Perspective on Athletics

Perspective on Athletics


Latest Episodes

PoA122 | Rewind: Bill Hogan, Seattle University
April 08, 2018

In this episode, we rewind back to 2014 for this interview with Bill Hogan, then Director of Athletics at Seattle University. Bill helped Seattle U transition back to NCAA Division 1 during his tenure and talks about his career leading up to Seattle.

PoA121 | “Coach” Nietzsche and My Consistency Conundrum
April 01, 2018

When I landed my first athletics director job, I was young, inexperienced and thought I knew everything. I was ready to take on the world and become the leader I was born to be. Well, I made many mistakes, as we all do, in my early years. But I always …

PoA120 | Coach Linked: Social Networking for Athletics
March 18, 2018

In this episode, Alexis Francois of CoachLinked.com joins the podcast to talk about this new social networking platform. CoachLinked is similar to LinkedIn, which many people are aware of, but focused on coaches and athletics administrators.

PoA119 | Legal Perspective: Running Promotional Contests
March 11, 2018

In this episode, Justin Sievert, partner at Sievert Werly, LLC discusses details of running promotional contests and activities in connection with your athletics department. This is part two of a two-part series; the first part is Episode 118 on runnin...

PoA118 | Legal Perspective: Running Sweepstakes and Contests
February 25, 2018

In this episode, Justin Sievert, partner at Sievert Werly, LLC discusses details of running promotional contests, sweepstakes or similar types of promotional activities in connection with your athletics department.

PoA117 | Rewind- Erin Quinn, Middlebury College
February 18, 2018

This is a rewind episode of our 2014 interview with Erin Quinn, Director of Athletics at Middlebury College. Quinn has been Director of Athletics at Middlebury College since 2007. In this conversation, he talks about the Middlebury culture of integrati...

PoA116 | Legal Perspective: Facility Agreements
February 11, 2018

In this episode, Justin Sievert, partner at Sievert Werly, LLC discusses important “need to know” elements of facility rental agreements, both as a renter and when renting your own facilities. Highlights   Indemnification provisions and how they work S...

PoA115 | Legal Perspective: Sponsorship Contracts
February 04, 2018

In this episode, Justin Sievert, partner at Sievert Werly, LLC discusses important business aspects of designing and entering into sponsorship agreements with businesses. Well-written agreements can build strong,

PoA114 | Rewind: Kirby Garry, CSU Monterey Bay
January 07, 2018

In this Rewind episode from 2014, we feature Kirby Garry. Kirby is the Director of Athletics at NCAA Division II Cal State University Monterey Bay. Kirby discusses his departments avid use of social media to help promote, recruit and even raise money.

PoA113 | Kiki Jacobs, Roger Williams University
December 17, 2017

In this episode Kiki Jacobs talks about her journey from swimming student-athlete to coach to administrator and knowing when the …