett Huebner Associate Director of Athletics/ CFO University of South Florida What is your biggest challenge as a CFO? Prioritizing the various financial requests throughout the Department. USF Athletics has many bright people with great ideas and…

Full StoryAugust 28, 2012

Mid Major Scheduling: The Challenges of Life on the Bubble

By: Jordan Sperber Given that prior research has established that scheduling quality opponents is among the factors positively correlated with tournament selection and success, this article observes the practical considerations for nonconference scheduling in two areas: program budgets and program prestige. This…

Full StoryAugust 20, 2012

Which Schools Spend the Most on Travel?

By: Greg Matthews A variety of factors, including travel distance and overall budget, affect travel fund allocation within athletic departments. Intuitively, programs covering more ground might justifiably spend more on travel, and furthermore, schools with larger overall budgets may have…

Full StoryAugust 13, 2012

Flight Clauses in Head Coach Contracts

Full StoryAugust 6, 2012

NCAA CFO Round Table: Best Practices, Trends & Technology

Can you site a few specific examples of how technology has impacted your role in recent years? Mike Dalgety, University of the Pacific – Technology has played a role in allowing for easier benchmarking and comparative analysis of financial information among…

Full StoryAugust 4, 2012

Seven Facts About Division II ADs