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@1QLeadership Question: How do schools provide fans and donors transportation to bowl games, NCAA tournaments, and other events?

Kyle McDonald, President of Sports & Entertainment Travel, LLC (SET), talks about providing experiences around athletic related events. While schools transport teams, coaches, and other related staff, may departments outsource the logistics and experiences of the outside constituency.

• Provide options for travel, lodging, entertainment, etc.
• Facilitate donor experiences related to giving societies
• Assist athletics department in identifying quality experiences

McDonald and his business partners started the company in 2014 after identifying a need in the college athletics industry. - One Question Leadership Podcast - Tai M. Brown

@1QLeadership Question: What are the elements of an effective student-athlete mental health program?

Dr. Stephany Coakley, Sr. Associate Athletics Director for Mental Health at Temple University, discusses the functions and processes in place that make up the TUWell program. She covers aspects of creating and maintaining an environment for student-athletes to feel comfortable using the services provided.

• Assess student-athletes every year of their career
• Educate coaches and administrators on how to identify possible crisis symptoms
• Manage the Student-Athlete transition process
  
  

Dr. Coakley created and implemented the program for Temple Athletics. For more information on her process see her article, If You Build It, They Will Come: Establishing a Student-Athlete Mental Health Program, on AthleticDirectorU.com. - One Question Leadership Podcast - Tai M. Brown

@1QLeadership Question: How does a coach know when to remove someone from the team?

Leanne Ulmer, Head Volleyball Coach at Carthage College, talks about her experiences leading the team for almost 25 years. She discusses working through athletics director changes, leading the team without a full-time assistant coach, deciding when to remove someone from the team, and celebrating other sports on campus while mentoring young coaches throughout the department.

• "If you don't wither and die, you'll learn from the experience."
• Anticipating which student-athletes will be leaders
• Being enrollment driven is a lot to manage with a small staff
• Being intentional with developing relationships with other coaches in the department

Coach Ulmer also talks a lot about her son, University of Oregon Volleyball Coach Matt Ulmer, and the personal and professional relationship they have as volleyball coaches. - One Question Leadership Podcast - Tai M. Brown