Heather has a Personality, Pederson had an Ego beyond his Smarts, and still searching for a Personality!
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Football coach Pat Narduzzi sat on the committee charged with finding a new athletic director for Pittsburgh. His favorite candidate, Heather Lyke, ended up getting the job. Narduzzi rattles off the reasons she stood out. “Heather’s really sharp. She’s very passionate, she’s got energy. She’s got vision and she’s not close-minded. She understands every situation’s different. She’s a former athlete. Where she’s worked in the past has developed her into a great AD.”.........At Ohio State, Gene [Smith] has never gotten in a boat and rowed, so how do you manage a rowing program?” she says as a counterpoint. “It’s really not a very astute observation because it’s a people business. It’s a lot about building relationships with people. There’s very little time that you question X's and O's. How you work with coaches to create a culture where they can have success, that’s the athletic director’s job, to provide them the resources, the tools, the structure, the administrative team that can help them.” Football never even came up during the Pitt committee interview. “We’re in a different era,” Narduzzi said. “It’s not how you handle football. It’s how you handle people. She knows how to handle people. She’ll be able to manage people the right way and she gets it, and she’s got a strong personality and I think it comes down to that.”.........
LINK:
http://www.espn.com/blog/acc/post/_...charge-for-females-in-athletic-administration
Excerpt:
Football coach Pat Narduzzi sat on the committee charged with finding a new athletic director for Pittsburgh. His favorite candidate, Heather Lyke, ended up getting the job. Narduzzi rattles off the reasons she stood out. “Heather’s really sharp. She’s very passionate, she’s got energy. She’s got vision and she’s not close-minded. She understands every situation’s different. She’s a former athlete. Where she’s worked in the past has developed her into a great AD.”.........At Ohio State, Gene [Smith] has never gotten in a boat and rowed, so how do you manage a rowing program?” she says as a counterpoint. “It’s really not a very astute observation because it’s a people business. It’s a lot about building relationships with people. There’s very little time that you question X's and O's. How you work with coaches to create a culture where they can have success, that’s the athletic director’s job, to provide them the resources, the tools, the structure, the administrative team that can help them.” Football never even came up during the Pitt committee interview. “We’re in a different era,” Narduzzi said. “It’s not how you handle football. It’s how you handle people. She knows how to handle people. She’ll be able to manage people the right way and she gets it, and she’s got a strong personality and I think it comes down to that.”.........
LINK:
http://www.espn.com/blog/acc/post/_...charge-for-females-in-athletic-administration
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