The Fastest-Growing College Front Office Podcast—featuring exclusive interviews with emerging innovators across top collegiate front offices.
Parker Fleming, VP of Football Strategy at Dropback, joins the pod to discuss the importance of structured thinking, balancing qualitative and quantitative analysis, and integrating data into decision-making in college football.
Jason Gandhi (GM of MBB & WBB at Delaware) emphasizes the importance of collaboration between coaching and management, the challenges of roster management, and the strategic approach needed for recruitment, especially within non-P4 budget constraints.
In his new role as the Director of Salary Cap Management at Vanderbilt University, CJ shares insights into the importance of data analysis in football (even in his cap-centric role). He also reflects on the unique structure of Vanderbilt's emerging front office, and how he collaborates with coaches and GMs across all rev-share sports.
Colton Korn, Liberty's Director of Player Personnel, joins to discuss Liberty's approach to the new era of roster management--rev-share, NIL, transfer portal--and emphasizing that recruiting still matters.
Trey & Luke dive into the transition from traditional personnel departments to modern front offices, the role of general managers, and the balance between emotional connections and business decisions in recruitment.
To kick off Season 2 of Moneyballers, Kelly Comarda discusses his transition as a "volunteer" at the collective to a full-time position as Director of Roster Management at Tulane. He explains the unique structure of the team, the challenges faced by G5 schools, and the importance of being aggressive in NIL and recruitment strategies.
Kyle Pollock, the Associate GM for Personnel and Roster Management at Temple, talks the need for 'player compensation models' to foster accountability and cultural fit in player recruitment--and some other great advice for aspiring GMs.
Gaizka Crowley, Arizona GM, joins the pod to discusses the industry's evolution of the GM role, as well as his personal GM journey (from G5 to P4).
Moneyballers welcomes Ethan Young to discuss his journey in sports analytics, particularly his role as Director of Strategic Intelligence and later as Director of Player Personnel at UCLA.
Moneyballers welcomes Tyler Phillips to discuss the role of Pro Football Focus (PFF) in providing comprehensive football data and analysis, which is utilized by NFL and NCAA teams for various purposes including game planning, player evaluation, and roster building.
If you have a Twitter account and follow NIL, then you know who Mit is. He is one of the most prolific voices in sports law, an attorney at Kennyhertz Perry Law, and Partner at Winter Sports Law. He collaborates with athletic programs across nearly every major conference to navigate this new era of college sports, and help them find competitive edges within the bounds of the ever-changing rules and regulations of the space. Luke and Mit get into a wide range of conversation, from creative rev-share contract construction, to how schools are approaching athletic reputation within the guidelines of the settlement and NCAA's NIL bylaws.
