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Minot State AD Kevin Forde has resigned after a year-and-a-half leading the Beavers. VP for Student Affairs Kevin Harmon will lead the department on an interim basis. (link)

At Saturday’s DII business session, membership approved week 0 legislation for Football by a vote of 89-80, AQ privileges for all team sports except Football, which lost by a vote of 83-84, decreasing the number of sponsored programs for a DII championship to 35 for men’s and women’s sports, which includes a three-year grace period for sports that fall below the threshold and eliminates exceptions for Olympic sports. With AQ privileges passing, the DII Championships Committee will cap a bracket at 60% AQs and “establish as policy that bracket expansion be considered at the next budget opportunity whenever a sport reaches a 50% threshold. However, should a sport exceed the 60% limit while being considered for bracket expansion, the Championships Committee may maintain automatic qualification while the bracket size is being addressed.” Concordia-St. Paul AD/Championships Committee member Regan McAthie: “This legislation will ensure that all conferences that sponsor team sports, other than football, will be represented in the national championship. This may help with sponsorship growth, as well, as there would be guaranteed access for the conference when at least six members sponsor the sport. We know that championship access is often discussed when evaluating whether institutions and or conferences are looking to add a sport, and this legislation removes that barrier.” (link)

NCAA President Charlie Baker caught up withFox Sports/Connect’s Bryan Fischer at the NCAA Convention & says “we’re somewhere near the final quarter of the clock” to get something done with Congress, adds, “prognosticating and predicting how the clock is going to run in Washington is not something anyone usually does very successfully. What I would say is that sometime between March and June people’s attention is going to turn pretty completely to the election. But, they still have plenty of stuff on their calendar that they have to finish and I think that gives us an opportunity.” On the new deal with ESPN, which he calls one of his biggest wins during his first year on the job: “In a media market where most people are getting a 1.5x or 2x on what it was they had before, we got a 3x. ESPN played this game a lot harder than anyone else did and usually if you play the game harder than everyone else, you win. We’re all really excited about the collateral commitments they made around production and promotion and marketing. They agreed to do a bunch of stuff around storytelling and student-athletes. They agreed to significantly increase the number of selection shows, a lot of the preview work in-studio stuff, and they included a number of championships on ABC and they brought some of the DII and DIII championships into the package, as well. So, I look at the whole thing and feel really good about it and I’m also very excited that the (Women’s) Basketball Tournament is valued somewhere around 57% of the overall package, which makes it possible for the membership to start talking about a units program. A lot of this is a function of the growth and success of these sports over the last few years and that’s tribute to the NCAA, the schools, the players and ESPN.” Lots more, including the challenge of leading amid an uncertain environment. (link)

NCAA Managing Director of Enterprise Risk Management Clint Hangebrauck during the NCAA Convention moderated a session on sports gambling that featured Teresa Fiore, vice president of partnerships at EPIC Global Solutions, which the NCAA partnered with to provide member schools a free sports gambling harm prevention program; Dr. Timothy W. Fong, professor of psychiatry at UCLA (DI) and co-director of the UCLA Gambling Studies Program; Jonathan Hirshler, co-founder and chief executive officer of Signify Group; and Mark Hicks, managing director of enforcement at the NCAA. During the conversation, Hicks explained that over the past two years “our violation numbers have doubled. And I’ll caution you it’s not a huge number relevant to other bylaws like recruiting and things like that, but it has doubled. … One little stat here is that every undergraduate student has come to age during a time of legalized sports betting, which is completely different than any of us.” Hicks observes there’s “this great divide between people who have grown up coming to age at a time where sports betting is generally legal and the rest of us where it was sports betting was going through a bookie. In addition to regulatory bodies, integrity services and on-campus compliance observation, Hicks believes the “number one change Is the sports books or the operators themselves are policing the space. … We're actually getting – because they're obligated in their state law – reports to us about activities that involve student athletes and staff athletic staff members.” Full session. (link)

BOSCA Founder/former Oklahoma City (NAIA) AD Jim Abbott pens on the expectations for senior administrators to be successful. First, “Do your job well.” Beyond just your responsibilities, Abbott points to the importance of revenue and recruiting for everyone in the department, advocating and speaking frankly about challenges, setting the example, helping to solve problems before they reach the AD’s office and more. Looking for professional development: “Share with me your ambitions so that I can help you achieve them. Make sure that your AD knows what your career goals are. If those goals are focused on continued growth in collegiate athletics, then they are in a unique position to help expand your experiences and network in a way that will help you grow and better prepare you for the opportunity that you desire. That having been said, make sure that you are focused on doing your job to the best of your ability instead of focusing on finding the next one.” Check out the full list of a dozen expectations. (link)

It’s Personnel:

+ Cameron President John McArthur will retire this summer after 11 years leading the university. (link)

+ Missouri Western State hires UT Martin (DI) Assoc. AD of External Operations Ryan Menley as Senior Assoc. AD for External Relations. (link)

Quick Hits:

+ Roberts Wesleyan won the DII Award of Excellence for its work on its Ugandan Water Project. (link)

+ Small College Basketball releases the Bevo Francis Top 100 Watch List. (link)

According to a meta-analysis conducted by researchers from Buffalo (DI), one in 10 college students is a pathological gambler, far higher than the 2-5% of the U.S. general population estimated to have a gambling problem, according to Time’s Oliver Staley, who adds: “Other studies place the number of student gambling addicts lower, but still higher than the overall population of pathological gamblers.” Staley points out the behavior on college campuses isn’t limited to sports betting and also includes ETF trading, cryptocurrency trading and other forms of gambling. The common denominator among all these behaviors are mobile phones. Psychiatrist James Sherer: “You don’t have to go to a casino, you don’t have to go to a bank, you don’t need to carve time out of your schedule, you can do it at work, you can do it in the middle of the night.” Meanwhile, TV ad spends for gambling sites have increased from $197M for all of 2021 to $305M through November of this year and Sherer notes: “Because of the way advertising works these days, even if you are trying to avoid it, you are going to be served up more options and opportunities to re-engage in that behavior than if you were someone who never engaged in that behavior in the first place.” (link)

Social n Sport’s Jessica Smith offers a list of items to consider focusing on this year in sports and social media “based on observations, lessons learned and insights from others.” First, Smith calls for an end to “martyr syndrome” in which people who work in sports complain about missing life moments. “The reality is that too few organizations keep a perspective on what we do. We encourage people to make sacrifices, chalk it up to being part of the business, and then create a vicious cycle of martyr syndrome because people who grew up in sports have zero ideas of what some semblance of balance looks like. And in the end, we create burned-out, jaded people in what should be an incredibly fun industry to be part of. … Working in sports is fun. And it should be. But if we don’t find a way to let people RSVP ‘yes’ to those important life moments and not feel guilty about it, our industry will not keep the best and the brightest.” Smith also believes that “if you are investing in video content, you should invest in YouTube. While the platform is slower to build than other social platforms, I would argue that YouTube has one of the strongest and most stable audiences out of any social network,” with 2.7B active monthly users and roughly 122M active users per day. And “thanks to YouTube Shorts, this platform is no longer just for long-form video; it’s a platform that will support an entire video ecosystem. The teams that invest in YouTube and follow best practices will find a video ecosystem that works hard and delivers for them.” Lots more, including Smith’s thoughts on intentional branding, having more fun with content, and the power of access. (link)

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(NEW!) Assistant AD/Director for Creative Strategy and Social Media (Abilene Christian University / Abilene, TX): This position will oversee all facets of the department’s digital and social media efforts as it relates to graphic design, photography and videography to tell the story of ACU Athletics. (DI) More details HERE.

Conference Commissioner (East Coast Conference / West Babylon, NY): The East Coast Conference (ECC) Commissioner is the Chief Executive Officer of the conference. This individual will provide strategic and operational leadership. More details HERE.

Sport Information Director, Assistant (Texas A&M International University / Laredo, TX): The Assistant Director, Sports Information, under general supervision, assists in publicity efforts for all sponsored sports, including writing press releases and feature stories. More details HERE.

Director of Athletics (Albion College / Albion, MI): This position is responsible for the overall leadership, vision, and oversight of the College's intercollegiate athletics and recreational programs. (DIII) More details HERE

Commissioner (University Athletic Association / Rochester, NY): Reporting to the President Council, the Commissioner is the principal administrative officer of the UAA and will work collaboratively with the Presidents to develop and execute a strategic plan. (DIII) More details HERE.

Director of Intercollegiate Athletics (Henderson State University / Arkadelphia, AR): Candidate directs all aspects of the Department of Intercollegiate Athletics including the overall direction, management, coordination and supervision of 14 sports teams and over 400 student-athletes. More details HERE.

Assistant Coach - Men’s Lacrosse (Haverford College / Haverford, PA): Haverford College invites applications for our full-time (37.5 hours per week), exempt, fixed term, benefits-eligible Assistant Coach for Men’s Lacrosse opportunity. (DIII) More details HERE.

Assistant Coach - Women’s Lacrosse (Haverford College / Haverford, PA): Haverford College invites applications for our full-time (37.5 hours per week), exempt, fixed term, benefits-eligible Assistant Coach for Women’s Lacrosse opportunity. (DIII) More details HERE.

Assistant Director of Athletics for Compliance (Lubbock Christian University / Lubbock, TX): Oversee and ensure departmental compliance with NCAA, conference, and institutional rules and policies. Be knowledgeable and current with all applicable NCAA, conference, and departmental policies. More details HERE.

Athletics and Communications Video Specialist (Central College / Pella, IA): Responsible for the creative implementation of video content at successful Div. III institution for promotional use on multiple digital platforms with an emphasis on targeting prospective students. (DIII) More details HERE.

Assistant Athletics Director for Compliance (Stephen F. Austin State University / Nacogdoches, TX): This is a supervisory position responsible for managing a comprehensive compliance program to ensure all athletics programs & institutional support areas comply with NCAA & conference regulations. (DI) More details HERE.

Associate Vice President / Executive Director of Athletics (University of San Diego / San Diego, CA): Reporting to the President, the Associate VP / Executive Director of Athletics (AVP/EDA) is a member of the President’s Strategic Leadership Team and leads all areas of the Athletic Department. (DI) More details HERE. The D1.dossier for this position is available HERE.

Director of Development (Southern Utah University / Cedar City, UT): The Director of Development will oversee the day-to-day operations of SUU Athletics Development. The Candidate will assist with the organization and coordination of SUU Athletics Special Events. (DI) More details HERE.

Athletic Operations Coordinator (Barton College / Wilson, NC): The Athletics Operations Coordinator will be involved with all aspects of the department, with specific emphasis on providing support in the areas of compliance, finance, revenue generation, and the office of the Vice President. More details HERE.

Assistant Athletic Trainer (University of Illinois Springfield (UIS) / Springfield, IL): Assist in the prevention, management, and care of injuries encountered in competitive athletics at DII institution in GLVC. More details HERE.

Director for Center for Sports Medicine and Performance (Indiana State University / Terre Haute, IN): The Director leads and is responsible for the daily operations of the CSMP to ensure student-athletes receive appropriate health care and conditioning and collaborates with medical professionals. (DI) More details HERE.

Men's Head Soccer Coach (North Central University / Minneapolis, MN): This full time, benefits eligible position is responsible for the development and maintenance of an effective and competitive NCAA Division III men's soccer program. (DIII) More details HERE.

Women's Head Soccer Coach (North Central University / Minneapolis, MN): This full time, benefits eligible position is responsible for the development and maintenance of an effective and competitive NCAA Division III women's soccer program. (DIII) More details HERE.

Assistant Athletic Trainer (Bloomsburg Athletics / Bloomsburg, PA): Join best in class Athletic Training Department focused on compassionate evidence- based medicine & leadership development, through personal & professional growth, centered around life work balance. More details HERE.

Athletics Communications Assistant (University of Chicago / Chicago, IL): Reporting to the Director of Sports Information and Promotions, the Athletics Communications Assistant will support the overall mission and vision of the University of Chicago and Athletics. (DIII) More details HERE.

Assistant Athletic Trainer (Adams State University / Alamosa, CO): Responsibilities include coordinating and delivering athletic training services to the student-athletes of Adams State University. This is a full-time position. More details HERE.

Senior Associate Commissioner, Internal Operations (America East Conference / Boston, MA): Serve in a key leadership role at the conference office, located in Boston's lively Seaport District, overseeing all aspects of internal operations including financial operations and human resources. (DI) More details HERE.

Asst/Assoc. Athletic Director for Compliance (East Stroudsburg University / East Stroudsburg, PA): We are hiring an Assistant/Associate Athletic Director for Compliance. This position is responsible for all NCAA Athletic student compliance and is a 12 month tenure track faculty role. More details HERE.

Head Women's Volleyball Coach (Lake Forest College / Lake Forest, IL): Full-time position responsible for the management of all areas of the program, supporting the team comprehensively in their student-athlete experience and enhancing our rich Tradition of Excellence. (DIII) More details HERE.

Director of Athletic Communications (University of North Georgia / Dahlonega, GA): The Director of Athletic Communications is responsible for assisting in promoting a positive image, both internally and externally, of the University's 13-sport NCAA intercollegiate athletics program. More details HERE.

Head Coach, Sprint Football/Athletic Administrator (Caldwell University / Caldwell, NJ): Responsible for all facets of the sprint football program including; recruiting, scheduling, player development and administrative duties as assigned. More details HERE.

Women's Soccer Head Coach (Wells College / Aurora, NY): Full time position that oversees all aspects of the Women’s Soccer program, to develop and encourage individual and team success, and recruit academically and athletically talented student-athletes. (DIII) More details HERE.

Development Officer - Athletics (Auburn University / Auburn, AL): The selected candidate will plan, organize, and implement fund-raising activities for one or more organization units within Auburn University. (DI) More details HERE.

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