UNO Vice President of Athletics and Recreation Tim Duncan joined the Higher Ed Athletics podcast and started the conversation with an institutional profile. Duncan is well-known as a speaker throughout the industry but even he acknowledges this interview brought different questions than he typically is asked. Duncan talks not just about creating a strategic plan… Read more »
Arizona State University as an institution is known for innovation and doing things differently. As you’ll discover in this interview, the athletic department has embraced that culture of innovation under President Crow and Vice President/Athletic Director Ray Anderson. This episode is packed with campus collaborations, such as with the ASU Global Sport Institute, led by… Read more »
GCU Vice President of Athletics Jamie Boggs joined the Higher Ed Athletics podcast and started the conversation with an institutional profile of Grand Canyon University. Known as a large online university, too, Boggs shares the incredible enrollment growth and buildings that have been built at GCU’s physical campus in Phoenix, AZ as a strategic initiative…. Read more »
UNT Vice President and Director of Athletics Wren Baker joined the Higher Ed Athletics podcast to discuss the 20-year Light the Tower athletic facilities master plan for the Mean Green and to share lessons learned from his career experiences. Baker become an administrator at the age of 26 as both a principal and athletic director… Read more »
The Sports Innovation Journal, published by the IUPUI Sports Innovation Institute, is seeking commentary and empirical research submissions for a special issue on the changing landscape of intercollegiate athletics and the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) governance model. The special issue is looking for submissions in the following areas: College Athlete Experience Alternative Governance Models… Read more »
Nina King is entering her first year as Vice President and Athletic Director at Duke University after serving as a senior-level administrator for 13 years. After giving an institutional profile of Duke, King shares her thoughts on what it is like moving from a position of input to a position of decision-making. She shares her… Read more »
IUPUI Sports Innovation Institute · Talking Small Businesses and Trends in Sports Innovation with the Co-Founders of Upper Hand Co-founders of Upper Hand, CEO Kevin MacCauley and Chief of Product Myles Grote, joined the SII podcast to talk about their company as well as innovation trends in sport before and after the pandemic. Upper… Read more »
Colgate University Athletic Director Dr. Nicki Moore joined the Higher Ed Athletics podcast. Dr. Moore begins by explaining how being a successful athlete and SAAC president at Missouri helped convince her to work in intercollegiate athletics. Moore explains what the differences are between working at a big school like North Carolina or Oklahoma, versus a… Read more »
Techstars Senior Project Manager Andrew Hippert joined the SII podcast to talk about their sports accelerator located here in Indianapolis. Hippert starts by explaining first what an accelerator means for a start-up business and why Techstars decided to base their sports accelerator in Indianapolis. Hippert then gives a walkthrough on what company applicants can expect… Read more »
UNC Chapel Hill Athletic Director Bubba Cunningham joined the Higher Ed Athletics podcast for an informative conversation. Cunningham starts the conversation talking about what he learned early in his career at Notre Dame as well as what his two previous AD jobs at Tulsa and Ball State taught him before leading North Carolina. Bubba then… Read more »