Tim McMurray is the former AD at the institution we now know as East Texas A&M. Before that he was a senior-level administrator at Maryland, SMU, NIU, Texas State and Lamar. McMurray is now the VP at Game One, an apparel and equipment company that outfits colleges in Adidas, Nike and Under Armour. I was talking with Tim about getting Higher Ed Athletics polos for the show and that turned into me asking him to come on and share his perspective on uniform patches and apparel contracts - including what aspiring ADs need to know. Tim talks to a lot of ADs in this role - are they still having fun? Come for the uniform topics, stay for the great advice from a former AD.

• 0:00 Introduction
• 2:05 Uniform Patches
• 10:30 Breaking Down Uniform & Apparel Contracts
• 18:28 What Tim's Hearing from ADs Across the Country - Are They Having Fun?
• 26:25 Five Pieces of Advice for Aspiring & Current ADs
  

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