Hangin With The AD Podcast

Today we have another repeat guest as we get a second chance to sit down with Dave Gordon. Dave Gordon is an internationally recognized brand, marketing, and communications expert. He is an inspirational speaker, author, coach, and leader on a mission to help people identify, communicate, and deliver their unique value to build stronger personal, team, and corporate brands. We previously had Dave...

Today we make our first stop in the great state of Wisconsin as we sit down with the activities and Athletics director for Pewaukee Schools in Pewaukee Wisconsin…Jeff Behrens. Jeff touches on some great topics ranging from a great way to control fan behavior to personnel and making sure that you find the right people for your school and how to hold on to them in this conversation and I have no dou...

Episode # 54:….Phillip Lansdell & Kimmy Porter, El Dorado HS, El Dorado, AR Today we have the pleasure of sitting down with Athletic Director Phillip Lansdell and Head Basketball Coach Jimmy Porter of El Dorado High School in EL Dorado, Arkansas. Their boys basketball team was recently featured on ABC News when their team played Lake Hamilton high school in Percey, Arkansas. The night featured...

Episode # 53:….Darryl Nance, Director of Athletics, Greenville County Schools, Greenville, SC Today’s conversation is a great one as we sit down with Darryl Nance, a CMAA who serves as the Director of Athletics for the Greenville County School System in Greenville South Carolina. A true believer in the power of betting on one’s self. Darryl touches on some great topics today including his innovati...

Episode # 52…Rich Barton, Richfield High School, Richfield, Utah Today we have the wonderful opportunity to sit down for a second time with Rich Barton. Rich is a CMAA from Richfield High School in Richfield UT who is leading the way as athletic leaders in that state work toward the passage of a senate bill that would reward athletic administrators who achieve national certifications.  This is qui...

Today we sit down with Lamarr Glenn of South Paulding High School in Douglasville, GA.  Mr. Glenn was a four-year letterman of the Florida State University Football team from 1994-1998 where he was named Offensive Team Captain in 1998 while also being drafted in the sixth (6th) round of 1999 NFL Draft by the Tampa Bay Bucs. We discuss the impact that Coach Bobby Bowden had on him and how it has sh...

Today we celebrate firsts on the podcast as we sit down with our first guest from the great state of Indiana as well as our first Collegiate President in Dr. Michael Lindsay of Taylor University in Upland, Indiana.  Dr. Lindsay has won multiple awards both for his teaching and academic research and is the author of two dozen scholarly publications and numerous books, including, Faith in the Halls...

Welcome to Season 3 of the Hangin’ with the AD Podcast. We kick things off at the top with a conversation with newly appointed NIAAA President Mike McGurk of Lee’s Summit high School in Missouri.  Mike has served in a variety of leadership roles that have each helped to shape him as a leader not just at the local level but on the state and now national stage as well. Josh and I enjoyed sitting dow...

Ladies and Gentlemen, today we close out season two on an incredibly high note as we sit down with Mr. Randy Gravitt, the CEO and Co-Founder of InteGreat Leadership. Randy has taught life and leadership skills to hundreds of audiences in the U.S., Europe, Asia, Africa, and South America, presenting and consulting to organizations such as Chick-fil-A, Fellowship of Christian Athletes, Kroger Pharma...

Back in March of 2021 Josh and I had the pleasure of sitting down with Josh Brooks, the J. Reid Parker Director of Athletics at the University of Georgia. Josh is a leader who understands the comfort in being uncomfortable and the benefits that such experiences can provide a leader as they grow, and you’ll hear that in our conversation today.     Josh has a levelheaded collaborative style about hi...

Today we sit down, once again, with author, podcast host and leadership expert Mr. Brian Dodd. Brian serves as the Director of New Ministry Relationships for Injoy Stewardship Solutions where he helps churches fully-fund their mission and vision. Brian’s objective is to add value to leaders and provide perspective, encouragement, and solutions to the issues they face daily and one way he does that...

Brian Dodd joins us again to review another great list of leadership books for you to pick up this holiday season as you prepare to take your leadership skills to another level in 2022. Leadership As An Identity by Crawford Loritts (character) The Barcelona Complex by Simon Kuper (soccer) Believe Us by Melissa Reddy (soccer) Chumps to Champs by Bill Pennington (baseball) A Season In The Sun by Lar...

If you have listened to the podcast of our guest today and noticed some similarities to ours that is not a mistake. Pastor Mike Linch and his podcast Linch with a Leader has served as a template for what Josh and I have wanted to build with our show. Mike leaves every room better than he found it and helps others close their own capability gap and reach their true full potential whether it be at t...

Episode # 44…Jamy Bechlar, Author/Speaker/Former Coach Today’s guest sees his second time on the podcast as we once again hang out with Jamy Bechler. Jamy is a professional speaker, leadership trainer and executive business coach who works with teams ranging from major corporations to the NBA.  Before going into full-time leadership work, Jamy served for 20 years as a college basketball coach, pro...

Today’s guests serve as the Executive Director and the Associate Executive Director of the National Interscholastic Athletic Administrators Association or NIAAA, Dr. Mike Blackburn and Mr. Phil Rison. These two leaders took some time out of their busy schedules and planning for the NIAAA Conference in Denver, Co this December to talk shop and leadership with Josh and I and you will not be disappoi...

We had the pleasure to sit down with current NIAAA President Dr. Lisa Langston, CMAA from Forth Worth, TX on two different occasions and have combined both visits into this episode. A lifelong lover of athletics and the benefits that can be gained through both competition and being apart of  a team, Dr. Langston is a leader who looks to bring out the best in those she works and interacts with and...

Episode # 40…Allen Greene, Director of Athletics, Auburn University Several months ago, we had the opportunity to hang out with an original outlaw….well not really but our guest today shares a name with one. Johnny Ringo of Highland Park High School in Dallas, TX. Coach Ringo has built a culture based on a foundation of principles that focuses on not just mental and physical toughness but a commit...

Today’s guest is Allen Greene, Director of Athletics at Auburn University. Allen is a humble, authentic, dynamic, and energetic collaborative leader, who is in his third year at Auburn after being named the program’s 15th director of athletics on Jan. 18, 2018. Allen served in the same capacity at the University at Buffalo prior to his arrival at Auburn. One of the youngest athletics directors in...

In today's Special Edition we sit down with Dr. Curt Miller. Curt serves as the Athletic Director at Oconee County High School in Watkinsville, GA and is the Vice President of the Georgia High School Association’s Board of Trustees. Curt also serves as the committee chairman for the GHSA Reclassification Committee and he wraps up the first meeting of the reclassification process held on Monda...

Today we wrap up our coach’s series with a conversation with one of the most successful high school baseball coaches not only in the state of Georgia but in the nation. Coach Micky McMurtry, retired head baseball coach of Lassiter High School in Marietta, GA.  Coach McMurtry helped establish Lassiter as a state power during his tenure and retired after the 2009 season with a total of 445 wins over...

The NIAAA has taken on TUNNEL TO TOWERS as their initiative this year. I would like for each school to raise $100.00 for this needed charity. This September 11 will be the 20 anniversary of 9-11.  Having some type of program at school during the anniversary might be a good time to get donations. Getting our athletes involved makes this a learning opportunity as our athletes were not born 20 years...

353-63-5, 18 region championships, 10 state championships and 4 national championships…if I told you that would be your career record, I think most of us would take it.  In today’s episode we have the pleasure of going down memory lane as we learn from the greatest motivator of people I have ever known. My father, Coach Jerry Don Baker of Valdosta High School in Valdosta, Ga.  Moving from Texas as...

Today guest will educate, motivate, and inspire you to be a better leader. Maurice Freeman of Brooks County High School in South Georgia has worn both hats as the athletic director and head football coach for the Trojans and has found great success in both roles.  Coach Freeman is a multi-generational leader in a small town that knows the definition of servant leadership and has leaned on his abil...

In this Special Edition we sit down with some great athletic leaders from the state of Georgia. These athletic directors were named "Athletic Director of the Year" in their respective classifications and they left us with so much great knowledge and will leave no doubt as to why they received this recognition.  ·    Class A (Private): Mike Emery – The Paideia School ·    Class A (Public)...

Today’s guest is Rennie Curran. Rennie is a former high school, collegiate, and professional football star who has used his collective life experiences to become a keynote speaker, author, and the CEO of Game Changer Coaching. He delivers powerful keynote presentations, workshops, and one on one coaching on topics such as leadership, teamwork, overcoming adversity, and performance. His clients inc...