- The Value of “Ca$h Money” by: BudgetCoach
March 4, 2011, 06:24
I’m not sure where the age line is except to say I am well over the line where cash means something to me. I’m not just saying that money means something…
- 15 Hour Drive for 2 Minutes and 10 Seconds by: BudgetCoach
November 17, 2010, 08:01
It’s true. We are THOSE parents and darn proud of it!
I have always been fascinated by the parents of student athletes and now that I am one of them I…
- Doc Starr is a Hall of Fame Athletic Director! by: BudgetCoach
November 5, 2010, 08:10
I know of no one better to highlight the evolution of college athletics more than Dan Starr, PhD. Doc, as most of us called him, was sort of an accidental…
- Athletics and Institutional Support by: BudgetCoach
October 28, 2010, 08:02
I think about 14 NCAA schools athletic programs had excess of revenues over expenditures last year. In the world of profit accounting, their athletic…
- College Committees-Be Careful What You Wish For! by: BudgetCoach
October 21, 2010, 15:00
So here you are, on that coveted committee in your beloved institution of higher learning. Congratulations! Or is it a good thing? Maybe not so much!
Y…
- What to Do First? by: BudgetCoach
August 20, 2010, 08:44
Well, I guess I shouldn’t be sitting here writing, when there is so much to do at work…but I am because I promised myself I would post twice a week.
My…
- How Do You Define Victory? by: BudgetCoach
August 17, 2010, 07:43
Today’s post was inspired by my friend Amy who is what I call an “adult onset athlete” and whose journey I find inspiring. She talks about how jubilant…
- 5+ Tips to Make This Your Best NCAA “Audit” by: BudgetCoach
August 9, 2010, 08:50
When is an audit not an audit? When it’s Agreed-Upon Procedures!
Friday concluded the active period of the audit of agreed-upon procedures. The nice…
- What’s Your Riff? by: BudgetCoach
July 27, 2010, 09:15
What do I know about riffs? Absolutely nothing, well almost nothing anyway! A few years ago, during a management staff meeting, our Director of Athletic…
- Countdown to the Audit - 8 days by: BudgetCoach
July 26, 2010, 07:24
This year my NCAA audit of agreed-upon procedures begins Tuesday, August 3, 2010. During this preparation, I also gather information for the Equity in…
- 5 Reasons NOT to Ask Me if I Work in the Summer by: BudgetCoach
June 30, 2010, 08:05
I am sure EVERY athletic administrator deals with this question each time they tell someone what they do for a living:
Wow! Cool! You work at a…
- Smelly Smoke Stacks and Summer Sport Camps by: BudgetCoach
June 28, 2010, 10:35
I was born in Niagara Falls, NY in the middle of the last century and grew up in a suburb directly to the north. The depressed rust belt city of today used…
- Cutting Professional Development is Like Cutting Sports in High School by: BudgetCoach
June 25, 2010, 08:23
As you prepare your budget it seems logical…there are only so many resources to go around and when times are tight you have to cut something so cut profession…
- #CABMA 2010 Take Away Thoughts by: BudgetCoach
June 24, 2010, 08:05
It’s hard for me to believe that I am already home and CABMA is just a memory. I had a wonderful time seeing friends and meeting new ones. I have a…
- #CABMA 6/22/10 Conclusion by: BudgetCoach
June 22, 2010, 15:20
Last night: the power of vendors. It’s good to get to know the vendors. This way you don’t have to order a sandwich and eat in your room in front of…
- #CABMA 6/21/10 All Darn Day! by: BudgetCoach
June 21, 2010, 20:47
Last night: the dinner cruise was beautiful but got a little rocky when Colleen Garrity, Business Manager at Purdue University drove the boat into the rocky…
- #CABMA 6/20/10 Afternoon by: BudgetCoach
June 20, 2010, 19:36
Internet connection: This is kind of frustrating…sort of feels like the old saying “let no good deed go unpunished!” I am having a hard time getting…
- #CABMA 6/20/10 Morning by: BudgetCoach
June 20, 2010, 15:30
Sunday morning: My day began with a 5:50am text from my son which included a picture of him and his Dad getting ready to tee off in the Father’s Day Scramble…
- Countdown to CABMA – Only 7 more sleeps! by: BudgetCoach
June 11, 2010, 08:48
There are few trips I take each year (and my friends know how much I travel) that I look forward to more than my annual trek to the College Athletic Business…
- Are College Athletics Evil? by: BudgetCoach
June 9, 2010, 09:29
Have you heard these ones before?
Intercollegiate athletics are not a part of the academic mission so why subsidize them with student fees?
College…
- Could George Jetson Ever Predict This? by: BudgetCoach
June 2, 2010, 11:32
It’s June 2nd and I have until Friday, June 4th to complete my journal entries and accounts payable for the year. I am sitting in my sister’s home, two…
- Money is Dirty by: BudgetCoach
May 27, 2010, 18:10
Don’t get me wrong…I love money…when it’s mine. But, when it is laying on my desk in piles and envelopes it is just dirty paper and a huge…
- If you know you’re Right, Don’t Blink! by: BudgetCoach
May 26, 2010, 08:10
I am here to say, I blinked last week. A lot. I blinked so much the window cleaner thought I was flirting. Really?
I made a mistake on a spreadsheet…
- I Don’t Know Commish Jim Delany of the Big Ten But I Love Him! by: BudgetCoach
May 20, 2010, 13:14
Our commissioner, Rich Ensor @MAACCommish Tweeted this article from The Chronicle of Higher Education http://shar.es/m4Rws titled “What Jim Delany thinks…
- What I Get Paid the Medium Bucks For by: BudgetCoach
May 16, 2010, 19:31
Sometimes, particularly this time of year I wonder why the heck I keep this job. Seriously, it is very stressful this time of year particularly because we…
- Seriously, How Cool Is My Job? by: BudgetCoach
May 15, 2010, 11:44
One time when I was sitting in the holding area at Skydome (Now Rogers Centre) preparing to sing the National Anthems (US and Canadian) at a Toronto Blue Jays…
- Cut Twice, Measure Once! Huh? by: BudgetCoach
May 6, 2010, 07:22
The most challenging balance in fund accounting (use it or lose it) is spending down your budget without going into deficit. It is particularly challenging…
- EOY Insomnia – What Keeps Me Up at Night by: BudgetCoach
May 3, 2010, 06:36
I went to bed at 12:30am last night and got up at 5:15am. I got almost five hours of sleep (not bad for this time of year). The month of May should be so…
- 5 Things to Have Done at Work in Case You Get Hit by a Meteor by: BudgetCoach
April 29, 2010, 08:15
I got an e-mail the other day from a woman I had never met regarding her mother. I connected with this woman 12-15 years ago (I honestly cannot remember)…
- A New Look at Title IX - Survey SAYS: by: BudgetCoach
April 27, 2010, 08:53
Originally every five years and now every ten each NCAA school must complete a self-study of their athletic department followed by an on-site visit from peer…
- A Few Thoughts on Finding a Job in College Athletics by: BudgetCoach
April 14, 2010, 07:44
Here is most of a letter I recently sent to a man who asked my advice on making the move from his position as an Athletic Director at a private high school to…
- Basics of a Sport Budget by: BudgetCoach
April 13, 2010, 08:16
This is a quick primer of what makes up a sport budget.
On the college level budgets are a combination of three main areas: Scholarships, salaries and…
- Stuff an Athletic Business Manager Buys by: BudgetCoach
April 12, 2010, 07:56
When you are a one man band (one woman band in my case!) you do everything in the business office. For about 17 of my 20 years I worked entirely alone. As…
- The Vacation Penalty by: BudgetCoach
April 8, 2010, 08:05
It’s nearly hockey playoffs and I’ve got hockey jargon on my mind. Go Sabres!
I don’t know if I should get two minutes for too many e-mails in my…
- I’m Just a Rookie! by: BudgetCoach
March 26, 2010, 16:04
Ok, so it’s the first actual real time I spoke at a conference. I’ve lead round tables before but being responsible for an actual session was a first for…
- The Continuous Reinvention of Me by: BudgetCoach
March 25, 2010, 10:12
I have done a whole lot of things in my day and am buoyed by the thought that I am really just beginning!
- Moving that Party of 75 by: BudgetCoach
March 15, 2010, 08:30
The players are still pumped, the students are doing what students do (what goes on in Vegas stays in Vegas) and the boosters are liquored up (away from the…
- Party of 75: Pre-prep for the Big Dance by: BudgetCoach
March 14, 2010, 14:01
Many teams play in the NCAA Men’s Basketball Championships only because their athletic conference has an automatic qualifier. These teams from mid-major…
- Life of an NCAA Team Host by: BudgetCoach
March 13, 2010, 09:45
The NCAA Men’s Basketball Championships will have been in Buffalo four times since 2000 including next week when Canisius College and Niagara University host…
- Never Apologize for Success by: BudgetCoach
March 8, 2010, 07:49
Years ago, maybe in the 90’s, one of our spring teams was on the verge of qualifying for the championship. They just needed to win one more game on the road.…
- In Athletics Restructuring Means Cutting by: BudgetCoach
March 3, 2010, 13:59
I saw something on the NACDA Daily Review under Financial Operations. “Seton Hall's Department of Athletics Restructures Sports Programs” describes the…
- Do you Plan for Success? by: BudgetCoach
March 1, 2010, 07:39
Do you plan for success? Most people would say yes…it is the answer most expected. Who wants to say no, I just let the chips fall as they may? Bracket…
- Team Travel Time Travel by: BudgetCoach
February 25, 2010, 08:18
Everyone has been through it and it is aggravating, complicated and potentially expensive. A weather event occurs and it throws your family vacation plans…
- “No More Mister Nice Girl” by: BudgetCoach
January 26, 2010, 08:48
How to Create a Culture of Fiscal Integrity – Part II: Defining rules and getting administrative support: “No More Mister Nice Girl”
Last time we…
