#10: CollegeAD indicates Tarleton State will hold virtual interviews for its open AD chair the last full week of the month with in-person interviews set to start January 30. Parker is assisting with the process. (link)
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#9: Vigo County (IN) Commissioner Mark Clinkenbeard voiced concerns regarding Indiana State AD Sherard Clinkscales’ departure, writing on Facebook that “serious questions need to be answered by the current administration as well as the board of trustees. Sherard will come out on top because he’s a first-class guy. We just hope the university gets its act together before it’s too late.” Clinkenbeard’s comments come as WTHI’s Rick Semmler wrote on X: “Here’s my problem with ISU doing a press release for Clinkscales. I don’t entirely believe what they are saying and [President Deborah Curtis] needs to answer questions on this. … ISU says Clinkscales was pursuing ‘other opportunities.’ I was told the ISU administration was blindsided by this move. That Sherard had already been planning for things in the future at ISU.” (link)
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#8: Baylor debuts the new 7,500-seat Foster Pavilion. Have a look at the Bears’ new hoops home. (link, link)
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#7: McNeese State edged Michigan in men’s basketball last Friday and the Southland Conference had some fun with this photoshop production, captioned “Not even Connor Stalions could save you.” (link)
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#6: Atlantic 10 Director of NCAA Compliance and Student Services Erin Goodman joins Extra Points publisher Matt Brown to discuss her career path from athletic training to compliance, the issue of retention in the profession, the challenges associated with jobs in athletic training and more. Goodman explains she transitioned to compliance to achieve a better work-life balance and notes athletic trainers are “standing up for themselves now and saying we need and deserve to be paid more.” Upon the advent of NIL, Goodman points out athletic departments “rushed to create these NIL positions and it kind of made me sad because why were sports medicine positions not created beforehand? But then you get into the pandemic and there's mental health challenges and what are we doing to support student athletes in that space, and…I think athletic departments are looking holistically at ‘how can we support our student athletes?’ We know there’s a mental health crisis, we know that NIL is contributing to that, now we have sports wagering conversations contributing to that. So I think really athletic departments need to be investing in all aspects, and I think athletic training is kind of the front line of that.” Full Q&A on Connect. (link)
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#5: Bradley Women’s Basketball HC Kate Popovec-Goss returned from a 10-game suspension over the weekend and said: “To be welcomed back with open arms was awesome, but I think I’m also proud of [the players] and my staff because we so easily could have shut down during that period, and I think we found a lot of juice toward the end of it. … As a second-year head coach, this first year and a half has been really challenging. I have been hit with a tremendous amount of adversity personally: Ruptured an Achilles, coached on a scooter. Obviously my suspension, but I think what I’ve learned is to just trust myself. Trust who I am. And you want to be able to coach a team that reflects your energy and reflects who you are.” (link)
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#4: It’s been quite a while since Pac-12 Commissioner George Kliavkoff has talked to the media, here’s what he had to say after Washington’s thrilling College Football Playoff semifinal win over Texas: “Happy for the kids. They don’t deserve all the nonsense going on around them. We were focused on rebuilding football. Took 2.5 years. I wish it would have happened quicker. If some of our schools would have been a little more patient, it would have paid off.” (link)
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#3: Teamworks acquires Front Rush Inventory Management Solution - FR TRAC and partners with Front Rush to transition its ELITE services to Teamworks' product suite. This newest addition marks the twelfth product offering within Teamworks’ Operating System for Sports™. Front Rush will continue to service the Essentials platform. (link)
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#2: Former Penn State Deputy AD for Administration Lynn Holleran has agreed to become the next AD at The College of Wooster (DIII), according to CollegeAD. (link)
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#1: WTHI's Rick Semmler reports Indiana State AD Sherard Clinkscales is no longer in the role, as of the end of 2023. Senior Assoc. AD/SWA Angie Lansing will serve as Interim AD. (link, link)
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