From The Chair with Mike Hamilton

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From the Chair
Mike Hamilton
LEARFIELD

Mike Hamilton, former D1 athletic director and LEARFIELD executive vice president, sits down with athletic directors from across the industry to examine the current landscape of college athletics, and provide insight into the experiences, proficiencies and perspective on life From the Chair.

Texas A&M's Ross Bjork, Director of Athletics

Join us as Texas A&M AD Ross Bjork discusses a host of topics including his career track and mentors, personal lessons learned from the pandemic, how to manage through leadership transitions, why coaching continuity matters, the most recent realignment news and the future of the NCAA.

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Utah State's John Hartwell, Vice President & Athletics Director

Join us as Utah St AD John Hartwell dives in on his philosophy on new coach hires, how he led his MBB search without a search firm involved and why fit matters among other key factors in the hiring process. We will also look at John’s career track, thoughts on leadership development for the industry’s rising stars, John’s thoughts on recent conference realignment and pick up a real estate tip along the way.

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Ohio University's Julie Cromer, Director of Athletics

Ohio AD Julie Cromer joins “From the Chair” for an informative discussion on her perspective as both a long term NCAA staff member and a senior level staff member and AD on campus to offer insights on historical context around governance, communication gaps and what might be forthcoming as the industry examines the future of the college athletic model. Julie also unpacks how evidence based decision-making informs her coaching hires and in the midst of this year’s realignment news, why G5 schools still play a critical role in college athletics.

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Tennessee's Danny White, Vice Chancellor/Director of Athletics

Join us as University of Tennessee AD Danny White unpacks what it has been like growing up in a family steeped in athletic administration experience, why he chose to come to Tennessee, why Josh Heupel was his choice for football coach and his excitement around seeing UCF’s upcoming move to the BIG12. All that and more on this episode of From the Chair…..

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Charlotte's Mike Hill, Director of Athletics

Charlotte AD Mike Hill joins “From the Chair” and discusses the role former Florida AD Jeremy Foley played in his career and in his leadership philosophy, the excitement on the Charlotte campus with the University trajectory, new athletic and institutional branding and the progress being made in Football since its launch in 2013. Mike also gives his thoughts on NIL, the role Chris Fuller plays on his staff and lastly….what’s on his surprising Spotify playlist and what band he’s seen live over 20 times.

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Boise State's Jeramiah Dickey, Director of Athletics

Join us as Boise State University AD Jeramiah Dickey talks starting a new job during a pandemic, hiring a coach within his first week on the job, conference realignment for Boise State, and his favorite place to eat Mexican! All that and more on this episode of From the Chair.

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Vanderbilt's Candice Storey Lee - Vice Chancellor • Athletics and University Affairs and Athletic Director

Vanderbilt AD Candice Storey Lee joins “From the Chair” and discusses the decentralizing of NCAA activity around allowing conferences to set the standards for educational related benefits being distributed to student-athletes, her career at Vanderbilt and the advantages of her length of time on campus, the importance of having smart people around you who are willing to challenge you in the right way, her perspective on how athletics has approached race relations and some of the major movements happening in our country, and what she would be doing if she wasn’t an Athletic Director.

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Eastern Michigan's Scott Wetherbee - Vice President/Director of Athletics

This week’s “From the Chair” features Eastern Michigan AD Scott Wetherbee. Join us as Scott discusses mentors and his career path, what it means to “outwork” people in college athletics, how he has honed his fundraising chops at EMU leading to the University’s biggest gift in history, what it looks like to engage a student body when your athletic facilities are off-campus, the ins and outs of the transfer portal and more….

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Washington State's Pat Chun - Director of Athletics

This week’s “From the Chair” features Washington St AD Pat Chun. Pat discusses the arrival of new PAC12 Commissioner George Kliavkoff, the Alliance, what it means to have great Presidential alignment, development strategy, doing more with less but still expecting championship performance, the flag waver society, the Palouse, and whether Lane Kiffin or Mike Leach is a better Twitter follow. All that and more…..

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Memphis' Laird Veatch - Vice President and Director of Intercollegiate Athletics

University of Memphis AD Laird Veatch is up on this week’s “From the Chair”. Listen in as we discuss how Memphis is bouncing back from CoVid, conference realignment and where Memphis sits in the equation, his thoughts on the CFP and possible expansion, his time with LEARFIELD and applied lessons to his job as an AD today, playing for Bill Snyder, adopting a son, a politically correct assessment of Memphis BBQ…..and more.

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