Devin Crosby joined HEA to talk in-depth about New Haven's 5-day decision to reclassify from D2 to D1. Under his watch New Haven raised $9 million to help support the transition. The first half of the episode is about institutional vision and alignment. Then the conversation shapes into advice on how ADs can think creatively to solve problems, like manufacturing a football rivalry with a local non-conference school. Crosby has spent much of his career in D1 but he was also a D2 AD at Lynn University for 8 years. We talked about how aspiring D1 ADs could benefit from applying to D2 AD jobs.

• 0:00 Introduction
• 1:30 The 5-Day D1 Decision
• 7:25 AD Vantage - Where Victory is Vetted
• 8:50 Raising $9 Million the Same Year
• 13:00 The Blueprint After the Decision
• 21:20 Manufacturing a Football Rivalry
• 23:30 The South Florida Showdown
• 25:10 Onrise - Mental Health Care for Athletes
• 26:43 Leadership Style & Empathy
• 31:35 Should D1 Administrators Consider D2 AD Jobs?
• 37:10 Advice for Aspirational ADs

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