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College Athletics is a Decision Sport.
Higher Ed Athletics helps aspiring athletic directors get better by interviewing the top administrators in division one college athletics.
Higher Ed Athletics helps aspiring athletic directors get better by interviewing the top administrators in division one college athletics.
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Update frequency:
every 9 days
Average audio length:
35 minutes
Guest interviews
English
United States
83 episodes
since March 11, 2023
episodic
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Ash Puri became the VP/AD at Saint Joseph's University in May 2026 and has built a deep connection to the city of Philadelphia after serving as AD at La Salle and a senior administrator at Villanova. I ask Ash what it's like being an AD in such a crowded Philly sports scene. And what does it take t…
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Listen to me read the latest edition of The Modern AD, my monthly online magazine. Use the chapters to find the information and articles you're most interested in, or listen all the way through.
0:00 Letter from Travis: Next HEA Road Trip
2:19 IU's Scott Dolson (interview recap)
13:28 Toledo's Tom…
Tim Johnson has spent a decade at Oral Roberts, including the last 5 years in the AD chair after joining the Golden Eagles as Deputy AD in 2015 from Clemson. We covered a lot in this conversation from my visit to campus. Advice for pursuing Deputy AD jobs. Why 1st Corinthians 9:24 guides his leader…
I sat down with Toledo AD Tom Moreland inside Savage Arena to talk about his early days leading the Rockets. Tom shares details about the content, format and preparation of his introductory press conference. He explains why he pursued the Toledo job as someone that had built his career at 3 Big Ten…
Scott Dolson started planning the department response to IU winning the national championship on the flight home from the game. He wanted this to be a sustainable situation at IU where they can live up to President Whitten's ambitious call to action to be excellent in everything. I made the short d…
The latest edition of The Modern AD is available now: https://higheredathletics.com/themodernad/
In my recent road trip to Texas, I knew I wanted to visit University of North Texas. I had interviewed Wren Baker several years ago and was familiar with UNT, but it's always better to see the growth of…
Another stop on the HEA Road Trip to Texas was a sit down with Tulsa AD Justin Moore. Justin is an AD that I don't see or hear do interviews too much so it was fun to ask him questions I had not heard him discuss: Going from huge Texas A&M to lead the smallest FBS institution. Football scheduli…
Trying something new to bring expert advice to the industry by asking ADs to answer a one question prompt to be shared anonymously by me on the HEA podcast, free newsletter and both The Modern AD and The Mid-Major AD. Links below if you want to participate or share with someone.
Mistakes ADs Make: …
I sat down with President Mike Godard and VP/AD Nathan Christensen inside the Hulman Center last week and we covered a lot. These two started within days of each other and, entering year 3, are working to change the energy and brand of Indiana State. These two make me want to come back and work for…
I stopped in to interview Mike Buddie on my recent HEA Road Trip and if you want to see a tour of their facilities watch the YouTube video introduction.
Buddie's wisdom is on full display in this interview as he covers practical things like how to get to work by knowing who should be on the list to…
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