New Orleans Vice President of Athletics and Recreation Tim Duncan joined the Higher Ed Athletics podcast and started the conversation with an institutional profile. Duncan is well-known as a speaker throughout the industry but even he acknowledges this interview brought different questions than he typically is asked. Duncan talks not just about creating a strategic plan for the athletic department, but also how they will benchmark against it and hold themselves accountable to the plan. Smith asks about the institutional collaborations within athletic departments in the University of Louisiana System. He shares how being the only D1 school in the system that doesn't offer football can be seen as a challenge or opportunity. Duncan ends the conversation with some great advice on the importance of a good boss when evaluating job opportunities.

0:35 Institutional Profile

2:20 Athletics Relationship w/ NOLA

6:05 100 Meetings in 100 Days

7:55 Revenue Generating Vision

12:00 Strategic Plan Benchmarking

14:20 System Affiliated Collaborations

17:05 Only School in System W/Out Football

19:05 1st Impression of UNO President

23:33 Privateers for Equality

27:53 D2 Versus D1 AD Chair

31:02 Lessons Learned Early in AD Career

33:15 Advice for Mid/Senior Level Administrators