Off Duty ADs

The Off Duty ADs are one active and two former high school athletic directors discussing the state of high school athletics today while they're off the clock. This podcast is intended for anyone within the world of high school athletics.

Changing Jobs, Kids These Days, and Easter Candy: Episode 178 04/08/2024

Changing Jobs, Kids These Days, and Easter Candy: Episode 178 The Off Duty ADs talk about the factors that go into changing jobs. They also discuss kids these days with standardized testing, going into education, and the Mt. Rushmore of Easter candy. /episode/index/show/offdutyads/id/30559018

Solar Eclipses and Breakfast Cereals: Episode 177 03/25/2024

Solar Eclipses and Breakfast Cereals: Episode 177 The Off Duty ADs talk about the impact that the upcoming solar eclipse is having on school schedules. They also discuss their Mt. Rushmore of breakfast cereal. That's it. The solar eclipse and breakfast cereal. /episode/index/show/offdutyads/id/30492223

Youth Sports Parenting (Again): Episode 176 03/11/2024

Youth Sports Parenting (Again): Episode 176 The Off Duty ADs again talk about one of their favorite topics: youth sports parenting. They also discuss growing the fandom of women's professional sports, a little bit of NIL affect, Mark brags about his kid for a while, and the Mt. Rushmore of Julia Roberts. /episode/index/show/offdutyads/id/30285273

Vetoing Coaches' Cuts: Episode 175 02/26/2024

Vetoing Coaches' Cuts: Episode 175 The Off Duty ADs talk about when - or if - they would step in a veto a coach's decision about cuts. They also discuss managing team rules, give medical advice, poke at our brothers, and cover lots of Tom Hanks. /episode/index/show/offdutyads/id/30028143

Managing Cuts and the Cutting Process: Episode 174 02/12/2024

Managing Cuts and the Cutting Process: Episode 174 The Off Duty ADs talk about the high stress days associated with making program cuts, some of the cutting processes and procedures that have worked for our coaches in the past, our Mount Rushmore of Kevin Costner, and a home improvement project that quickly went sideways. /episode/index/show/offdutyads/id/29797783

Winter Weather Decision-Making: Episode 173 01/29/2024

Winter Weather Decision-Making: Episode 173 The Off Duty ADs talk about how winter weather impacts game day decisions. They also discuss winter travel, managing gray-area weather decisions, Detroit, and a future Kevin Costner debate. /episode/index/show/offdutyads/id/29587873

Seeking Professional Development Opportunities: Episode 172 01/15/2024

Seeking Professional Development Opportunities: Episode 172 The Off Duty ADs talk about seeking professional development opportunities. They also discuss a little bit of college athletes, middle school bus routes, their desert island album selection, and - of course - some fandom. /episode/index/show/offdutyads/id/29381528

THROWBACK: Rewarding Job Aspects, Major League, and Tempter IPA: Episode 3 01/01/2024

THROWBACK: Rewarding Job Aspects, Major League, and Tempter IPA: Episode 3 This episode was originally published on May 14, 2018. The Off Duty ADs talk about some of the more rewarding aspects of their jobs; Ryan likes beer and wings, hates fish water, and strives for apathy; Mike intros his favorite daily beverages including one from the Telluride Brewing Company, looks for officials on someone else's field, and never gets told "good game"; Mark rants about technology usage, talks about rapport with coaches and kids, and offers listeners a Sports Dork Would You Rather. /episode/index/show/offdutyads/id/29291253

NCAA New Division Proposal: Episode 171 12/18/2023

NCAA New Division Proposal: Episode 171 The Off Duty ADs talk about the proposal for a new, opt-in division to the NCAA. They also talk about youth sports halftimes, NIL and more trickle down to the high school level, and, of course, some fandom. /episode/index/show/offdutyads/id/29083653

Ending the Fall Season: Episode 170 12/04/2023

Ending the Fall Season: Episode 170 The Off Duty ADs talk about closing out the fall season. They also discuss a little bit of NIL and the transfer portal, revisit their soccer corner, and a lot of fandom. /episode/index/show/offdutyads/id/28893548

Responding to Social Media Posts: Episode 169 11/20/2023

Responding to Social Media Posts: Episode 169 The Off Duty ADs talk about responding to social media posts. They also discuss government interference in ticket sales, taking the bus to Abilene, and the return of alcohol to the pod. /episode/index/show/offdutyads/id/28698013

Youth Sports Parents and the Prisoner's Dilemma: Episode 168 11/06/2023

Youth Sports Parents and the Prisoner's Dilemma: Episode 168 The Off Duty ADs talk about how parents are more-or-less stuck in today's youth sports climate. They also welcome in a guest and discuss ancient radios and TVs, wonder about Mike's Halloween costume, and introduce a new soccer segment. /episode/index/show/offdutyads/id/28470983

Managing Coaches' Systems: Episode 167 10/23/2023

Managing Coaches' Systems: Episode 167 The Off Duty ADs talk about managing coaches' systems, particulary when you don't agree with the coaches' systems. They also discuss plenty of fandom and our #1 fan, Mike's mom. /episode/index/show/offdutyads/id/28345244

Homecoming and Big Events: Episode 166 10/10/2023

Homecoming and Big Events: Episode 166 The Off Duty ADs talk about hosting homecoming, rivalries, and other big events. They also discuss fireworks at games, supervising dances, and being old dads with young kids. /episode/index/show/offdutyads/id/28262384

Program Messaging: Episode 165 09/25/2023

Program Messaging: Episode 165 The Off Duty ADs talk about the messaging from ADs and coaches following the Colorado vs. Colorado State football game, how impressive Mike's teams have been (if we ignore the White Sox), Ryan's Browns in live action, and whether Mike's mom prefers episodes with or without him. /episode/index/show/offdutyads/id/28076472

Parents as Coaches: Episode 164 09/11/2023

Parents as Coaches: Episode 164 The Off Duty ADs talk about some of the pros and cons of hiring parents as coaches. They also discuss their own stubborn kids, Mike as the elder statesman of the pod, weather issues, and Nebraska volleyball. /episode/index/show/offdutyads/id/27899481

Youth Sports Coaching: Episode 163 08/28/2023

Youth Sports Coaching: Episode 163 The Off Duty ADs talk about volunteer coaches in youth sports, the structure of youth sports, arthritis, little kid fights, and the American Gladiators. /episode/index/show/offdutyads/id/27804960

NIL Deals: Episode 162 08/14/2023

NIL Deals: Episode 162 The Off Duty ADs talk about NIL deals in the collegiate and high school space and their effect on school transfers, various past collegiate athletes, and a selfish driver as a metaphor for Tim Anderson. /episode/index/show/offdutyads/id/27718992

Hazing: Episode 161 07/31/2023

Hazing: Episode 161 The Off Duty ADs talk about staying engaged as a youth sports parent, hazing, and Kirk Cousins. /episode/index/show/offdutyads/id/27558432

We're Back (Again): Episode 160 07/17/2023

We're Back (Again): Episode 160 The AL Garbage, NL Garbage, hot dogs, PBR pounders, and the potential for regularly published episodes in our future. /episode/index/show/offdutyads/id/27415560

Missing Uncle Bill: Episode 159 05/31/2023

Missing Uncle Bill: Episode 159 Hey, look; an episode in 2023! It's a catch-up pod driven by the passing of our beloved #1 fan, Uncle Bill. We cover a lot of ground with our fandom - most of it negative - but the band was back together for a night. /episode/index/show/offdutyads/id/26997585

Advanced Degrees and Female Coaches: Episode 158 08/10/2022

Advanced Degrees and Female Coaches: Episode 158 Mike was covided-out, so it's just Mark and Ryan talking about their bourbon collections, AD internships, female coaches and AD, not being ready to discuss Maverick yet, and Ryan's pseudo-ambulance driving skills. /episode/index/show/offdutyads/id/24012126

Mark's New Job; Mike's New Baby: Episode 157 07/18/2022

Mark's New Job; Mike's New Baby: Episode 157 The long-awaited post-July 1 episode includes additional good news from Mike about his Boy #2. After some initial chatter, Mark describes his last school year, and then Mike (of course) has to chat about the White Sox. /episode/index/show/offdutyads/id/23772938

Dads Over 40, Baseball Stadiums, and NIL: Episode 156 06/23/2022

Dads Over 40, Baseball Stadiums, and NIL: Episode 156 It's just Ryan and Mark today because Mike became a Dad x2! It takes a while, but the guys eventually get to some semi-professional content by chatting about NIL. /episode/index/show/offdutyads/id/23515037

The Dog (or Horse?) and Pony Show of Professional Development: Episode 155 05/24/2022

The Dog (or Horse?) and Pony Show of Professional Development: Episode 155 We know it's Tuesday, but there are no rules anymore! Professional development, NIL, Rethinking Fandom, Candlebox, and the marching band. /episode/index/show/offdutyads/id/23208329

Can You Be Friends With Sports Parents?: Episode 154 05/09/2022

Can You Be Friends With Sports Parents?: Episode 154 We're back! It's a new format with the same nonsense: a little of this, a little of that, some things that might be helpful, and a lot that won't be. No guarantees for the time between this one and the next one, but for today, we're back. /episode/index/show/offdutyads/id/23012480

We're Back (for today, at least): Episode 153 12/20/2021

We're Back (for today, at least): Episode 153 Like Arnold, Slim Shady, and Michael Scott, we're back. The people have demanded it, so we're delivering. Enjoy. /episode/index/show/offdutyads/id/21540878

152 is Apparently our Limit: Episode 152 06/28/2021

152 is Apparently our Limit: Episode 152 The Off Duty ADs say so long, farewell, auf wiedersehen, goodnight. We also discuss our level of professionalism vs amateurism, the growth of HS AD podcasts, getting snubbed by the NIAAA, a handful of our longtime listeners, our t-shirt ideas, and a parting shot at Uncle Bill. /episode/index/show/offdutyads/id/19584521

Association Roster Limits: Episode 151 06/14/2021

Association Roster Limits: Episode 151 The Off Duty ADs talk about activities association imposed roster limits. They also discuss the impact of oversize rosters during the post-season, possible advantages to unlimited rosters, trying to compare sports rosters to classroom rosters, dollar and beyond dollar impacts, how we'd deal with unlimited rosters, youth baseball parents, and new legislation for Colorado. /episode/index/show/offdutyads/id/19450826

Tax Funded Entities: Episode 150 05/31/2021

Tax Funded Entities: Episode 150 The Off Duty ADs engage in a thought exercise regarding the coordination of related tax-funded entities. They also discuss the White Sox and the Browns, overcoming the political gaps between schools and parks, the positives of turning over all programming to the schools, the positives of letting the city manage facilities, putting pride back into neighborhood teams, managing a full K-12 program, naming mountain towns in Colorado, two different officiating stories, and watching movies on quarantine. /episode/index/show/offdutyads/id/19296104

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