Mentoring Program
The new Mentoring Program will provide the following services:
- An AD who has just been hired at a new school may wish to ask a mentoring team of Division 1A ADs (one AD, a couple, several, etc) to visit the school and provide an analysis of the current operational efficiency;
- An AD who has just been hired at a new school may need someone to call. No in-person visit, but someone to call who will provide advice/assistance;
- An AD who is working on a special project or development of a specific part of their athletic administration, and needs a mentoring team to visit the school to look at a particular area of the operation;
- An AD who has difficulty in getting institutional support or understanding may ask a mentoring team to visit the school to validate the athletics operation;
- A veteran AD who needs assistance in a particular area may need someone to call for advice or assistance.
From time to time, the Association Office receives a request from a member institution to have a peer review team visit their campus to analyze the general athletics administration or to study specific parts of the athletics operation. Peer review teams could be created from the names listed in a particular area in the Directory.
Please contact the Association Office for assistance in any use of the Directory or a Mentor opportunity.
To the 75 1A Athletics Directors who have volunteered their assistance for this Mentor Program, a sincere thank you for your support, and for your desire to promote the professional presence of the athletics administration profession.