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Kirk Wessler on BU's AD search

wizard said:
The Job Description concerns and puzzles me. First of all there is no mention of previous coaching experience in the qualifications. Also, no mention of fund raising unless "Facilitate athletic resource development" means fund raising.
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It does. If you look at all of Bradley's fundraisers, they are part of the Development office. No worries.

As for the rest of it, I'm not so sure that a position like this really needs to be clearly spelled out in the posting. The kind of people that will get a serious look will know what being a DI AD is all about.

Also, re: coaching -- I disagree. While coaching doesn't hurt your chances, there are a LOT of very knowledgeable, organized, great people working in athletic departments across the country who have never coached. Those traits are great traits to have, but familiarity with an athletic department is just as useful. Plus, who's to say that hiring an ex-basketball coach to be an AD wouldn't get blamed for being "biased towards the basketball program" ??
 
Some of the best fundraisers I have known have been people with no prior experience doing it. It depends more on one's personality, connections, and ability to sell their "product".

I think management skills are a more important factor for our next AD.
 
Da Coach said:
Some of the best fundraisers I have known have been people with no prior experience doing it. It depends more on one's personality, connections, and ability to sell their "product".

I think management skills are a more important factor for our next AD.
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How about including selling bringing big name teams in to Carver to play our men's basketball team :lol:
 
BUs AD Search

BUs AD Search

Coach- I agree that management skills are probably more important than fund raising. However, fund raising remains an essential ingredient and should be spelled out in the job description. All else being equal, experience always trumps no experience.
Regarding connections, a new AD will have no local connections at first and will have to develop them. To do this well, experience helps.
Jeffsu- I didn't say the coaching background had to be in basketball. It could be in soccer, football, baseball, etc.---and why shouldn't the AD at Bradley be biased toward basketball? I'd be concerned if he/she were not!
 
wizard said:
Coach- I agree that management skills are probably more important than fund raising. However, fund raising remains an essential ingredient and should be spelled out in the job description. All else being equal, experience always trumps no experience.
Regarding connections, a new AD will have no local connections at first and will have to develop them. To do this well, experience helps.
Jeffsu- I didn't say the coaching background had to be in basketball. It could be in soccer, football, baseball, etc.---and why shouldn't the AD at Bradley be biased toward basketball? I'd be concerned if he/she were not!
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I think Jim DeRose should be the AD.
 
wizard said:
Jeffsu- I didn't say the coaching background had to be in basketball. It could be in soccer, football, baseball, etc.---and why shouldn't the AD at Bradley be biased toward basketball? I'd be concerned if he/she were not!
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Didn't say it had to be in basketball, that was just an example. I just don't think you need to have been a coach to be a good AD, that's all. Can it help? Sure. Are there better non-coaching AD's than previous-coach AD's? I'm sure there are.

Plus, I think KK did a great job (lets not start the pro/anti KK discussion though, please...) and I don't recall that he ever coached? Just saying. I liked KK, and I'll support whoever comes next!
 
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