Welcome to the Director Download, powered by Campus Rec Magazine.

It’s time to go behind the curtain of the director role and have honest discussions with leaders in the campus recreation industry.

In this episode, host Grady Sheffield, the director of Campus Recreation at Towson University and the senior advisor to Campus Rec Magazine, gives you the listener real and authentic conversation between himself and special guest Scott Haines, the director of campus recreation at SUNY Brockport.

Haines walks Sheffield through how he came to SUNY Brockport, which started with a question concerning hockey. With that — and a great first experience at NIRSA — he was sold on the industry.

Finding his footing in campus recreation, Haines details what has made him the most successful as a director, the two-percent of the job he doesn’t like and the one thing he was afraid of stepping into the role.

Finally, he shares on opening a new facility and why he doesn’t think you should delay.

Enjoy the conversation between Haines and Sheffield.