Case Studies Intercollegiate Athletics

Facilities used to be built on a simple premise in college athletics. Construct the biggest locker room, add the flashiest player amenities, and recruits would come. Bryan Stiles has watched that model fade in real time. In his view, the modern era of NIL, revenue pressure, and constant roster and coaching turnover has forced a […]

Mickey Guridy has witnessed Liberty University athletics transform from a modest program into a national competitor operating in the Football Bowl Subdivision era. As Senior Associate Athletic Director for Event Management, Facilities and Personnel and Chief Diversity Officer, Guridy oversees the environments that shape the daily lives of more than 500 student-athletes across 20 sports. […]

Inside the athletic facilities arms race, few leaders have navigated as many competitive landscapes as Kortne Gosha. Now serving as senior associate athletic director for capital planning at the University of Nebraska, Gosha sits at the center of one of college sports’ most consequential questions: how do you modernize iconic venues, protect a self-sustaining financial […]

Collegiate athletics has always evolved, but the pace of change in recent years has forced universities to rethink nearly every aspect of how their programs operate. For Dr. Morey Mossovitz, Associate Athletics Director for Facilities and Event Operations at Syracuse University, that reality shapes the daily work of managing one of the most complex athletics […]

Harvard University’s athletic facilities reflect more than a century of tradition, competition, and institutional identity. Maintaining and evolving that ecosystem is the responsibility of Tim Troville, Senior Associate Director of Athletics for Capital Planning and Facilities, who oversees a vast and complex portfolio that touches nearly every aspect of the student-athlete experience. Troville manages all […]

Change defines modern collegiate athletics, and Jordan Feeney, assistant athletic director for operations and capital projects for Boise State University, lives that reality daily. From conference realignment to NIL-driven compensation models, the landscape has shifted rapidly, forcing athletic departments to rethink facilities, fan engagement, and capital strategy in real time. Every renovation, reseating plan, and […]

A cooler-than-usual morning in Houston prompted T.J. Meagher to joke about the weather before turning to the subject that has defined much of his professional life: building, maintaining, and reimagining the physical backbone of University of Houston athletics. Thoughtful and candid, Meagher has spent nearly a quarter-century at the university, arriving in September 2000 and […]

Auburn University’s athletic facilities rarely sit still. Renovations, repurposed spaces, new technology rollouts, premium seating concepts, and expanded event programming now define the operational rhythm across campus. At the center of that activity is Brent McNeely, Auburn’s Assistant Athletic Director for Facilities and Operations, who has spent more than two decades helping guide the physical […]

Experience, adaptability, and timing have always defined Cameron Wilson’s rise through collegiate athletics, but never more so than now. As Senior Associate Athletic Director for Facilities and Event Management at the University of North Texas, Wilson operates in an era where the traditional assumptions about athletics facilities no longer hold. The buildings still matter. The […]