EP 119: From SEC Coach to HS AD: Lessons on Social Media, Impactful Investments, and Hiring Coaches with Jared Hunt – Academy ISD (TX)

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In this AD Insider | Thursday 30 episode, presented by Box Out Sports, we sat down with Jared Hunt, Athletic Director at Academy ISD in Texas.

In this episode, we covered the following topics:

  • How to Incorporate SEC Social Media Ideas and Planning
  • Two Most Impactful Investments for any Athletic Department
  • Ways to Identify Sport Knowledge when Interviewing a Coach

 
Questions in this Interview:

  • 1:54: In 2018, you made the decision to come back to 3A high school football. Why?
  • 3:02: How would you recommend a coach help an athlete through the loss of a loved one?
  • 4:31: What freedom did you have in changing the program when becoming the AD and then where did you go with that opportunity?
  • 5:47: When installing a new culture to a program, how do you handle people trying to tear it down?
  • 6:38: What advice do you have for somebody that's trying to really change a program?
  • 9:40: What would you say is your superpower as an athletic administrator?
  • 11:11: So, what is your criteria? Say I've never played football but I'm the AD and I need to find a head football coach, what would you say you need to look for in that person?
  • 12:45: What are the top 5 traits coaches need to have to be hired by you?
  • 13:09: What question do you ask a potential head coach to help identify their sport knowledge?
  • 14:22: Where would you put money right now to have the biggest impact on your programs?

 
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