Transcript Your Teams – Our Extraordinary Future St. Bonaventure University’s Plan for Intercollegiate Athletics.

Your Teams – Our Extraordinary
Future
St. Bonaventure University’s Plan for
Intercollegiate Athletics
Goals of Presentation
1. Create awareness and understanding of the process that
resulted in a plan for the future of intercollegiate
athletics at St. Bonaventure.
2. Create awareness and understanding for the
components of the plan, timeline for implementation,
requirements for fund raising, and intended outcomes.
3. Invite your participation as an advocate for the plan to
support achievement of goals.
4. Answer questions and encourage continuing
conversation.
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The Process
1. September 1, 2011 – Notice Board reported the
creation of Intercollegiate Athletics Strategic Planning
Committee.
Charge
The engagement of this University-wide group follows an
independent assessment of the University’s intercollegiate
athletics programs and operations conducted during the spring
of 2011 by Carr Sports Associates. The charge to the
intercollegiate athletics strategic planning committee is to now
build upon the evaluation performed by Carr, as well as other
available information, to develop a plan for the sustainable and
vibrant future of intercollegiate athletics at St. Bonaventure
University within the context of the goals, areas of strategic focus,
and overall financial plan articulated in
Becoming Extraordinary 2015.
The Process
2. The committee was composed of a crosssection of staff and faculty.
Steve Watson, Athletics Director, Chair
Rick Trietley, VP for Student Life, Co-Chair
Marge Adamitis, Athletics Business Manager
Steve Campbell, Assoc. A.D. for Internal
Operations
James J. Cattano, Board of Trustees
Fr. John C. Coughlin, Mt. Irenaeus
Mary Driscoll, VP for Advancement
Monica Emery, Director of Recruitment
Mike Kasperski, School of Business, Faculty
Senate representative to the Board of
Trustees
Ann Lehman, Registrar and Director of
Institutional Research
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Steve Mest, Assoc. A.D. for External
Relations
Tom Missel, Director of Media Relations and
Marketing
Barb Questa, Senior Associate Director of
Athletics
Julie Rodriguez, Associate Registrar
Lorraine Smith, Budget Director
Dr. Denny Wilkins, School of J/MC, Faculty
Athletics Representative
Philip Winger, Associate Vice President for
Facilities
The Process
3. Update to campus community provided in
January 2012 edition of the Administration
Bulletin
4. Final report to Board of Trustees provided in
June, 2012.
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The Process
5. Enthusiastic about the potential of Athletics to
contribute to the goals of the University, the Board
of Trustees unanimously voted to accept the report
of the Athletics Strategic Planning Committee as a
framework for what it will take to realize the
following vision:
To strengthen our position in the Atlantic 10
Conference of the NCAA Division I, resulting in
performance in the top half of the A-10 in all 14
intercollegiate sports.
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The Process
6. Also at the June 2012 meeting, the Board of
Trustees charged the University
Administration with the responsibility of
considering the Athletics Strategic Plan in the
context of the University-wide Strategic Plan,
and to come back to the Board with a progress
report at its next meeting in September.
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The Process
7. At the September 2012 meeting, the Board
received an interim report that recommended
proceeding upon a limited number of
components of the Athletics plan as the
administration also tests the University’s ability to
enhance Athletics fund raising to meet the capital
and operating investments outlined in the
Athletics plan.
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Components of the Plan
The plan has goals in 8 areas:
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NCAA & A-10 Rules Compliance
Academic performance
Athletics Facilities and Academic Services
Annual Revenue (Sponsorships/Ticket Sales)
Fund raising
Athletic performance
Enrollment and Retention
Staff Compensation
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Components of the Plan
2. NCAA & A-10 Rules Compliance – achieving a
compliance structure that reflects best practices
and has a record of zero major NCAA violations.
-8 strategies addressing organizational issues,
staffing, operating funds, professional
development funds, and software
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Components of the Plan
3. Academic performance –creating an environment
and academic resources conducive to maintaining
a mean GPA of 3.0 or higher for all student
athletes and an APR score of 950 or higher for
each team.
-12 strategies addressing organizational changes,
staffing changes and enhancements, facilities
needs, changes to coach and student recruitment
strategies, financial aid enhancement for summer
enrollment, and early registration
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Components of the Plan
4. Athletics Facilities and Academic Services –
improving athletics facilities and academic
service facilities to advance our student
athletes’ academic, athletic, and social
development, and to meet or exceed A-10
Conference standards.
-15 facilities construction or renovation needs
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Components of the Plan
5. Annual Revenue (Sponsorships/Ticket Sales)achieve significant increases in revenues from
corporate sponsorships and ticket sales
-Hired a fund raising partner and a third-party
ticket vendor to help us to meet goals in this
area
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Components of the Plan
6. Fund Raising – achieve requisite growth in
Bonaventure Athletic Fund and major gifts
fund raising to support facilities and operation
budgets as outlined in the plan
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Components of the Plan
6. Athletic performance – field teams that
consistently finish in the top half of the A-10
-This is an aspiration that we believe can be
achieved if the other parts of the plan are
implemented
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Components of the Plan
7. Enrollment and Retention – an enrollment
and retention strategy that maintains 240-250
student athletes per year
-8 strategies that address financial aid,
recruiting, orientation, operations, and staffing
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Components of the Plan
8. Staff Compensation
The goals in this area are aligned with the
compensation goals in Becoming
Extraordinary 2015 (at peer school median as
determined by CUPA HR data)
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In Summary…
The plan calls for:
15 facilities needs at an
estimated $18.8 M
20 additional staff
Additional operating
funds to support
initiatives
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What is being implemented
now?
1.
Hired an experienced compliance
officer
(filled a vacancy; increased salary
commensurate with experience)
2. Pursuing fund raising campaign for
Outdoor Athletic Complex and
Women’s BB Locker Room.
(100% must be raised in order to
proceed with these projects.)
3. Hired fund raising consultant to
build revenue-generating capacity
and help test our ability to raise
funds to support the plan.
Next Steps
1. Continue to test for our ability to achieve the goals
of the plan
2. Assess performance and outcomes; modify plan as
necessary
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Some Key Take-Aways
The University’s success is linked to our ability
to successfully pursue the objectives outlined in
the Athletics strategic planning report. Pursuing
and achieving the goals outlined in the Athletics
strategic planning report will contribute to the
goals and objectives outlined in the University’s
Strategic Plan – Becoming Extraordinary 2015.
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Some Key Take-Aways
While the plan projects expenses for facilities
and operations for the next several years, all
investments beyond current levels (whether
funded via fund raising or otherwise) will not be
implemented without the same level of review
and approval that is required of any new
University investments.
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Some Key Take-Aways
We need to implement the Athletics plan into
Becoming Extraordinary 2015.
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Some Key Take-Aways
Just as we do with all University operations, we
will assess our performance vs. plan in
Athletics. In this way, we are integrating
Athletics into the University’s planning
paradigm, which is part of our overall plan.
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