UIAAA Connection

The podcast makes its Third visit to Tennessee. UIAAA Connection #163 – Kelly Fish, CMAA, President of the Tennessee Interscholastic Athletic Administrators Association is now available. Kelly has been involved in sports all her life. Her father coached girls Basketball for years. She teaches on the National Faculty of LTC 701 and followed her father's footsteps and coached girls basketball.  ...

The podcast makes its first visit to the Monterey Peninsula in California.  UIAAA Connection #162 – Justin Clymo, CAA, Director of Athletics, Stevenson School is now available. Justin I another of the few guests that is working at the same school which he graduated from. For those of you familiar with golf, his school is adjacent to the 17th Green and 18the tee at Spyglass, GC. The repeating theme...

The podcast makes another visit to the Jordan School District.  UIAAA Connection #161 - Bryan Veazie, Director of Athletics, Jordan School District is now available. Bryan, a native of Kearns, Utah, speaks about his journey in education which includes coaching, Assistant Principal and Principal at Copper Hills High School.  He worked in the assisted living industry before coming back to work in ed...

The podcast makes another visit to Alpine School District.  UIAAA Connection #160 – Whitney Randall, Assistant Director of Athletics and Head Volleyball Coach at Westlake High School is now available. Whitney attended high school  in Washington and graduated from Utah State University where she played volleyball.  She is the first podcast guest to receive a Master' degree from Arkansas State....

The podcast makes another trip to Tooele County. UIAAA Connection #159 – Cody Valdez, Director of Athletics at Tooele High School is now available. Cody is the first recipient of a UIAAA scholarship to appear on the podcast as an athletic administrator. He has also been added to the list of current ADs that work at the high school they graduated from. A Utah State graduate, Cody began his career a...

The podcast makes its first visit to Oklahoma.  UIAAA Connection #158 – Dustin Smith, CMAA, Region A At-Large representative on the NIAAA Board of Directors and Director of Athletics at Broken Bow High School is now available. Dustin spent 17 years in higher education at the University of Arkansas Ft Smith, before spending the last nine years in interscholastic athletics. His advice to find a ment...

The podcast makes its first visit to the far east.  UIAAA Connection #157 – Catherine "Kat" Tanco Ong, CMAA, Director for student activities, Brent International School, Philippines is now available. Kat was born in the Philippines, attended 3-8th grade in the United States, and high school in back in the Philippines. Her twelve-school conference, the Asian Pacific Activities Conference,...

The podcast makes another visit to Salt Lake County. UIAAA Connection #156 – Garrett Wilson, Director of Athletics at Brighton High School is now available. Garrett, who comes from a basketball family, coached basketball at three different high schools since the age of 18.  A newer Athletic Director, his timely advice about getting to know the coaches and helping out with the little things is not...

The podcast makes another visit to David School District.  UIAAA Connection #155 – Bo Roundy, Director of Athletics at Davis High School is now available. Bo grew up and went to high school in the shadow of Glacier National Park. A graduate of Utah State University, he has taught at two different high schools. Listen to hear his three suggestions for new ADs. Have FUN, the third suggestion is some...

The podcast makes another visit to Georgia. UIAAA Connection #154 – Kelli Smith, CAA, Director of Athletics for Henry County Schools is now available. Kelli, a mother of two daughters and native of Florida has been involved in sports all her life. At Georgia Southern she began helping out with the football teams and other sports. Her unique background of a 30-year Cheer coach and Special Ed teache...

The podcast makes its third visit to Missouri, this one by way of Arkansas.  UIAAA Connection #153 – Doug “Bowtie” Killgore, CMAA, Retired Athletic Director is now available. Doug began traveling at an early age seeing as his father served in the Air Force. He spent his career as an AD in Arkansas. He spent three years early in his career singing in the Dallas Opera and later with the Arkansas Ope...

The podcast makes another visit to Southeastern Utah. UIAAA Connection #152 – Ryan Nielson, CAA, Principal at San Juan High School is now available. Another successful graduate from the SUU “Coaching Factory, Ryan shared his experiences as an AD and now as Principal. He believes Principals take care of teachers and Athletic Administrators take care of coaches. His advice about visiting practices a...

The podcast makes its first visit to Nevada.  UIAAA Connection #151 – Xavier Antheume, CMAA, Executive Director of the Nevada Athletic Directors Association is now available. X, who also serves as the Clark County District Athletic Director, shares some great stories from his French heritage. He talks about his time spent as a valet and lifeguard at Treasure Island.   His advice to new athletic ad...

The podcast makes another visit to Salt Lake City.  UIAAA Connection #150 – Dr. Sara Thomas, Assistant Principal at West High School is now available. Sara, a graduate of Taylorsville High School, share memories and experiences from high schools in Utah. She also shares stories regarding her time at the Deseret News and the UHSAA. At her current school, there are 40 languages spoken on a daily bas...

The podcast makes its first visit to Emery County. UIAAA Connection #149 – Jake Atwood, Director of Athletics at Emery High School is now available. Jake is one of the few guests to appear on the podcast that works at the same high school he graduated from. Before becoming the AD, he coached basketball at Lone Peak high school as well as Snow College and BYU Hawaii. A newer Athletic Director, his...

The podcast makes another visit to eastern Utah. UIAAA Connection #148 – Darin Jenkins, Director of Athletics and Principal at Tabiona High School is now available. Darin, born in Bancroft, Idaho, speaks to the experience of growing up in a small town. He shares his unique job as the Principal of a K-12 school in addition to serving as the Director of Athletics. His advice to new ADs is not to be...

The podcast makes its first visit to Hawaii.  UIAAA Connection #147 – Deren Oshiro, CMAA, President of the Hawaii Interscholastic Athletic Directors Association is now available. Deren, who also serves as the Director of Athletics at his alma matter, Hawaii Baptist, shares some great stories from the islands. He talks about how some student/athletes coop with as many of eight schools to participat...

The podcast makes its first visit to New Mexico.  UIAAA Connection #146 – Ann Stewart, CAA, Director of Athletics at Los Alamos High School is now available. Ann, a native of Los Alamos, is the first guest of the UIAAA Connection that served as a police officer before getting into education. A former soccer player at Creighton University she shares stories from her extensive career. Her advice whe...

The podcast makes another visit to Salt Lake County. UIAAA Connection #145 – Jim Langford, CAA, Director of Athletics at Alta High School is now available. Jim, born in Rexburg, Idaho, is another graduate of the “Coaching Factory”, Southern Utah University. Listen as Jim mentions the great mentors in his life and his explanation of “The hay is in the barn when the game starts.”  Jim has served as...

The podcast makes another trip to Indiana. UIAAA Connection #144 – Cathy Donaldson, Administrative Assistant for the NIAAA.  Cathy was raised in Michigan City, Indiana and has spent years donating her time to multiple volunteer organization. Cathy graduated from DePauw University, in Greencastle, Indiana. She loves following her grandchildren’s adventures in baseball, soccer, basketball, swimming,...

The podcast makes its second visit to Nebraska.  UIAAA Connection #143 – Mark Armstrong, CMAA, Executive Director of the Nebraska State Interscholastic Athletic Administrators Association is now available. Recently retired from his full-time job, Mark takes us on a journey of directing athletics at three different high schools in Nebraska.   A former NIAAA President, he speaks to what it takes to...

The podcast makes another visit to Salt Lake County.  UIAAA Connection #142 – Sam Rogers, CAA, Director of Athletics at Mountain Ridge High School is now available. Sam, a native of Monticello, Utah, speaks to the importance of becoming certified and giving AD’s the working knowledge to assist coaches and Athletes. He speaks to the importance of networking with other AD’s and working hard for the...

The podcast makes its second trip to business partner AMP/FinalForms. UIAAA Connection #141 – Quinn Chaffee, Lead Engineer for the AMP Platform is now available. Quinn, a graduate of Miami-Ohio was home schooled in New Hampshire until high school.  His observations regarding education are not to be missed.  Quinn shares the new awards platform for UIAAA members and speaks to how AMP is a great com...

The podcast makes its fourth visit to Florida.  UIAAA Connection #140 – Lauren Otero, CMAA, Secretary of National Interscholastic Athletic Administrators Association Secretary and Program Administrator for Planning and Construction at the Hillsboro School District in Tampa, Florida is now available. Lauren, a former member of the NIAAA Awards Committee, has worked in three high schools before taki...

The podcast makes its third trip to California.  UIAAA Connection #139 – Ray Moore, CMAA, Conference Program Chair for the CSADA is now available. Ray shared his experiences from serving as an AD at three different high school in California. He talks about the unique opportunity of opening a new high school, and explains the CSADA moniker for their conference next year, “AD = All Duties, All day!”...