One Question Leadership Podcast

ACC Director of Student-Athlete Programs & Compliance, Shamaree Brown, gets the @1QLeadership treatment from guest host Kendee Hilliard. The conversation covers two major areas, the ACC's focus on Student-Athlete development, and Brown's advice on career progression for Student-Athletes who want to work in college athletics. He covers the importance of SAAC and the need for increased involvement o...

Jovan Overshown, Sr. Associate Athletics Director for External Affairs at Baylor, visits @1QLeadership for a discussion focused on her leadership style. With only five years in college athletics, Overshown talks about learning the industry while simultaneously learning how to lead within the industry. She gives insight on her 'project up and protect down' philosophy of running the external departm...

Tremaine Jackson, Head Football Coach at Colorado Mesa University, visits @1QLeadership to talk about his experience after his first full season leading the program. Jackson talks about challenging the athletics administration to clearly define success and evaluation for the football program. The conversation delves into the possibility of creating new expectations that may benefit other sports be...

Louisville Interim AD Heird and Associate AD Calabrese visit @1QLeadership to talk leadership. Both were graduate assistants together getting an MBA and discussed the application of that degree. Heird talks about the impact of self-reflection as a person and throughout an organization. Calabrese gives her input on collaborating with campus colleagues to ensure a successful Student-Athlete experien...

Dr. Karin Lee, Deputy AD for Internal Operations, at Ball State visits @1QLeadership to talk about critical thinking and other outcomes garnered from earning a PhD. She questioned her effectiveness early in her career when she oversaw 14 out of 19 sports, acknowledging that it was not the best situation. Lee talks about, what she considers, a critical component of her responsibility as Deputy Athl...

Andy Rowdon, Sr. Associate AD for External Affairs at Eastern Michigan, stops by @1QLeadership for a discussion covering creativity, marketing, and leadership. He talks about his team learning how to use data to assist in making decisions and the continual learning process involved. Rowdon also discusses the challenges of transitioning from being a marketing guy to leading the external team.

Haven Fields, Deputy Athletics Director at Ball State visits @1QLeadership to discuss the skill that was identified early on in his career that has been the foundation for his career progress. Sharpening strengths is the underlying topic as Fields discusses honing his people skills. He talks about the things he does that help the Athletics Director, Beth Goetz do her job well. Fields also goes int...

MIT Director of Athletics, Dr. G. Anthony Grant is joined by Rhodes College Dean for Faculty Recruitment, Development, and Diversity, Dr. Justin Rose, on @1QLeadership . In Rose's quest to become a college president, he spends time picking Grant's brain on the nuances of college athletics in the academic setting.

Liz Reyes, Assistant AD for Student-Athlete Development at Illinois, visits @1QLeadership to work on her leadership philosophy. The conversation touches on starting a new job virtually, developing relationships with colleagues, and earning trust with the Student-Athletes. Reyes' philosophy on leadership is four fold, including caring about those you serve and those you work with, building trust, h...

Fresno State Director of Compliance, Marcus Everett visits @1QLeadership to work on developing his leadership philosophy. Everette speaks about his previous experience as a one man shop at Stetson University. He talks about coming to Fresno State in a leadership role and learning to be an effective leader. His philosophy develops into being willing to learn, being knowledgeable about your role, be...

Andrew Gavin, Director of Athletics at Wisconsin-Parkside visits @1QLeadership on a number of topics. He talks about his background as an SID and how that laid the foundation for how he leads from the AD chair. The conversation also covers answering questions he didn't have the answer to when he began at Parkside. Other topics discussed include introspection, internal fundraising, and his relation...

Illinois Sr. Associate AD for Sport Administration and Student-Athlete Development, Dr. Brian Russell visits @1QLeadership to talk about the importance of developing a narrative about how the athletics experience helps to develop Student-Athletes for life after sports. Russell also discusses his leadership philosophy, which is rooted in candid care. The conversation wraps with exploring the strate...

Marcus Sedberry, Senior Associate AD at Baylor stops by @1QLeadership for a wide ranging conversation covering hiring, project management, and leadership among other things. Sedberry talks about working with compliance and the university on managing NIL. He also gives his hiring philosophy which revolves around character fit, competency in experience, and coaching acumen. The conversation wraps wi...

Tim Lester, Head Football Coach at Western Michigan visits @1QLeadership on the day his freshmen class reported to camp. Excited about his first full team meeting since before the lockdown, Lester talks about having two classes who have a unique experience coming into college. Recently appointed to the AFCA Board of Trustees, he talks about the job ahead for football coaches amongst all the change...

Compliance and NIL are the @1QLeadership topics with UNLV Sr. Associate AD of Compliance, Eric Nepomuceno. Education, documentation, monitoring, and enforcement are the common aspects in compliance, but this discussion covers adding Name, Image, and Likeness to that plate of responsibilities. Nepomuceno gives insight about the Vegas Effect, which is UNLV's three pronged education platform for Stud...

Not long before announcing his retirement, longtime Ohio University football coach, Frank Solich, visited @1QLeadership to discuss longevity in coaching. Coach Solich talks about staying nimble with regard to leading 18-22 year olds. He touches on learning how to treat players from legendary coaches Devaney and Osborne at Nebraska. Serving as one of the AFCA Trustees, Solich talks about the import...

Frank Pucher, Sr. Association AD for External Affairs at Fresno State, visits @1QLeadership about providing leadership in the external operations area. He talks about his background working in media rights and how that informs his decisions in his current role. Pucher, former Deputy AD at Southern Utah, talks about his leadership philosophy on building a creative environment.

Jeremy Wang, Associate VP for Development at Temple, visits @1QLeadership with insight from his experience working in fundraising for athletics and on campus as a whole. He talks about the many leadership opportunities while working in development but emphasizes leading from wherever you are. Wang educates on types of development office structures, performance metrics, and priorities in terms of o...

Rice Provost, Dr. Reggie DesRoches, visits @1QLeadership guest host Blair on the role of the Provost on campus. As the former Faculty Athletics Representative for Georgia Tech, DesRoches discusses helping faculty understand the commitment and efforts put forth by Student-Athletes. The discussion goes into the similarities between being the number two for a university and being the number two in an...

University of San Diego Sr. Associate AD/Chief Development Officer/SWA, Marcy Lanoue, visits @1QLeadership to talk about her career experiences in external affairs and fundraising. Lanoue goes into some of the challenges and ways to be creative in overcoming the challenges of working in athletics development, specifically deciding when to elevate a donor's issue to the AD or beyond. She also cover...

Ashwin Puri, Sr. Associate AD and Chief Athletics Operations Officer at Villlanova, visits @1QLeadership to discuss how his background in professional sports has influenced his experience in college athletics. The primary difference is understanding what (or who) is defined as the bottom line. He reflects on the moment he realized the difference between selling a ticket in the pros versus selling...

Maryland Deputy AD, Colleen Sorem, stops by @1QLeadership to discuss her evolution as a leader. In addition to her Deputy responsibilities, Sorem also serves as CFO and she talks about the challenge of thinking beyond the budget when leading those who work with her. She also gives her insight into making a budget now during the pandemic and how it compared to the pre-pandemic environment.

WashU Director of Athletics, Anthony Azama visits @1QLeadership to talk about how the failure resiliency of being an athlete translates to leading an organization. Azama covers the importance of reflection and resolution as he processes the ups and downs of the day. He talks about the challenge of staying in the moment when you are the leader of the department as it can be easy to get caught up in...

Yale Deputy AD and COO, Ann-Marie Guglieri, visits @1QLeadership to talk about her role as the number two in charge under AD, Vicky Chun. Guglieri explains the department's delineation between Chief Operating Officer and Deputy Athletics Director. She talks about the adjustments made while gaining more seniority in her career, specifically going from checking boxes to leading people. She also emph...

WVU Deputy AD, Kelli Zinn, visits @1QLeadership  guest host Blair on the topic of longevity at one place. Zinn talks about her progress to deputy and the challenges when constantly pursuing excellence. With similar career progress, Zinn and Blair discuss the benefits of beginning their athletics journey in compliance. Zinn discusses being responsible for football oversight and touches on the trans...