Middle School AD Podcast

In this episode, I talk with Dustin Smith, CMAA who is the Athletic Director at Broken Arrow High School in Oklahoma and current NIAAA Board President. We discuss multiple topics including; finding you leadership style, communiction styles with coaches, decisions that are best for studens, ways to influence the ones around us, and much more. Take a listen and hopefully you will take away something from today's episode. 

In this episode, I talk with Josh Mathews, CMAA who is the Athletic Director at Pope High School in Georgia. We discuss multiple topics including; hiring coaches is Gameday for an AD, can you make a great teacher a great coach, knowing your coach's love language, developing coaches, and much more. Take a listen and hopefully you will take away something from today's episode. 

In this episode, I talk with Vernon Hunter, CMAA who is the Athletic Director at Indian Land High School in South Carolina. We discuss multiple topics including; Spreadsheets, Uniform Rotation, Yearly Audits, and Much More. Take a listen and hopefully you will take away something from today's episode.

In this episode, I talk with Darryl Nance, CMAA who is the newly elected Executive Director of the the South Carolina Interscholastic Athletic Administrators Association and the District Athletic Director in Greenville County, SC. We discuss multiple topics including; Hazing, Title IX, Communication, Social Media, and Much More. Take a listen and hopefully you will take away something from today's episode.

In this episode, I talk with Gary Stevens who is the newly elected Executive Director of the the Mainie Interscholastic Athletic Administrators Association and the Course Chair of LTC 630. We discuss have 3 major things when administering an athletic contest; Plan, Team, and EAPs. Take a listen and hopefully you will take away something from today's episode. 

In this episode, I talk with Jon Payne who is the Athletic Director at Lockland in Ohio and the Course Chair of LTC 502. We discuss the hiring/reviewing your coaches, finances, and facilities, and much more. Take a listen and hopefully you will take away something from today's episode. 

In this episode, I talk with David Suiter, a retired Athletic Director from New Jersey and the Course Chair of LTC 723. We discuss the importance of training your coaches to deal with Communication, Mental Health, Program Planning, and much more. Take a listen and hopefully you will take away something from today's episode. 

In this episode, I talk with Tom Nelson from Neptune Gametime on the importance of having family-friendly music at our events. We dive into how to select music, allowing students to run the music, and even how to make some money off of announcements. Take a listen and hopefully you will take away something from today's episode. 

In this episode, I ask the question, "Do you have a plan for supervision the student athletes?" We discuss a couple of options to make sure there is always eyes on your student athletes. Take a listen and hopefully you will take away something from today's episode.

In this episode, I ask the question, "Do you have a backup plan for when you are out?" We dive into things to prepare for when you cannot make it into work due to sickness or emergency. Take a listen and hopefully you will take away something from today's episode.