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Names to Expect for the Baylor AD Opening
Read more: Names to Expect for the Baylor AD OpeningPower 4 Athletic Director jobs don’t open too often. Baylor is one of only 4 current Power AD jobs open, with the others being Cal, Oklahoma and Colorado. This is the only one that appears to be a quick hire because it was unexpected. There have been 21 Power AD hires since 2024 with 8…
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Thoughts on the 15 Remaining D1 Athletic Director Openings
Read more: Thoughts on the 15 Remaining D1 Athletic Director OpeningsThere have been 245 D1 AD hires at 211 unique institutions since January 2020. The Deputy AD position is by far the most popular immediately prior job with 84 of those hires and another 70 were previous ADs moving to a different chair. In this video I update my thoughts on the remaining 15 D1…
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Opinion: Ryan Alpert + Marshall Campus Visits + Rutgers Continues + Utah State Decision
Read more: Opinion: Ryan Alpert + Marshall Campus Visits + Rutgers Continues + Utah State DecisionMarshall reportedly brought 5 AD candidates to campus last week, including 4 sitting ADs and a P4 executive via CollegeAD. The Rutgers search nears 1 calendar year. Reaction to Ryan Alpert and President Cabrera’s press conference. Utah State is bringing in Sandy Barbour and, I think, Huron Consulting. Is this the next popular play call…
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Opinion: What I Learn from Studying Athletic Directors
Read more: Opinion: What I Learn from Studying Athletic DirectorsThink of the AD Rundown as me reading out loud my iPhone Notes app from what I studied about athletic directors in the last week, mainly articles and interviews. Long solo video, but I added timestamps to easily find the 10+ things I talked about. Catch the video or search Higher Ed Athletics podcast on…
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Opinion: Thoughts and Names for the Marshall Athletic Director Opening
Read more: Opinion: Thoughts and Names for the Marshall Athletic Director OpeningMarshall is searching for its next AD as the institution and Christian Spears agreed in April 2025 to not renew his contract that expires in March 2026. Marshall has once again tapped CarrSports to help with the search as they helped lead the search that led to Spears accepting the position in 2022. If you…
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Opinion: Thoughts and Names for the Georgia Tech AD Opening
Read more: Opinion: Thoughts and Names for the Georgia Tech AD OpeningGeorgia Tech is looking for its next athletic director after previous AD, J Batt, hired in 2022, left for the same position at Michigan State. If you are reading this because you are interested in the AD opening at Georgia Tech, then I invite you to read the HEA Briefing I completed. The purpose of the HEA…
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Opinion: Thoughts on the USF Athletic Director Opening
Read more: Opinion: Thoughts on the USF Athletic Director OpeningFor those that don’t know, I started Higher Ed Athletics to interview ADs in hopes of studying the position as a career one day in a research setting or at an industry search firm. I will be finishing my doctorate dissertation on athletic director hiring trends in 2025-2026 academic year, so I thought it was…
