The Handbook of College Athletics and Recreation Administration

The Handbook of College Athletics and Recreation Administration

The Handbook of College Athletics and Recreation Administration

While nearly all two- and four-year institutions have some athletic programming, there are almost no guides for adminstrators of such programs and departments, leaving those in charge to have to learn as they go.

The Handbook of College Athletics and Recreation Administration is one of the first books to fill that gap.  It provides a practical and informative resource for athletics administration, recreation, and fitness practitioners of all levels in both 2 and 4-year institutions, public and private. It is also a resource for graduate students and faculty in sports management programs with an emphasis in collegiate athletics.

It's broken down into three, easy-to-understand parts:

• Part One: Foundations of College Athletics  
• Part Two: Skills Needed for Successful College Athletic Adminstration
• Part Three: Issues Facing College Athletics

It addresses the broad functional areas of collegiate athletic enterprises: intercollegiate athletics, health and fitness, and recreation.  It covers such foundational issues as ethics, governance.  Additionally, outlines what functional skills are needed to have strong college atheltic adminstration such as managing students and staff, budgets, events, facilities, fundraising, marketing and media relations, and managing relationships and political environments, etc.

The Handbook of College Athletics and Recreation Administration is the much-needed blueprint for all those in college athelic administration.