Episode Details

This episode begins with a deep-dive conversation with Justin Moore (Tulsa) and Fernando Lovo (New Mexico), two new athletic directors navigating unprecedented change in college athletics. They discuss stakeholder education around NIL and revenue sharing, the pressure of early coaching hires, aligning with campus leadership, and how relationship-driven markets like Tulsa and Albuquerque shape resource strategy and fan engagement. In the second segment, The Leadership Playbook, leadership experts Kevin DeShazo and Seth Kindig from Better (bebetterleaders.com) share actionable tools for young and mid-career administrators. They highlight why leadership forms the foundation (“the pie crust”) of every department’s success and outline systems for daily reflection and self-evaluation that accelerate growth. Follow The CALS Report on Instagram & TikTok (@thecalsreport), on LinkedIn at the Collegiate Athletic Leadership Symposium, and on YouTube.