Hangin With The AD Podcast

In this Special Edition, we speak with Ira Childress, Athletic Director at Gulliver Prep in Miami, FL on the potential impact of the NCAA's decision to allow collegiate student-athletes to profit from their name, image, and likeness. Ira has a history with the NCAA serving as the Assistant Director of Leadership Development from 2008-2011.

Today we sit down with Tommy Marshall of the Marist School in Georgia as he wraps up a wonderful and impactful career as a teacher, coach, and athletic director. It's always a pleasure to sit down with Tommy and today is no exception. 

Ladies and gentlemen, you are truly in for a treat today as we sit down with our guest Dexter Wood. As a football coach, Dexter won 3 state championships at Buford High School in Georgia and set the state of Georgia consecutive win streak record at 47 games in 2004. Coach Wood retired from coaching in 2005 with a career record of 257 wins 92 losses and 3 ties. In 1988, Dexter was a charter member...

Today’s guest is Vaughn Williams. Vaughn serves as the Director of Athletics at Bentley University in Waltham, Massachusetts. A multi-dimensional leader, who has harnessed the power of connection, I believe everyone is better after they are around him and we are very fortunate to have you experience this today.  Vaughn is a relationship builder who is not afraid of challenges and embraces being a...

Episode # 33  … Lesley Broadwell, Cambridge High School (Milton, GA) Today’s guest is Lesley Broadwell. Lesley serves as the Athletic Director at Cambridge High School in Milton, GA.       A Georgia native Lesley has worked her way up the ladder by being a believer in surrounding yourself with good people and then getting out of the way while they work to reach the collective goals established by...

SharpEdge Ventures is a sports entertainment consultancy that guides brand success through a variety of media, live events and corporate partnerships. SEV's primary client is the Georgia High School Association (GHSA), a voluntary, non-profit organization composed of 450+ public and private high schools that supervise regulations for region and state competition in 18 sports and two activitie...

Episode # 32  … Jake von Scherrer, Maclay School Today’s guest is Jake von Scherrer. Jake serves as the Director of Athletic Enrichment at The Maclay School in Tallahassee, FL. A career Educator and a Certified Master Athletic Administrator with over 35 years of success as a teacher, Head Coach, and an AD Jake left us with some great insight and ideas that I know you will want to implement into yo...

Kate is the author of Confessions of an Imperfect Coach, the transformation story surrounding her perfect season experiment. She is the coauthor of Stick Together with Bestselling author and speaker Jon Gordon. She has also written the Coaches Emergency Practice Guide for youth lacrosse and Team 8. She is sought after for her knowledge in both building and repair of team/business/organizational cu...

Episode # 31  … Jared Benko, 1st Year at Ga Southern  Today’s guest is Jared Benko. Jared is the Director of Athletics at Georgia Southern University in Statesboro; GA and we are so excited to have him sit down with us again. Jared joined us almost one year ago for episode 5 as he was literally on the road from his previous position as Deputy Director of Athletics/Chief Financial Officer for nearl...

Episode # 30 … Dr. Kaleb Stoppel, Olathe East HS (Olathe, KS) Today’s guest is Dr. Kaleb Stoppel. Kaleb serves as an assistant principal and athletic director at Olathe East High School in Olathe Kansas.  An innovative leader who loves to inspire others to be the best versions of themselves and is a champion for both athletics and the arts, Dr. Stoppel has harnessed the power of positive leadershi...

 Today we sit down with Scott Pederson of Positive Athlete. Scott has spent over 35 years of his career marketing some of the most high-profile events, corporations and celebrities in the world. He has staged a World Series, helped develop the National Football League’s most high-profile grass-roots event property (Punt, Pass & Kick), and negotiated endorsement contracts for professional athle...

Episode # 29 … Brett Ledbetter/Becky Burleigh, What Drives Winning What drives winning? That’s a really great question that I think we all would love to have the answer to. Well today we plan on getting you closer to that goal as we sit down with the co-founders of the What Drives Winning conference Brett Ledbetter and Becky Burleigh.  Brett Ledbetter is a consultant, author, and speaker who has h...

Episode # 28 … Matt Williams/Matt Moody, North Cobb High School (GA) Synergy is defined as the interaction or cooperation of two or more agents to produce a combined effect greater than the sum of their separate effects. This is a definition that surely applies to today’s guest. Matt Moody and Matt Williams serve as the principal and athletic director at North Cobb High School in Georgia. Matt Moo...

The why behind Leadership and Main is to inspire a generation of community leaders to make the turn from ordinary to extraordinary. When leaders arrive at that intersection, we want to provide the original and shared content to map his/her turn towards extraordinary. We define community leadership as the ability and willingness to use your influence to better others and the world you live in.  Lea...

Episode # 27 … Lance Smith, Millard West HS (NE) Today’s guest is Lance Smith. Lance serves as the Athletic Director at Millard West High School in Omaha Nebraska. A lifetime resident of the state, Lance has presented on both the state and national levels where he has become a recognized source in the area of social media and the positive impact it can have on an athletic program. This industry in...

 Jamy Bechler 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, professor and administrator. When he hung up the whistle, he didn’t stop coaching. Jamy just moved from the locker-room into the boardroom. He n...

Episode # 26 … Lindsey Schiefer Today’s guest is Dr. Lindsey Swanson Schriefer (Sh-ree-fer). Dr. Schriefer serves as a licensed psychologist who guides individuals along their unique path to their full potential. She provides sport psychology consultation and psychoeducational evaluation services in the greater Atlanta area and we are very honored to have her sit down with us today. Over the past...

EPISODE # 25 ...Homer Rice, retired, Georgia Tech AD Today you all are in for a treat. We get to sit down with Dr. Homer Rice. The former athletic director at North Carolina and Ga. Tech, who at 93 still teaches classes, is a leader who many consider the godfather of athletic administration and whose book Leadership Fitness should be on the bookshelf of every leader. A small town kid from Kentucky...

Episode # 23 … Jessie Rosa Today’s guest is Jessie Rosa. Jessie serves as the Senior Director of Athletics at Auburn University at Montgomery in Alabama or AUM. Jessie has a passion for athletics that started at a very early age and it is this passion that has led her from being a collegiate athlete to the leader of the Warhawk athletic program today. Jessie is driven to serve her coaches and staf...

EPISODE # 23 ...John Sgromolo Today’s guest is John Sgromolo. John is both the head baseball coach and athletic director at Ridgeview High School, just outside of Jacksonville Florida. It will not take you long to feel John’s passion for both student-athletes and leadership in general. A lifelong learner, podcaster, and a believer that there is nothing that can replace a positive high school exper...

2020: Season 1-Year in Review Welcome to another Special Edition of the Hangin’ with the AD Podcast. Today Josh and I are going to look back at season one of the podcast and talk about some of the highlights and things that we have both learned as we stepped into the unknown a bit and began to record our conversations with leaders all over the country and then polish them up and send them out to t...

Episode # 22 … Matt McDonald  Today’s guest is Matt McDonald who serves as the athletic director at Lanier High School in Georgia. Matt feels he has truly been called to work with student-athletes and has a heart for the coaches he serves daily. An example to others of an active leader, Matt is intentional in focusing on the details of being an athletic director and how he can best create an envir...

EPISODE # 21 ...Dr. Kechia Rowles, Director of Athletics, Rockdale Co (GA) Schools Today’s guest is dr. Kechia Rowels. Dr. Rowels serves as the Director of Athletics for the Rockdale County School System in GA. A life-long learner from a coaching family Kechia is an advocate for student-athlete safety who has worn two hats as both an AD and an athletic trainer. Dr. Rowels has a passion for profess...

Today we sit down with Brian Dodd.  Brian’s blog “Brian Dodd On Leadership” is a go to resource for those both in and out of leadership positions seeing over 70,000 readers per month as well as being an author and the co-host of the Pursuit of Service Podcast.  To learn more about Brian Dodd and to get the following Book List, visit his blog website www.briandoddonleadership.com or connect with hi...