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Navigating sports through pandemic begets book by UMKC’s athletic leader
Season 9 · Episode 41

Navigating sports through pandemic begets book by UMKC’s athletic leader

"Leading in the Unknown" by Dr. Brandon Martin

SportsBeat KC

April 8, 202129m 33s

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Show Notes

Like most college athletic departments, the University of Missouri-Kansas City's has experienced many changes over the past year because of the pandemic. It has suspended sports and tightened its belt in other ways.

UMKC vice chancellor and athletic director Dr. Brandon Martin started taking notes at the beginning of the pandemic and never stopped. Martin has turned those thoughts and interviews into a book: "Leading in the Unknown, a New Paradigm for Leaders in Intercollegiate Athletics." We talk about the book and the experience of leading a mid-major athletic department on today’s SportsBeat KC.

After a break, you’ll hear part of Travis Goff’s introductory news conference at the University of Kansas. Goff, a Kansas native who arrives from Northwestern, faces big challenges that include reviving a downtrodden football program and a basketball program possibly facing NCAA sanctions.

Story links:

Leading in the Unknown: a New Paradigm for Leaders in Intercollegiate Athletics

Goff walks into challenges at KU but could be the perfect guy to tie it all together

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