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In testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee today, NCAA President Charlie Baker called for a ban on college prop bets, the exclusion of bettors who harass student-athletes and the enhancement of data-sharing for integrity investigations. Baker notes many student-athletes have “received death threats from bettors and they also receive other in-person threats and accusations directed at them while they’re leaving or coming onto the field of play.” (link); Senators John Kennedy (R-LA) and Josh Hawley (R-MO) took aim at Baker over transgender participation in college athletics, with Kennedy asking why Baker supports allowing transgender women who were born as biological males to compete against biological females who identify as such. Baker responded: “Over the course of the past two years, five federal court cases involving this question – let me finish – five federal judges have all sided with participation as the standard. This is a very –” Kennedy interrupts and asks: “So, you’re saying you don’t have a choice?” To which Baker replies: “I'm saying that under the current dynamic there is not clarity on this issue legally.” Kennedy pressed further, asking why Baker doesn’t take the position that, if he agrees that biological males have a competitive advantage over biological females, he should lead the NCAA in legislation banning transgender participation. Baker: “Because federal courts have already taken the position that they do have the right to compete.” Kennedy consequently advises: “You can disagree and be sued.” Hawley piles on, asserting that the court has not ordered the NCAA to allow transgender participation, and charges Baker with personally allowing transgender participation, to which Baker reiterates the NCAA is complying with decisions made by federal judges. Later in the hearing, Baker is allowed to speak uninterrupted on the matter and says: “Part of the challenge is we’re dealing with a very murky set of court decisions at the state and federal level around this issue, which creates a certain lack of clarity around our policy because our policy ultimately needs to comply with federal policy, which is why guidance either on the regulatory side or on the statutory side would be very helpful.” Full hearing. (link)

Central Michigan AD Amy Folan signed a contract extension through 2029, according to The Detroit News’ Tony Paul, who reports Folan will earn at least $342K a year. (link)

Georgia President/former DI Board of Directors Chair Jere Morehead submits that “it is absolute bedlam occurring across college football” right now, and says of last-minute, pre-House implementation NIL agreements: “We should be definitive that we will go back and unwind these deals that are not legitimate third-party NIL transactions. We should not accept the notion that institutions, coaches or players can agree to anything they want until July 1. These deals, if not legitimate third-party NIL agreements, would be in violation of the settlement we all agreed to going forward.” The bedlam is manifesting in several ways, Yahoo’s Ross Dellenger observes, including with the recent transfer of Penn State QB Beau Pribula, about whom Nittany Lions HC James Franklin says: “We got problems in college football and I can give you my word: Beau Pribula did not want to leave our program until the end of the season. Beau should not be put in this position.” One person familiar with Pribula’s decision adds: “It’s really sad. Agents have all the control and players are put in awful situations. He had to do it or he would lose any opportunity to be a starter.” Some point out, however, that the sport appears to have more parity than it has in recent years, and SMU HC Rhett Lashlee observes: “Teams can no longer load up, create a monopoly and dominate over and over again. No longer does a blue blood have four or five straight top-five classes. They can’t keep guys. These guys are leaving. They transfer so they can play and it spreads the talent out more.” (link)

AAC Commissioner Tim Pernetti joins the On the Fly podcast and talks about how having been an AD informs his perspective as commissioner: “Understanding what presidents and athletic directors deal with, what some of the challenges that campuses face today are, I think has been a huge advantage because in that commissioner room – [ACC Commissioner] Jimmy Phillips has that experience as well at Northwestern – but every commissioner brings something different to the table, and I think that's what makes the room so dynamic. Because you’ve got a lot of Type A’s in the room, there's a lot of opinions, but it is a group that's committed to trying to move the industry to the right place.” On the current state of the industry, Pernetti submits that “people wonder” whether the enterprise is in lockstep the way it once was “or are some trying to move their enterprise forward at the cost of others? So it's really important to create alignment, but it starts with your own conference, and what I explain to our conference is we're going to spend all our time on trying to establish a new reputation, which, in five years, I'd like us to be known as the most Innovative conference in collegiate athletics. What does that mean? Conference naming rights – would we bring a brand in to sort of co-name or conference to generate new resources and revenue for maybe directly to student-athletes for conference-wide NIL deals? Private capital and private investment? College athletics is hugely valuable. We’re all locked up in these long-term relationships, but as part of it, we know what the value is, so how can we bring a capital partner in to help accelerate some of that investment for the next three to five years while we face all these new challenges? And we want to get in the business of creating new value so when our next media contract comes up we're a more valuable enterprise.” Full convo. (link)

Notre Dame AD Pete Bevacqua met with reporters today ahead of the Fighting Irish’s College Football Playoff matchup with Indiana this weekend and said it will sound and feel like a home game. "I think it has a chance to be a spectacular moment in sports and a spectacular moment in Notre Dame history." He also said of the House settlement: “It's on our minds constantly; it's set for final hearing in April, expectation is it will be approved. We have a plan in place if it is approved and we will absolutely meet the cap.” Bevacqua also remarked that percentages on a revenue-sharing split are still being figured out but that no secret that a large portion of that will be dedicated to football. On Football HC Marcus Freeman’s extension, he says there are "no carve outs" that would make it any easier for him to get out of it for any other college or NFL. Bevacqua says of the challenges of hosting a home CFP game that the first thing was to change the exam schedule and everybody embraced that. ND wanted to make sure dorms were open an additional 24 hours because a home game is not a home game without students there. Private equity discussions, Bevacqua noted, are out there and firms have reached out to Notre Dame, but he doesn’t envision PE will be prevalent in college football anytime soon and “we definitely do not see private equity as the answer for Notre Dame.” More from Irish Sports Daily. (link)

Boise State AD Jeramiah Dickey sits down with JohnCanzano.com’s namesake to discuss how the Broncos are charting their path forward and predicts football will break away from the NCAA by the end of the decade. “When you look at the NFL, there’s a lot less drama. You have one king in terms of the commissioner, and in many cases, he has more power than the owners. I think we probably need to get to a system where you don’t necessarily have as many cooks in the kitchen as we have currently right now. Every AD is doing what’s best for his/her program, every president is doing what’s best for his/her (school), every commissioner is doing what’s best for his/her (conference), and you have a lot of people in the kitchen, and it creates problems because you have no unity.” More Dickey as Canzano uses the “Moneyball” analogy for the Broncos: “It’s apples and chainsaws. As I go through the budgets currently where we sit from a football operating standpoint compared to the other 11 schools that are in the CFP — we’re an outlier. Some of those schools have more for their football budget than I do for my overall department and the 18 sports that I represent. It’s a point of pride on one hand, but on the other, we’ve got to find a way to do more.” Enter the Pac-12. Dickey “felt there was enough meat on the bone that it was going to better our situation, whether I could monetize it myself or it was additional revenues coming in because of those we were aligning with and being underneath that brand or umbrella.” (link)

The Athletic's Chris Vannini unpacks how SMU donors’ investment in the football program is already paying dividends, and former Mustangs student-athlete/current donor Paul B. Loyd Jr. says: “As a businessman, if you look at the rate of return on what we invested, that return is substantial.” SMU Board of Trustees Chair/fellow donor David Miller adds: “It’s no longer, ‘If you make this investment, here’s what could happen.’ What we hoped could happen is happening right now. It’s real. You can reach out and touch it, feel it.” Vannini notes the ROI goes beyond football as the men’s basketball team is 9-2 under first-year coach Andy Enfield and the volleyball team recently reached the second round of the NCAA Tournament. Outside of athletics, applications for enrollment are up more than 40%, according to Miller. Outgoing President Gerald R. Turner: “So often you provide support and you may see it somewhere down the line. But it’s just amazing that the turnaround has been so fast.” Thaddeus Mattula, an alum who directed the 30 for 30 documentary Pony Express, puts it like this: “It’s like a limb or appendage is back after being gone for so long. SMU being a great program was part of my childhood. For it to be back is amazing.” (link)

While the relative size of College Football Playoff teams’ NIL budgets is generally assumed (i.e. Ohio State’s squad receives more NIL funding than Boise State’s), the precise numbers are mostly rumors, according to The Athletic’s David Ubben, who got six operators of CFP teams’ collectives to go on the record. Arizona State-focused Sun Angel Collective Executive Director Brittani Willett helps explain the rationale: “If your number is too low, everyone is concerned and it works against you in recruiting. Another school might hear you only have $10M and say, ‘We have $20M over here.’ If your number is too high, then you have athletes you’re already working with saying, ‘Oh, you could afford to pay me more.’” As for how the money is spent, Ubben notes: “Though major acquisitions like Ohio State landing Caleb Downs from Alabama and Quinshon Judkins from Ole Miss make bigger headlines during the offseason, every collective The Athletic spoke with said the majority of their money goes toward roster retention, rather than adding players through the transfer portal or in high school recruiting. Happy Valley United GM Jen Ferrang: “We’re really not involved in recruiting. We’re focused on retaining the current roster and giving the team opportunities across the board.” (link)

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+ Priority Sports & Entertainment announces Korn Ferry Sports Sector Leader Jenna McLaughlin will join its Coaches, Broadcasters, and Front Office Division and spearhead Priority’s new Women’s Sports Division. (link)

+ Little Rock announces five new additions to its leadership team. The Best is Ahead Foundation Executive VP Dan Crowley will take over as Deputy AD/CRO; Boise State Asst. AD for Facilities and Operations Garrett Ton has been named Assoc. AD for Facilities and Operations; Asst. AD for Communications Brandy Dixon has been elevated to Assoc. AD for Marketing and Engagement; UA Little Rock William H. Bowen School of Law's Development Director Noah Henkell moves over from campus to become Assoc. AD for Development; and SBLive Sports Regional Editor Nate Olson joins as Assoc. AD for Strategic Communications. (link) 

+ The Southland Conference names North Texas Assoc. AD of Business Operations Amanda Brooks as Senior Assoc. Commissioner of Business Operations. (link)

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+ Tarleton State has named Louisiana AHC Jazmyne Johnson as its next Volleyball HC. (link) 

+ Iowa State inks Men’s Basketball HC T.J. Otzelberger to an extension through June 30, 2032. Financial terms have yet to be reported. (link)

+ Western Carolina Women’s Soccer HC Chad Miller has inked a multi-year extension. (link)

+ Iowa Softball HC Renee Gillispie will step away from coaching for the 2025 season due to a personal health matter. AC Brian Levin has been named Interim HC. (link)

+ West Virginia Football HC Rich Rodriguez will have a $5M annual salary pool for his on-field assistant coaches along with $2.5M for his football support staff. This is particularly notable, according to the AP’s John Raby, because “after he left for Michigan in December 2007, Rodriguez has said promises made by a previous administration at West Virginia were not kept and his request for more money for his assistant coaches was rejected. Rodriguez said his relationship with then-athletic director Ed Pastilong had disintegrated by August 2007 to the point that the two men barely spoke.” (link)

Cincinnati and Nebraska will open their 2025 football campaigns at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City. The game was previously slated for Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis. The Cincinnati Enquirer’s Scott Springer notes UC stands to double its money for the game, “which could approach a $6M profit.” Bearcats AD John Cunningham: "We weren't looking to move it, didn't want to move it from Indy but got a cold call from Arrowhead and a group that was looking to put a game together. We didn't know if they could get us to where we needed to go financially, but they did. We feel like we can get close to doubling our revenues. In this day and age, business decisions have to be made and this was one we needed to make." CFO John Daniel adds: “We didn't have a guarantee in Indy, it was all based on ticket sales. Here (at Arrowhead) we get a guarantee ($2.5M) plus upsides based on tickets sold and there are some bonus triggers in the contract." (link)

Charlotte’s previously two-pronged donor collective structure has been consolidated into a singular entity – the Niners Collective, and the 49ers announce that donors who support the Niners Collective will also now receive 49er Club priority points. 49ers AD Mike Hill: "A singular collective is critical to the support of our student-athletes' NIL opportunities as the collegiate model continues to evolve." (link)

St. Thomas has selected Levy as its official food and beverage partner. Tommies AD Phil Esten: "With the Lee and Penny Anderson Arena opening in 2025, we wanted a partner that would elevate the gameday experience for fans and allow us to strategically plan for an enhanced food and beverage experience. Levy is a national brand and industry leader both on the collegiate and professional level, and this partnership is a commitment, not only to our fans, but anyone attending a St. Thomas event in the future." (link)

Georgia Southern and Old Dominion will join the Atlantic Sun as affiliate members in women's swimming and diving beginning with the 2025-26 season. (link)

Front Office Sports’ Amanda Christovich reports the Athlete Showcase, which sought to function as a college version of the NFL combine to help athletes maximize their transfer/NIL earning potential, has been canceled due to logistical issues. It was supposed to take place on January 5, and the organizers are instead planning an event in the spring for men’s and women’s college basketball players. (link)

Media Metrics…

+ The NCAA Volleyball Championship regionals were the most-watched on record, averaging 401K viewers on ESPN networks, up 98% YoY. The round included five of the most-watched regionals ever. Growth among P18-34 was up 232%, P2-17 viewership was up 115% and women viewership increased 112%. ESPN+ experienced a 44% uptick. (link)

+ ESPN College GameDay delivered its most-watched regular season in the show’s 38-year history in 2024, amassing over 30M total viewers. GameDay averaged 2.2M viewers per show, up 5% over the previous season high and 6% YoY. Four episodes topped 2.3M viewers. From ESPN’s release: “College GameDay remains the most-watched traditional sports news and studio show on cable and college football’s No. 1 pregame show, outpacing the competition in the final hour by 84% overall and by 155% in the key persons 18-49 demographic.” (link)

+ The Heisman Trophy presentation on ESPN drew 2.5M viewers, per SBJ’s Austin Karp, who notes it’s the highest figure since 2019 and up 8% YoY. (link)

+ Viewership numbers for the initial Players Era Festival reached a high of 281K for the Alabama-Houston matchup on TBS. The next most-watched game was Alabama-Oregon (187K on TNT), followed by Creighton-San Diego State (161K on TBS), Texas A&M-Oregon (138K on TBS), TAMU-Rutgers (136K on TruTV), SDSU-UH (105K on TNT), UH-Notre Dame (83K on TBS), Creighton-ND (83K on TruTV) and ND-Rutgers (63K on TBS). (link)

In case you missed this morning's D1.ticker edition…

Vermont captured the men’s soccer national championship in dramatic fashion, scoring a golden goal in OT to earn the Catamounts’ first national title. Watch. (link) 

CollegeAD has details of Boise State AD Jeramiah Dickey’s new five-year contract, which runs through June 30, 2029, and includes a starting base salary of $465K and a $75K signing bonus. Dickey’s base pay will increase by 2.5% each year starting in FY26. Starting May 1, 2025, Dickey will be eligible for $75K retention bonuses and that figure increases to $100K beginning on May 1, 2028. In addition to a $54K annual housing allowance, Dickey can earn several bonuses, including $25K for a first-round College Football Playoff berth or bye, $25K for reaching the quarterfinals, $50K for making the semis, $75K for getting to the championship game and $100K for winning it. CFP bonuses max out at $275K. Academic and team-specific bonuses max out at $80K. For terminating the agreement without cause, Boise State would owe Dickey his remaining base pay plus the housing allowance. Dickey would owe the Broncos $250K for stepping down before December 31, 2025, $175K for leaving before December 31, 2027, and $100K after that. (link)

The Mountain West has released a statement on the lawsuit filed by Colorado State and Utah State, calling it an “inappropriate attempt to circumvent their clear financial obligations as departing members,” adding: “The Mountain West rules pertaining to withdrawal from the conference are longstanding and were developed and codified by the current member institutions – including Colorado State and Utah State. We look forward to responding to the lawsuit to refute several inaccurate and specious assertions included in their filing.” (link) 

UC Davis AD Rocko DeLuca talks about the move to the Mountain West and says “ultimately what happened is our success this fall in all sports, in addition to our football program, really caught the eye of the Mountain West Conference and some of their leadership. And when they came knocking on the door, it was an offer that Chancellor May and I thought was too good to pass up. Obviously, we’ve got some work cut out to close the gap between this football program and the Dakotas and the Montanas. We're focused on doing that with UC Davis Health Stadium and looking at our future there so we can prepare, but certainly the past seven days have been some of the best in UC Davis sports history.” DeLuca says the Aggies continue to be “vigilant and look for opportunities, and the Mountain West move for us is an opportunity that allows some separation from some of our peers within the state of California certainly. And more importantly, it provides a little distinction amongst those we’re competing against in football.” Looking forward, DeLuca acknowledges the Aggies have a “big gap on our basketball operations side to close between our new competitors and where we currently exist in the Big West. The cool thing is I'm all about it, Chancellor May’s all about it…so we’re going to embrace that challenge. I just hope our fans and donors who are listening will answer the bell and step up.” (link)

Florida A&M AD Angela Suggs joins Tomorrow’s Leaders Sports Network to discuss her vision for the Rattlers and says it’s a “tough job. You get pulled in a lot of different directions. You want to be successful across the landscape and the balancing act sometimes can be a little difficult. But in doing so, if we keep our eyes on the prize, we keep the main thing the main thing – and that is our student-athletes and what’s going to be great for their experience – and if we do that together as a team, I think that we’ll be able to move this thing forward in ways never seen before.” Suggs also emphasizes the importance of “resource optimization” from a "corporate perspective, small business perspective, individual from a philanthropic perspective and more. …. And when I tell you that the 400+ student-athletes at Florida A&M University is a great platform to invest in, a great group to invest in, the return on that investment is them graduating.” (link)

Colorado College AD Leslie Irvine joins D3.ticker’s Anthony Grassi and talks about balancing two DI programs within a larger DIII portfolio as the industry continues to change. “We all understand what Division I programs need [differs from DIII programs]. They’re different, [they have] different NCAA rules, scholarships, NIL, revenue-sharing. But I really leverage that opportunity to just make sure that all of the programs at CC have what they need and they get to chase championships. We see it as a really unique advantage, to be honest, as far as meeting all the programs where they are and making sure that each of the coaches feel that they have what they need and that I'm leaning into support. And then when you think about programs like the hockey program, which is our most highly visible, we’re just really strategic about making sure that all of our coaches and programs benefit from that.” One example Irvine cites is having a team who’s completed a successful season, such as last year’s men’s soccer team, come out on the ice during a hockey game to make sure the community sees them. CC is closely monitoring the latest House developments, and Irvine notes that “CC is certainly committed to competing at the highest level and we tend to just watch what’s happening within the conference landscape to make sure that we’re competitive within that.” On the topic of balancing revenue generation and program investment, Irvine notes the department has hired a major gifts officer, but she doesn’t envision a future in which CC hires a Chief Revenue Officer or “someone who's actively out there seeking these partnerships with our student-athletes. I think some of the difference with CC or schools like ours is it's such a return on investment in terms of the academic quality of the institution. I think the student-athletes recognize that and so there's also that as far as a retention tool for our student-athletes.” Full Q&A. (link)

The U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights on Thursday issued the results of its eight-year Title IX investigation into Baylor, which examined the school’s behavior from 2014 to 2020. From the report: “While OCR recognizes that the University has made significant strides in improving its Title IX process, OCR's investigation revealed violations of Title IX as well as Title IX compliance concerns. The failure to immediately report sexual harassment to the Title IX Coordinator prevented the Title IX Coordinator from providing a prompt and equitable response as required by Title IX. Moreover, involvement of the Athletics Department in the investigative or fact-gathering process for athletes introduced a conflict of interest into the University's Title IX process, compromising the legitimacy of some Title IX investigations." The report noted that almost half of the 49 complaints filed against student-athletes from January 2017 to September 2020 were not investigated and were instead closed because the person who filed the complaint declined the full Title IX process. "Only three Title IX complaints against athletes during the subject time period were fully investigated by the University.” ESPN’s Paula Lavigne notes that of the 1,578 total sexual harassment complaints filed during the same time frame, 6% were fully investigated and 34% were closed as "declined process." A statement from Baylor in response to the report emphasizes that “with two limited exceptions, OCR's findings are not reflective of Baylor's current Title IX program, but instead represent a backwards look at the time frame between the 2014-2015 and 2019-2020 academic years." More. (link)

It’s Personnel presented by D1.relocation…

+ Saint Louis has named Oregon State Provost Edward J. Feser as its next president. (link)

+ Cincinnati has promoted Asst. AD for Compliance Grace Kroner to Assoc. AD of Compliance and Administration. (link)

+ Toledo Assoc. AD for Creative Services and Brand Strategy Blaine Fridrick has left the department for a Senior Art Director role at Monumental Sports & Entertainment. (link)

+ SBJ has released its list of the Most Influential People in Sports in 2024 and those with a direct association with college athletics include NCAA President Charlie Baker, SEC Commissioner Greg Sankey, Big Ten Commissioner Tony Petitti, ACC Commissioner Jim Phillips, Big 12 Commissioner Brett Yormark, Winston & Strawn Executive Co-Chairman Jeffrey Kessler and U.S. District Court Judge Claudia Wilken. Full list. (link)

+ The Wire on Collegiate Sports Connect this morning shows movement at the following institutions: Binghamton, Boston College, Coastal Carolina, Colorado, Delaware, Gardner-Webb, Georgia Tech, Little Rock, Memphis, Nebraska, Pacific, Saint Peter’s Tennessee, UMass Lowell, UNC Asheville, USC, Vanderbilt, Washington, Washington State, West Virginia and Yale. (link)

Coaches Corner powered by D1.relocation…

+ Davidson plans to name Bentley (DII) Football HC Saj Thakkar to the same post. (link)

+ Louisiana Tech taps Our Lady of the Lake (NAIA) Volleyball HC Scott Mattera for the same post. (link)

+ Michigan State and Volleyball HC Leah Johnson have mutually agreed to part ways. (link)

+ UNLV Football HC Dan Mullen will earn $3.5M per year as part of his five-year deal. If Mullen leaves for a Power 4 school before December 2025, he will owe UNLV $7M. That buyout, per the Las Vegas Sun’s Mike Grimala, decreases by $1M per year through the end of the contract. If Mullen were to leave for another non-power conference job, it would cost him $5M for the first year and decrease by $1M per year. Mullen will receive a retention bonus of $100K if he is still at UNLV after the second year of his contract, and $200K after each of the third and fourth years. For leading the Rebels to the Mountain West title game, Mullen will receive $25K, and he can earn another $50K for winning it. Mullen can also bring in a $75K bonus for a bowl appearance and $100K for making the College Football Playoff. Mullen is now the Mountain West's highest paid coach, surpassing Colorado State HC Jay Norvell, who makes $1.8M per year, and San Diego State HC Sean Lewis, who makes $1.75M. (link)

+ New Houston DC Austin Armstrong has signed a two-year deal with an annual salary of $750K, per the Houston Chronicle’s Joseph Duarte, who notes Armstrong can earn more in incentives. (link)

Bowl Season Executive Director Nick Carparelli tells SBJ’s Austin Karp that “bowl season occupies the most profitable time for ESPN. … They’ve embraced the Bowl Season brand. In fact, this year you're going to see Bowl Season branding throughout the broadcasts [via] the next game up graphics [and] the stingers coming in and out of breaks. We have a Bowl Season PSA on ESPN and they've been very helpful with that. ESPN Events, as you know, owns and operates 17 bowl games. Those 17 games are members of Bowl Season. They're active members, they pay dues to the association, they attend our annual meeting that we have every year. They are great partners; they do a great job of promoting the game of college football and Bowl Season specifically.” (link)

NBC’s Nicole Auerbach takes a look at how the Pop-Tarts Bowl keeps upping the ante following last year’s game in which “Frosted Strawberry believed it to be an honor to sacrifice his anthropomorphic form to the college football gods, holding up a sign that read, ‘Dreams really do come true,’ as he descended into the top of a giant toaster on the field.” To follow that up, Auerbach notes that in addition to the aforereported toaster trophy, the bowl game has tripled the number of mascots and given each mascot its own distinct personality. Florida Citrus Sports Chief Marketing Officer Matt Repchak: “Everything combined for this crazy zeitgeist moment, and it’s really hard to follow that up. So, how do we ramp it up? How do we unleash the spectacle? Turn it up to 11?” For one thing, Auerbach notes fans “can expect some sort of tribute to Frosted Strawberry, the edible mascot who died doing what he loved. We will meet Frosted Wild Berry, who is expected to be quick, unpredictable, kind of like a toddler on a sugar high, or like the actor Charlie Day (champion of the sun). Frosted Cinnamon Roll (more laid-back and lighthearted) and Frosted Hot Fudge Sundae (tons of swagger and confidence) will round out the group. It is believed that the three live mascots will be played by former NBA mascots. Last year, Frosted Strawberry was played by former Chicago Bulls’ Benny the Bull performer Barry Anderson.” Pop-Tarts brand manager Alex Sotiropoulos: “There’s this marriage of general public and college football fans coming together for the Pop-Tarts Bowl. Whether you’re an athlete, whether you’re a fan, whether you maybe aren’t even interested in college football – there’s something in the Pop-Tarts Bowl for you. And people just love Pop-Tarts.” (link)

The VCU Board of Visitors has formally approved plans for the first phase of its Athletic Village. The $38M first phase will include a new 1,500-seat stadium and field to replace the neighboring Sports Backers Stadium. The first phase’s cost will be financed primarily through the sale of Sports Backers Stadium, as the university is set to sell the 6.6-acre parcel to the Richmond Economic Development Authority for $25M. The remaining $13M will be covered by athletic department funds and private fundraising. (link)

Chicago State has partnered with Teamworks Influencer to launch the Chicago State Exchange. (link)

NFL Flag Executive Director/RCX Sports CEO Izell Reese writes an SBJ op-ed about the rise of girls’ and women’s flag football and notes that 42,955 high school girls participated in the 2023-24 season, a 105% YoY increase. Meanwhile, nearly half a million girls aged six to 17 played flag football nationwide in 2023, and the number continues to rise. “The message is clear – girls want to play flag football. As this pathway expands, one crucial gap remains: NCAA membership sponsorship. That’s why, on behalf of the NFL, RCX Sports Foundation, USA Football and NFL Flag, we’ve applied to make women’s flag football an NCAA Emerging Sport for Women.” Reese points out the sport is already thriving on the NAIA and NJCAA levels while Conference Carolinas (DII) and Alabama State have also introduced the sport to their respective campuses. Bulldogs AD Jason Cable: “We are thrilled to be the trailblazers – the first HBCU to introduce women’s flag football as an intercollegiate program at Alabama State University. This pioneering step not only reaffirms our commitment to leadership but also opens up new horizons for young women and girls at the Division I level.” Further NCAA support, Reese continues, “would not only help cement its place on the national stage, but also enhance gender equity in athletics. It reinforces a powerful message — that young girls’ dreams are attainable, and their talent will be recognized and rewarded.” (link)

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Assistant Director of Student Services (Vanderbilt University / Nashville, TN): More details HERE.

 

Academic Counselor (Kansas State University / Manhattan, KS): More details HERE.

 

Senior Associate Athletic Director, Student Life (University of Pittsburgh / Pittsburgh, PA): More details HERE.

 

Associate Athletic Director, Academics (University of San Diego / San Diego, CA): More details HERE.

 

Director, Student Athlete Development (R0144335) (University of Nevada – Reno / Reno, NV): More details HERE.

 

Academic Coordinator (University of South Florida / Tampa, FL): More details HERE.

 

Associate/Assistant Director of Academic Services (Baylor University / Waco, TX): More details HERE.

Associate Athletic Director for Business Operations (University of North Texas / Denton, TX): More details HERE.

 

Assistant AD, Foundation Finance (Auburn University / Auburn, AL): More details HERE. 

 

Assistant Athletic Director for Business Operations (Georgia Southern University / Statesboro, GA): More details HERE.

 

Associate Athletics Director-Resource Management (Purdue University / West Lafayette, IN): More details HERE.

 

Senior Associate Athletic Director for Administration (Ball State University / Muncie, IN): More details HERE.

 

Part-Time Business Office Assistant (University of Denver / Denver, CO): More details HERE.

 

Senior Associate AD, Sports Administration (University of Delaware / Newark, DE): More details HERE.

 

Athletics Fiscal Specialist - 133366 (University of California – San Diego / La Jolla, CA): More details HERE.

 

Financial Analyst II (University of Arizona / Tucson, AZ): More details HERE.

 

Assistant Athletic Director, Strategy and Analytics (Penn State / University Park, PA): More details HERE.

 

Executive Associate Athletic Director - Chief Financial Officer (Georgia Tech / Atlanta, GA): More details HERE.

 

Assistant Athletic Director Business and Finance (Florida International University / Miami, FL): More details HERE.

Assistant Women's Volleyball Coach (Kansas State University / Manhattan, KS): More details HERE.

 

Head's Women Soccer Coach (Southeast Missouri State University / Cape Girardeau, MO): More details HERE.

 

Head Women's Volleyball Coach (Saint Mary's College of California / Moraga, CA): More details HERE.

 

Assistant Coach / Goalkeeper Coach, Men's Soccer (University of Central Florida / Orlando, FL): More details HERE.

 

Assistant Coach, Women's Soccer (Bowdoin College / Brunswick, ME): (DIII) More details HERE.

 

Head Women’s Soccer Coach (Virginia Commonwealth University / Richmond, VA): More details HERE.

 

Head Volleyball Coach (Central Michigan University / Mount Pleasant, MI): More details HERE. The Coaches.dossier for this position is available HERE.

 

Head Volleyball Coach (University of North Texas / Denton, TX): More details HERE. The Coaches.dossier for this position is available HERE.

 

Assistant Coach, Women's Volleyball (Tulane University / New Orleans, LA): More details HERE.

 

Head Volleyball Coach (Oral Roberts University / Tulsa, OK): Please email any interest to kaity@bowlsbysportsadvisors.com More details HERE. The Coaches.dossier for this position is available HERE.

 

Assistant Volleyball Coach (Texas Tech University / Lubbock, TX): More details HERE.

 

Women's Basketball Video Coordinator (Bowling Green State University / Bowling Green, OH): More details HERE.

 

Women's Soccer Assistant Coach/Goalkeeper Coach (Duke University / Durham, NC): More details HERE.

 

Assistant Women's Tennis Coach (Johns Hopkins University / Baltimore, MD): (DIII) More details HERE.

 

Chief Executive Officer (Women's Golf Coaches Association (WGCA) / Anywhere, US): More details HERE.

 

Women’s Head Soccer Coach (University of California – Riverside / Riverside, CA): More details HERE.

 

Field Hockey Head Coach (Rhodes College / Memphis, TN): (DIII) More details HERE.

 

Assistant Coach, Women's Soccer (Oakland University / Rochester, MI): More details HERE.

 

Assistant Coach Women's Lacrosse (Saint Francis University / Loretto, PA): More details HERE.

 

Head Coach - Women's Soccer (University of the Pacific / Stockton, CA): More details HERE.

Associate Athletics Director of Marketing and Branding (East Tennessee State University / Johnson City, TN): More details HERE.

 

Athletics Communications Assistant (10 months) (Johns Hopkins University / Baltimore, MD): (DIII) More details HERE.

 

Assistant Director, Creative Services (Post-Production) (Boise State University / Boise, ID): More details HERE.

 

Video Broadcast Graduate Assistant (2 Positions) (Mercer University / Macon, GA): More details HERE.

 

Assistant Director of Broadcasting (Dartmouth College / Hanover, NH): More details HERE.

 

Associate Athletics Director for External Relations (Missouri State University / Springfield, MO): More details HERE.

 

Assistant Athletic Director for Marketing, Fan Engagement, and Revenue Strategy (University of San Diego / San Diego, CA): More details HERE.

 

Assistant Director - Digital Strategy (Football) (Georgia Tech / Atlanta, GA): More details HERE.

 

Director, Athletics Communications and Creative Services (University of Delaware / Newark, DE): More details HERE.

 

Director of Digital Marketing (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill / Chapel Hill, NC): More details HERE.

 

Associate Director of Digital Strategy (University of Washington / Seattle, WA): More details HERE.

 

Director/Assistant Director of Marketing and Fan Engagement (East Texas A&M / Commerce, TX): More details HERE

 

Assistant Director of Marketing (United States Air Force Academy / Colorado Springs, CO): More details HERE.

 

Assistant A.D., Video / #Content (University of Central Florida / Orlando, FL): More details HERE.

 

Assistant Director of Creative Video (Duke University / Durham, NC): More details HERE.

 

Assistant Athletic Director, Marketing & Fan Engagement (William & Mary / Williamsburg, VA): More details HERE.

 

Broadcast & Video Production Coordinator (Southeast Missouri State University / Cape Girardeau, MO): More details HERE.

 

Associate Director, Marketing (University of Arizona / Tucson, AZ): More details HERE.

 

Assistant Athletics Director for Strategic Communications (Football) (University of Utah / Salt Lake City, UT): More details HERE.

 

Director of Marketing and Digital Strategy (George Mason University / Fairfax, VA): More details HERE.

 

Athletics Graphic Designer (Lamar University / Beaumont, TX): More details HERE.

 

Director of Recruiting, Influence, and Branding Strategy (University of Virginia / Charlottesville, VA): More details HERE.

 

Creative Producer - Men's and Women's Basketball (Rice University / Houston, TX): More details HERE.

 

Communications Assistantship (Duke University / Durham, NC): More details HERE.

Compliance Coordinator - Athletics (Missouri State University / Springfield, MO): More details HERE. 

 

Assistant Athletic Director for NCAA Compliance (Monmouth University / West Long Branch, NJ): More details HERE.

 

Associate Athletic Director for Compliance (Colorado State University / Fort Collins, CO): More details HERE.

 

Associate Athletics Director-Resource Management (Purdue University / West Lafayette, IN): More details HERE.

 

Associate General Counsel (University of Nebraska / Lincoln, NE): More details HERE.

 

Assistant Athletic Director, Compliance (Kennesaw State University / Kennesaw, GA): More details HERE.

 

Senior Associate Director of Athletic Compliance (Football) (University of Minnesota / Minneapolis, MN): More details HERE.

Assistant Director, Development and Alumni Engagement - Athletics (Vanderbilt University / Nashville, TN): More details HERE.

 

Director of Development 1 or 2 (Washington State University / Pullman, WA): More details HERE.

 

Assistant AD, Foundation Finance (Auburn University / Auburn, AL): More details HERE. 

 

Senior Associate Athletic Director for Development (Rice University / Houston, TX): More details HERE.

 

Coordinator - Athletic Development (Middle Tennessee State University / Murfreesboro, TN): More details HERE.

 

Senior Director/ Director of Development - Major Gifts (University of Georgia / Athens, GA): More details HERE.

 

Director of Heritage Association (University of Southern California / Los Angeles, CA): More details HERE.

 

Director of Development Communications (University of Southern California / Los Angeles, CA): More details HERE

 

Assistant AD for Annual Fund & Premium Seating (Arkansas State University / Jonesboro, AR): More details HERE.

 

Assistant Director of Development Operations (Arkansas State University / Jonesboro, AR): More details HERE.

 

Assistant Director, Development (University of Wyoming / Laramie, WY): More details HERE.

 

Assistant Director of Donor Relations & Stewardship (Dartmouth College / Hanover, NH): More details HERE.

Assistant Director of Donor Communications & Events (Dartmouth College / Hanover, NH): More details HERE.

 

Director of Revenue Growth (Illinois State University / Normal, IL): More details HERE.

 

Director of Development - Annual Fund (Tarleton State University / Stephenville, TX): More details HERE. 

 

Director of Stewardship, Signature Events and Donor Experience (University of Tennessee / Knoxville, TN): More details HERE.

Commissioner (St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference / Belleville, IL): (DIII) More details HERE.

 

Athletic Director (Augsburg University / Minneapolis, MN): (DIII) More details HERE.

 

Senior Associate Athletic Director for Development (Rice University / Houston, TX): More details HERE.

 

Senior Associate Athletic Director for Administration (Ball State University / Muncie, IN): More details HERE.

 

Deputy Athletic Director, Chief of Staff (Utah State University / Logan, UT):  More details HERE

 

Senior Associate Athletic Director, Student Life (University of Pittsburgh / Pittsburgh, PA): More details HERE.

 

Director of Athletics (Midway University / Midway, KY): (NAIA) More details HERE.

 

Senior Associate AD, Sports Administration (University of Delaware / Newark, DE): More details HERE.

 

Chief Executive Officer (Women's Golf Coaches Association (WGCA) / Anywhere, US): More details HERE.

 

Executive Associate Athletic Director - Chief Financial Officer (Georgia Tech / Atlanta, GA): More details HERE.

 

Director, McAndrews Fund for Athletic Engagement (Dickinson College / Carlisle, PA): (DIII) More details HERE.

Assistant Director, Facilities & Operations (University of Notre Dame / Notre Dame, IN): More details HERE.

 

Assistant Director of Event Management and Operations (SUNY University at Albany / Albany, NY): More details HERE.

 

Assistant Director of Event Management & Camps (University of Pittsburgh / Pittsburgh, PA): More details HERE.

 

Director - Landscape, Turf, and Grounds (University of Missouri / Columbia, MO): More details HERE.

 

Assistant Director of Event Management (University of Missouri / Columbia, MO): More details HERE.

 

Assistant Director of Athletic Events & Rentals (Rice University / Houston, TX): More details HERE.

 

Senior Associate Athletic Director for Administration (Ball State University / Muncie, IN): More details HERE.

 

Facility and Student Programming Coordinator (Bowling Green State University / Bowling Green, OH): More details HERE.

 

Part-Time Assistant Equipment Manager (University of Denver / Denver, CO): More details HERE.

 

Director, Maintenance (Stanford University / Stanford, CA): More details HERE.

 

Assistant Equipment Manager for Olympic Sports (Utah State University / Logan, UT): More details HERE.

 

Assistant Director - 3M Arena at Mariucci and Ridder Arena (University of Minnesota / Minneapolis, MN): More details HERE.

 

Assistant Director - Williams Arena/Maturi Pavilion (University of Minnesota / Minneapolis, MN): More details HERE.

 

Client Services Manager, UNO Athletics & Events (University of Nebraska at Omaha / Omaha, NE): More details HERE.

 

Assistant Athletics Director, Operations & Events (Stanford University / Stanford, CA): More details HERE.

 

Director, Maintenance (Stanford University / Stanford, CA): More details HERE.

 

Asst. AD Facs & Game Ops (New Mexico State University / Las Cruces, NM): More details HERE.

Coordinator of Athletics Administration (Drake University / Des Moines, IA): More details HERE.

 

Senior Associate AD, Sports Administration (University of Delaware / Newark, DE): More details HERE.

Associate Athletic Trainer (Long Beach State University / Long Beach, CA): More details HERE.

 

Assistant Athletic Trainer (University of Alaska – Anchorage / Anchorage, AK): More details HERE.

 

Assistant Sports Performance Coach - Olympic Sports (University of Wyoming / Laramie, WY): More details HERE.

 

Assistant Athletic Trainer - Women's Soccer & Women's Water Polo (Iona University / New Rochelle, NY): More details HERE.

 

Assistant Athletic Trainer (Middle Tennessee State University / Murfreesboro, TN): More details HERE.

 

Associate Athletic Trainer (San Diego State University / San Diego, CA): More details HERE.

 

Assistant Athletic Trainer (University of Wyoming / Laramie, WY): More details HERE. 

 

Athletic Trainer I (University of Delaware / Newark, DE): More details HERE.

 

Athletic Trainer (Brown University / Providence, RI): More details HERE.

 

Director of Mental Health & Performance (William & Mary / Williamsburg, VA): More details HERE.

 

Assistant Athletic Trainer (Illinois State University / Normal, IL): More details HERE.

 

Athletic Trainer (King University – Tennessee / Bristol, TN): (DII) More details HERE.

Account Manager - Athletic Corporate Partnerships (Clemson University / Clemson, SC): More details HERE.

 

Director of Sales - Holy Cross Athletics (Peak Sports MGMT / Worcester, MA): More details HERE.

 

Account Executive - Advertising (D1.ticker Parent Company: Drive & Company / Remote): More details HERE.

 

Head of Revenue (Stanford University / Stanford, CA): More details HERE.

 

Sr. Assoc. AD/Executive Sr. Assoc. AD – Revenue Generation & Partnerships (University of Cincinnati / Cincinnati, OH): More details HERE.

Assistant Ticket Office Manager (University of Montana / Missoula, MT): More details HERE.

 

Director of Ticket Sales (University of New Mexico / Albuquerque, NM): More details HERE.

 

Assistant Director of Ticket Operations (Baylor University / Waco, TX): More details HERE.

 

Assistant Athletic Director for Ticket Sales & Operations (Colorado State University / Fort Collins, CO): More details HERE.

 

Associate AD or Senior Associate AD for External Affairs (Furman University / Greenville, SC): More details HERE.