FB: Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference

[Pat Coleman]

Looks like he's head coach at St. Thomas Academy.

[MiacMan]

Looks like he's head coach at St. Thomas Academy.

Yep, and he currently has a full-time position in the building as well. I not sure what the title is.

[Mr.MIAC]

I figured the exact opposite, for what it's worth, that she wouldn't be considered for the UST job as an internal hire, so she went to JCU to get experience as an AD and be a better candidate at UST.

I think we'll see some folks with D1 experience, based outside the region, in the running. UST is investing heavily in becoming a nationally recognized university. That includes raising its general profile in select cities across the country (including DC). Athletics is a big part of that effort. A candidate with D1 experience will be familiar with recruiting and marketing at the national level. Someone based outside the region will bring fresh contacts that UST can leverage.

[MiacMan]

I figured the exact opposite, for what it's worth, that she wouldn't be considered for the UST job as an internal hire, so she went to JCU to get experience as an AD and be a better candidate at UST.

I think we'll see some folks with D1 experience, based outside the region, in the running. UST is investing heavily in becoming a nationally recognized university. That includes raising its general profile in select cities across the country (including DC). Athletics is a big part of that effort. A candidate with D1 experience will be familiar with recruiting and marketing at the national level. Someone based outside the region will bring fresh contacts that UST can leverage.

Makes sense as well. I'm sure Dr. Sullivan has plenty of contacts. She came from a D1 school, albeit non-scholarship.

[Mr.MIAC]

I figured the exact opposite, for what it's worth, that she wouldn't be considered for the UST job as an internal hire, so she went to JCU to get experience as an AD and be a better candidate at UST.

I think we'll see some folks with D1 experience, based outside the region, in the running. UST is investing heavily in becoming a nationally recognized university. That includes raising its general profile in select cities across the country (including DC). Athletics is a big part of that effort. A candidate with D1 experience will be familiar with recruiting and marketing at the national level. Someone based outside the region will bring fresh contacts that UST can leverage.

Makes sense as well. I'm sure Dr. Sullivan has plenty of contacts. She came from a D1 school, albeit non-scholarship.

For planning purposes, UST defines the following as peer institutions: Creighton University, Gonzaga University, Loyola Marymount University, Marquette University, Santa Clara University, University of Dayton, Villanova University, Saint Louis University, and the University of San Diego. There's lots of D1 in there. It might be helpful to consider the types of folks these places hire as athletic directors.

[USTBench]

I figured the exact opposite, for what it's worth, that she wouldn't be considered for the UST job as an internal hire, so she went to JCU to get experience as an AD and be a better candidate at UST.

I think we'll see some folks with D1 experience, based outside the region, in the running. UST is investing heavily in becoming a nationally recognized university. That includes raising its general profile in select cities across the country (including DC). Athletics is a big part of that effort. A candidate with D1 experience will be familiar with recruiting and marketing at the national level. Someone based outside the region will bring fresh contacts that UST can leverage.

Makes sense as well. I'm sure Dr. Sullivan has plenty of contacts. She came from a D1 school, albeit non-scholarship.

For planning purposes, UST defines the following as peer institutions: Creighton University, Gonzaga University, Loyola Marymount University, Marquette University, Santa Clara University, University of Dayton, Villanova University, Saint Louis University, and the University of San Diego. There's lots of D1 in there. It might be helpful to consider the types of folks these places hire as athletic directors.

Dayton, San Diego and Villanova are the only three that deal with the logistics of a football team. Although, Villanova has flagshipped basketball to a national championship level, so that's a whole other animal.

[Mr.MIAC]

I figured the exact opposite, for what it's worth, that she wouldn't be considered for the UST job as an internal hire, so she went to JCU to get experience as an AD and be a better candidate at UST.

I think we'll see some folks with D1 experience, based outside the region, in the running. UST is investing heavily in becoming a nationally recognized university. That includes raising its general profile in select cities across the country (including DC). Athletics is a big part of that effort. A candidate with D1 experience will be familiar with recruiting and marketing at the national level. Someone based outside the region will bring fresh contacts that UST can leverage.

Makes sense as well. I'm sure Dr. Sullivan has plenty of contacts. She came from a D1 school, albeit non-scholarship.

For planning purposes, UST defines the following as peer institutions: Creighton University, Gonzaga University, Loyola Marymount University, Marquette University, Santa Clara University, University of Dayton, Villanova University, Saint Louis University, and the University of San Diego. There's lots of D1 in there. It might be helpful to consider the types of folks these places hire as athletic directors.

Dayton, San Diego and Villanova are the only three that deal with the logistics of a football team. Although, Villanova has flagshipped basketball to a national championship level, so that's a whole other animal.

That's a good point about the logistics of a football team. I'm not sure what's going to happen, but me thinks we're going to see lots of big announcements in the near future. When Dr. Sullivan was hired, the BOT declared that she would oversee a sea change at UST during her tenure. UST has been in the quiet phase of a huge fundraising campaign for some time, with the first part dedicated to scholarships announced last year. There's lots of endowed stuff yet to be announced. I could see someone endowing an Athletic Director position (like a number of these other universities have had happen) and UST go going all out on hiring.

[miac952]

Fritz will be tough to replace. Weathered a few storms, but found the right person to head the football team and made the right call hiring his own replacement with men's hoops. Also, fielding successful teams without an athletic facility for an entire year on a landlocked campus had to have been a logistical nightmare, but that transition went about as smooth as it could and now UST has some of the best facilities in DIII.

UST looks and feels like an entirely different place from when I went there in a positive way. I think Fritz recognized and was able to get others in positions of power to recognize that athletics, even at the DIII level, is the hood ornament of your university. Additionally, it took a basketball coach to recognize that football needed to be flagshipped for UST to really stand out, and in many ways, he is just as important to UST's football success as Glenn Caruso is.

Fritz really changed the athletic culture at UST, from middling/slightly-above-average to excellent/dominant in almost every sport UST participates in. That across the board success is not easy to obtain. Very curious as to who will take the reins now. Hopefully not Occidental's AD.

Almost certainly an administrative type and probably not an internal hire. This retirement is interesting with Michelle Morgan leaving just this year to go to John Carroll. I wonder if there is any chance they would bring her back home.

That one won't happen for a lot of different reasons. There more than a few in the athletic department that were good with the departure at the time.

[repete]

HUGE news out of UST:  https://www.tommiesports.com/general/2018-19/releases/20180911f54zkt

52 years is a good run but how about running everyday for more than 45 years (over 17,000 days)? Since there's not a D3 Cross Country forum I though I would post this here.
https://www.runnersworld.com/news/a23010011/steve-gathje-ends-45-year-run-streak/

Back in his SJU days, Steve joined me and a couple of buddies on a camping trip off the Gunflint Trail. We all knew of the streak and told him as we left at 5:30 a.m. that we would tie him to a tree and he would not be running that day.

"Already ran," he said.

[SUMMIT!!!!!]

When Dr. Sullivan was hired, the BOT declared that she would oversee a sea change at UST during her tenure. UST has been in the quiet phase of a huge fundraising campaign for some time, with the first part dedicated to scholarships announced last year. There's lots of endowed stuff yet to be announced. .

With Doug Hennes' death and Steve Fritz's retirement, she has two of the most high profile jobs at UST to fill.... it will be an intriguing process for sure.  Wanna bet ole Sid "recommends" Mark Dienhart for the job? I doubt Mark will be considered outside of Sid's column.  A name that piques my interest (albeit very very much a long shot) is UST alum John Schneider. Highly unlikely, but would be an interesting hire for sure.  My money is on a D1 assistant AD  from one of the schools Rev mentioned. Having/not having a football program is not a deal-breaker.

[faunch]

I figured the exact opposite, for what it's worth, that she wouldn't be considered for the UST job as an internal hire, so she went to JCU to get experience as an AD and be a better candidate at UST.

I think we'll see some folks with D1 experience, based outside the region, in the running. UST is investing heavily in becoming a nationally recognized university. That includes raising its general profile in select cities across the country (including DC). Athletics is a big part of that effort. A candidate with D1 experience will be familiar with recruiting and marketing at the national level. Someone based outside the region will bring fresh contacts that UST can leverage.

Makes sense as well. I'm sure Dr. Sullivan has plenty of contacts. She came from a D1 school, albeit non-scholarship.

For planning purposes, UST defines the following as peer institutions: Creighton University, Gonzaga University, Loyola Marymount University, Marquette University, Santa Clara University, University of Dayton, Villanova University, Saint Louis University, and the University of San Diego. There's lots of D1 in there. It might be helpful to consider the types of folks these places hire as athletic directors.

Dayton, San Diego and Villanova are the only three that deal with the logistics of a football team. Although, Villanova has flagshipped basketball to a national championship level, so that's a whole other animal.

I'd suggest going with someone from one of those three schools as they will help U$T with a smooth transition to DI.

[Mr.MIAC]

I figured the exact opposite, for what it's worth, that she wouldn't be considered for the UST job as an internal hire, so she went to JCU to get experience as an AD and be a better candidate at UST.

I think we'll see some folks with D1 experience, based outside the region, in the running. UST is investing heavily in becoming a nationally recognized university. That includes raising its general profile in select cities across the country (including DC). Athletics is a big part of that effort. A candidate with D1 experience will be familiar with recruiting and marketing at the national level. Someone based outside the region will bring fresh contacts that UST can leverage.

Makes sense as well. I'm sure Dr. Sullivan has plenty of contacts. She came from a D1 school, albeit non-scholarship.

For planning purposes, UST defines the following as peer institutions: Creighton University, Gonzaga University, Loyola Marymount University, Marquette University, Santa Clara University, University of Dayton, Villanova University, Saint Louis University, and the University of San Diego. There's lots of D1 in there. It might be helpful to consider the types of folks these places hire as athletic directors.

Dayton, San Diego and Villanova are the only three that deal with the logistics of a football team. Although, Villanova has flagshipped basketball to a national championship level, so that's a whole other animal.

I'd suggest going with someone from one of those three schools as they will help U$T with a smooth transition to DI.

Do you really want UST to go D1? You guys love to complain about how UST has gone about superseding SJ2 in academics and athletics. If we're in an entirely different division, what will be left to occupy your time?

[OzJohnnie]

Man, Rev, you must be suffering an awful case of small man syndrome in DC surrounded by all the Ivy League types.  Keep pumping those tires.

[Mr.MIAC]

Man, Rev, you must be suffering an awful case of small man syndrome in DC surrounded by all the Ivy League types.  Keep pumping those tires.

I'm pretty comfortable with my credentials...

[DuffMan]

Man, Rev, you must be suffering an awful case of small man syndrome in DC surrounded by all the Ivy League types.  Keep pumping those tires.

I'm pretty comfortable with my credentials...

There's the understatement of the year.