I was reading Jason Bryant’s blog recently. I’ll quote a quote from his blog here “The opening paragraph of Graham Watson’s story for ESPN.com says the following: When the NCAA’s annual Sports Participation Report is released in the fall, the association expects to report that more than 100 teams were dropped in the past year,…
If you look at high profile teams, both professional and amateur, you notice that they work hard at cultivating fans. They develop multiple channels of communication with their fans and then fill those channels with quality content- videos, interviews, updates, personal interest stories and promotions. And they do this for good reason. They understand the…
So, you take over your new job, move into your new office and notice that you need a new printer cartridge. You call your predecessor and he tells you, “Just stop by the front office and Joe will give you a new one.” You introduce yourself to Joe and ask for a new printer cartridge….
Dr. David Hoch, CMAA, recently retired as the Athletic Director at Loch Raven High School in Baltimore County, Md. One of the nation’s most highly respected athletic directors, he has published 360 articles in professional magazines and publications as well as presented dozens of times at various national and state conferences. He wrote a book…
When I was a young NCAA Division I head coach, I thought I knew how build a successful program and successful athletes. I worked hard, built bridges, burned others and generally moved forward with the vigor that we all do with youth. (“Youth is wasted on the young,” they say.) Unfortunately, much of what I…