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Maisha Kelly joins Higher Ed Athletics for a conversation about Drexel athletics in a post-House era. We talk about her start as a 6th grade teacher and how she built her career over time in 10 years at Bucknell leading to becoming Drexel’s AD. Kelly is working with a new president and she shares how the department put together a 25-page document to help onboard him to the current and future positioning of the Drexel Dragons. I asked Maisha if it’s still just as important to win in men’s basketball if your team is going to be ripped apart the following year.
- 0:00 Introduction
- 0:20 Teaching Career Before Athletic Administration Career
- 4:35 Comparing Normative Career Patterns of ADs to Maisha’s Career
- 9:45 Did 10 Years at One Stop Help or Hurt AD Search?
- 12:00 Keeping in Touch with Other ADs
- 15:40 Assessment Document to Onboard New President
- 23:30 Drexel Athletics Strategy in the Post-House Settlement
- 28:30 Athletic Department Aspirational Peers – Who are Drexel’s? How to Study Them?
- 36:25 Do Non-Football D1 Schools Look at Men’s Basketball The Same Importance Today?
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