UIAAA Connection

The podcast makes another visit to one of the UIAAA Gold Business Partners. UIAAA Connection #138 – James Johnson, National Director of High School Sales for Warroom is now available. James, a Rupert, Idaho native, graduated from Minico High School, and attended Ricks and Idaho State University. He talks a length about College Warroom and what the program can do for Athletic Administrators at any...

The podcast makes another trip to Utah County.  UIAAA Connection #137 – Momi Tu’ua, Principal Timpview High School is now available. Moni, a Hawaii native, originally received her degree in athletic training. A college volleyball player at BYU-Hawaii, she has been involved in sports her entire life. She talks in depth about making sure you communicate properly and with all stakeholders. Please Lis...

The podcast makes its second trip to the State of Georgia.  UIAAA Connection #136 – Carter Wilson, CMAA, Assistant Executive Director of the Georgia Athletic Directors Association is now available. Listen as Carter describes his first head coaching experience at the age of thirteen. He grew up in Decatur, Georgia, where his mother served as the mayor. Carter served on the NIAAA Board of Directors...

The podcast makes another trip to the UHSAA office.  UIAAA Connection #135 – Chris Shipman, Assistant Director, Utah High School Activities Association is now available. Chris, another product of the “Coaching Factory” at Southern Utah University, has coached football at his alma mater as well as at small college and Hunter and Granger high schools. He come to the UHSAA after four years of serving...

The podcast makes another trip to Salt Lake County.  UIAAA Connection #134 – Dave Nuffer, CAA, Director of Athletics at Riverton High School is now available. Dave, a State Champion in the 110 Hurdles while attending Reynolds High School in Oregon, share stories from athletics in a Utah Charter School, his time in New Hampshire and his new position Riverton. He studied athletic Administration at O...

The podcast makes another trip to Tooele County.  UIAAA Connection #133 – Gaylynn Warr, Principal at Stansbury High School is now available. Gaylynn, another stellar example of the coaching factory at Southern Utah University, earned high praise as a rodeo athlete while attending Cedar High School. She details her love of teaching the teachers as she shares many stories from Tooele and Stansbury H...

The podcast makes another visit to Eastern Utah.  UIAAA Connection #132 – Phillip Bertoch, CAA, Director of Athletics and Human Resources at Duchesne School District is now available. Listen as Phillip tells us about the fascinating one and a half years he spent teaching on the island of Tonga.  He has served as Director of Athletics at a high school and now at the District level.  With four high...

The podcast makes its third trip to Florida.  UIAAA Connection #131 – Andy Chiles, CMAA, Executive Director of the FIAAA and Director of Athletics at Winter Park High School is now available. Andy, a former NIAAA President, shares a plethora of stories from his younger days in Virginia to the present day. Andy speaks to the importance of becoming involved at the local, state and national levels fo...

The podcast makes another visit to Utah County.  UIAAA Connection #130 – Trevor Iosefa, Director of Athletics at Telos Academy is now available. Trevor, a first year Athletic Director, gives us a fresh perspective on what it’s like to enter the world of Athletic Administration.   Born and raised in Hawaii shares his experience of completive canoeing both in a harbor and from Island to island.  Lis...

The podcast makes its third visit to Texas.  UIAAA Connection #129 – Sandra Mader, CMAA, Director of Athletics at Aldine Independent School District is now available. Sandra shares stories from her youth in New Jersey to playing shortstop for the Sam Houston State softball team.  A three-sport athlete in high school, she leads one of the bigger school districts in Texas. Sandra shares her experien...

The podcast makes its another visit to Salt Lake Country.  UIAAA Connection #128 – Danny Shwam, CAA, Director of Athletics at Highland High School is now available. Danny has served as the AD at Highland for the last ten years.  Before that he spent many years in the world of professional baseball, including as an assistant coach for the Salt Lake Trappers during their record 29 wins in a row in 1...

The podcast makes a visit to the Heber Valley.  UIAAA Connection #127 – Ryan Bishop, Assistant Principal at Wasatch High School is now available. Listen as Ryan, who was born in Heber, tells us about moving to Cedar City as a young man as his Father coached at Southern Utah University.  A graduate of the “Coaching Factory” at SUU, Ryan spent time at Bear River, and Davis high schools as Head Footb...

The podcast makes its second visit to the Commonwealth of Kentucky.  UIAAA Connection #126 – Arthur Ballard, CMAA, NIAAA Professional Development Academy is now available. Interesting note – Arthur and NIAAA Executive Director Phil “Badmoon” Rison have been friends since they were small children.  A two-sport athlete in high school, Arthur has influenced thousands of athletes and coaches in Kentuc...

The podcast makes another visit to central Utah.  UIAAA Connection #125 – Cheryl Hadley, CAA, Director of Athletics North Sanpete High School is now . Cheryl shares her experiences in the classroom and coaching before she became the Athletic Director.  Raised in Coalville, Utah, she attended Snow College and Weber State.  A three-sport athlete in high school, she puts that experience to work every...

The podcast makes another visit to northern Utah.  UIAAA Connection #124 – Curtis Hulse, Director of Athletics, Clearfield High School is now available. Curtis a native of Star Valley, shares experiences from his youth in Wyoming.  Curtis is one of the few people in Utah that became the AD at their alma mater.  A ten-year AD, he spent almost two decades coaching athletes at Clearfield.  Please Lis...

The podcast makes its second visit to the state of Missouri.  UIAAA Connection #123 – Josh Scott, CMAA, Director of Athletics and Activities at Springfield Public Schools is now available. Josh has served as Director of Athletics at a high school and now at the District level.  His work with assisting all five high schools in Springfield achieve the NIAAA Quality Program Award is worth the listen....

The podcast makes another visit to one of its Gold Business Partners. UIAAA Connection #122 – Pat Maloney and Nick Tsagalakis, Snap! Mobile is now available. Hear a little about Pat and Nick’s background as they give us look into the world of athletic administration from an outside point of view.  They also share what Snap! Mobile can do for the fundraising in your school. Please Listen, Learn and...

The podcast makes another visit to Central Utah. UIAAA Connection #121 – Susan Hatch, Director of Athletics at Manti High School is now available. Susan, an A D for less than seven months, speaks to the challenges of the job.   Little known fact regarding Susan, her first job was in a three-isle grocery store.  A former softball coach for 18 years, she stepped up when asked to serve the students o...

The podcast makes its third visit to the 6 yearly recipients of the UIAAA Scholarship. UIAAA Connection #120 UIAAA Student Scholarship Recipients:  Kara Camp, Tylee Henrie, Beverly Lancaster, Nicole Lewis, Tyson Morley and Trey Rose, is now available.  Listen as the scholars share their stories on how they became outstanding student/athletes.  You won’t want to miss this one!     Please Listen, Le...

The podcast makes another visit to Utah County. UIAAA Connection #119 – Jeremy Lewis, Director of Athletics at American Fork High School is now available. Jeremy, a Nevada native, grew up in Fallon and played sports there. In high school, Jeremy wrestled in three straight championship matches. He shares the incredible story that occurred during covid with an unresponsive crowd at a home football g...

The podcast makes its first visit to the state of Nebraska. UIAAA Connection #118 – Nate Larsen, CMAA, State Coordinator for the Nebraska State Interscholastic Athletic Administrators Association is now available. Nate, a life-long Nebraskan, takes us on his journey through athletics in the Cornhusker State. Currently the AD at Loganview, he will be moving to O’Neill high school next fall. His wor...

The podcast makes another visit to Sevier County. UIAAA Connection #117 – Amy Robinson, CAA, Director of Athletics at South Sevier High School is now available.  Amy, a native of Mt. Pleasant, Utah, attended Snow College and Southern Utah University. She is another product of the “Coaching Factory.” The daughter of long-time UIAAA member John Erickson, she was more experienced than most when...

The podcast makes its third visit to the state of New Jersey. UIAAA Connection #116 – Dave Suiter, CMAA, Assistant Executive Director  of the DAANJ is now available. Dave shares stories from the DAANJ and their new initiative if summer Boot Camp for athletic administrators. Now retired, Dave spent time at two different highs school as an AD. He has some great experiences from his time at the...

The podcast makes another visit to Salt Lake County. UIAAA Connection #115 – Tom Sherwood, Principal at Brighton High School is now available. Tom grew up in Bluffdale and graduated from Bingham High School.  A veteran Principal of 15 years, Tom shares his best practices for an Athletic Administrator and a Principal to effectively run a program. He also has a unique perspective from serving o...

The podcast makes its first visit to the state of Michigan. UIAAA Connection #114 – Fred Smith, CMAA, Director of Athletics at Bangor High School is now available. Fred served as Director of Athletics at five different high schools in Michigan. He shares his unique hobby of baking and traveling. Fred also shares stories of coordinating LTI’s in Michigan and his time on the NIAAA Board. Click to he...