director of purchasing

student intern

process manager

mentor

director of partnerships

NCAA

A typical day at work is umpiring a baseball game.  I enjoy umpiring baseball because I never know the out come of the game. I have the opportunity to work with many different partners at a wide variety of locations. This helps me with my communication and navigation skills.  People react differently to a close play in the game keeping my attention to detail and subtle clues in check. I have learned to work with people from different backgrounds and educational levels.  Managing my schedule and the pace of the game are routine.  Managing people with difficult personalities remains challenging.  I have a good working relationship with all my coworkers.  The hardest part of the job has been empathizing with the loosing team.  The most enjoyable part is that I have the best seat in the house while I participate in the game as an official.

Some departments have more of a corporate feel than others. Culture-wise, the NCAA is still far behind many other organizations. Pre-pandemic, working-from-home policies were quite archaic. However, everyone is working from home right now. Most people care deeply about their work and student-athletes. Morale is quite low right now due to the sudden offering of voluntary separation and early retirement packages and mandatory furloughs after being told for months following the start of the pandemic that the association was doing fine financially. 

Engaging and stimulating workplace. Opportunity to interact with diverse constituent groups from across the country is a huge selling point. More tolerance of mediocrity amongst mid-level staff than necessary for the preeminent collegiate sports organization in the US but otherwise a fascinating place to spend some time.

I fully enjoyed my time working in this field and for the school I did. I felt very natural in that environment, which helped a quick transition in to excel in the work. I worked closely with many others of all departments in the athletics building, it was truly a unique experience.

•	Captain of the USA South Conference Championship Football team
•	Devote over twenty hours a week to skill building, team cohesion, opponent video study and game planning
•	Motivate and lead players towards accomplishing specific goals both on and off of the field
•	Dedicate several hours during the year volunteering around the campus and community with team

My engagement with NCAA was wonderful.

There was a stated mission, and they gave me free hand to complete the mission.

I designed, developed, tested, and implemented the solution, and they appreciated my efforts.

Good people, interesting work, great cause, and wonderful contracting experience.

Officiating for the NCAA each season brings fun and challenges both. The key is to prepare early with rules knowledge and understand but you also must be able to communicate effectively with people of different backgrounds and different situations where the intensity can be high.

Each department was unique in its atmosphere. Many can be overly political. Too many of my coworkers were glamoured by where they were working, and didn’t have any notion of true private sector professional work. It’s. Big non-profit with loads of cash, and very little accountability. 

Being able to come into an environment that has a plan a philosophy, and end goal in their program was huge for me. Having positive leadership is something I look for in any workplace.

Assist in scheduling practices, practice and game coaching, fundraising, recruiting new players, assist with hitting/fielding camps, teaching the game of softball with a primary focus on outfield/hitting, hotel arrangements, driving vans on game days, routing trips and other activities as needed.

Top Job Titles	Average Salary
Director of purchasing 3 salaries reported	$81,833 per year
Student intern 2 salaries reported	$15.00 per hour
Process manager 1 salary reported	$50,500 per year
Mentor 1 salary reported	$12.00 per hour
Director of partnerships 1 salary reported	$60,000 per year

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