Creating an efficient and effective athletic program is no small feat. Coaches and athletic program administrators face daily challenges regarding matters such as budgeting, marketing, travel administration, and risk management. This textbook provides an in-depth discussion of these and other specialized topics in coaching administration—making it the perfect fit for undergraduate and graduate courses.

Building upon on the foundational material of the previous editions, author Dr. Richard Leonard offers an overview of coaching administration with greater focus on the practical application. This updated third edition also includes new chapter organization, contemporary support references, and bonus administrative tips.

The Administrative Side of Coaching: Applying Business Concepts to Athletic Program Administration and Coaching, 3rd Edition, guides undergraduate and graduate students, as well as coaches and program administrators, through the conceptual and tangible operational decisions and tasks necessary to create and manage a viable athletic program.

Human resource management is one of the most important components of business operations in any organization, and sport and recreation programs are no exception. This textbook provides the framework and principles necessary for undergraduate and graduate students to develop, implement, and maintain the human resource strategies and practices that are essential in managing a sport, recreation or athletics program, from community and youth centers, to intramural collegiate and professional sports.

Human Resource Management for Sport and Recreation Programs examines foundational concepts and the practical elements of human resource management, providing detailed insight, and a step by step look at overall program policies and plan development, program implementation and management, including personnel recruitment, onboarding and assessment techniques, planning and procedures for corrective action, as well as examining relevant legal, ethical, and safety considerations governing the employer—employee relationship. This text is essential in understanding how to successfully recruit, retain, reward, and maintain the most valuable resource of any organization: it's people.

Explore innovative fundraising strategies.

Most athletic organizations—ranging from youth and junior levels to collegiate and Olympic levels—have insufficient finances to meet operational needs, requiring personnel to learn to proactively address resource deficiencies. Fundraising has become a critical strategy for bridging these financial gaps and covering essential expenses. This is particularly true in today's financial landscape, in which the competition for fundraising dollars has exponentially increased.

In the third edition of Fundraising for Sport and Athletics, author Richard Leonard expands upon the foundation of fundraising offered in previous editions with advanced strategies, updated fundraising program examples, and additional scholarly support of the administrative concepts. The discussion of fundraising programs has been developed to include additional aspects of the fundraising campaign, including situational analysis, problem and goal statements, and tentative strategies. This edition modernizes the fundraising administrative concepts to integrate the most current standards and operational functions.

Whether you are a student studying to be an athletic administrator or you are already a fundraising administrator, Fundraising Sport and Athletics contains the ideal mix of fundraising theory and practice that is essential for achieving athletic organization success.

Formerly published in 2022 by FiT Publishing.

Creating an efficient and effective athletic program is no small feat. Coaches and athletic program administrators face daily challenges regarding matters such as budgeting, marketing, travel administration, and risk management. This textbook provides an in-depth discussion of these and other specialized topics in coaching administration—making it the perfect fit for undergraduate and graduate courses.

Building upon on the foundational material of the previous editions, author Dr. Richard Leonard offers an overview of coaching administration with greater focus on the practical application. This updated third edition also includes new chapter organization, contemporary support references, and bonus administrative tips.

The Administrative Side of Coaching: Applying Business Concepts to Athletic Program Administration and Coaching, 3rd Edition, guides undergraduate and graduate students, as well as coaches and program administrators, through the conceptual and tangible operational decisions and tasks necessary to create and manage a viable athletic program.

Human resource management is one of the most important components of business operations in any organization, and sport and recreation programs are no exception. This textbook provides the framework and principles necessary for undergraduate and graduate students to develop, implement, and maintain the human resource strategies and practices that are essential in managing a sport, recreation or athletics program, from community and youth centers, to intramural collegiate and professional sports.

Human Resource Management for Sport and Recreation Programs examines foundational concepts and the practical elements of human resource management, providing detailed insight, and a step by step look at overall program policies and plan development, program implementation and management, including personnel recruitment, onboarding and assessment techniques, planning and procedures for corrective action, as well as examining relevant legal, ethical, and safety considerations governing the employer—employee relationship. This text is essential in understanding how to successfully recruit, retain, reward, and maintain the most valuable resource of any organization: it's people.

Explore innovative fundraising strategies.

Most athletic organizations—ranging from youth and junior levels to collegiate and Olympic levels—have insufficient finances to meet operational needs, requiring personnel to learn to proactively address resource deficiencies. Fundraising has become a critical strategy for bridging these financial gaps and covering essential expenses. This is particularly true in today's financial landscape, in which the competition for fundraising dollars has exponentially increased.

In the third edition of Fundraising for Sport and Athletics, author Richard Leonard expands upon the foundation of fundraising offered in previous editions with advanced strategies, updated fundraising program examples, and additional scholarly support of the administrative concepts. The discussion of fundraising programs has been developed to include additional aspects of the fundraising campaign, including situational analysis, problem and goal statements, and tentative strategies. This edition modernizes the fundraising administrative concepts to integrate the most current standards and operational functions.

Whether you are a student studying to be an athletic administrator or you are already a fundraising administrator, Fundraising Sport and Athletics contains the ideal mix of fundraising theory and practice that is essential for achieving athletic organization success.

Formerly published in 2022 by FiT Publishing.