Essay On Athletic Director

Jesse Owens once stated, “We all have dreams. But in order to make dreams come into reality, it takes an awful lot of determination, dedication, self-discipline, and effort.” Athletic Directors run the business, it is their duty to keep everything running correctly and maintaining upkeep throughout their work environment. Athletic Directors can make or break a facility, many skills are needed to be successful in this job area. Being able to be organized, work under pressure, and communicate with others are big keys to success. This career is important because many people have a love for sports and sports need a person to support stability throughout time.

    Athletic Directing can be a very important job that requires adults to have special

skills and are able to complete the duties that appear. To be a successful athletic director, knowledge, a love for sports, organization, and being able to delegate tasks that are given even when the tasks are challenging are major keys to success(“Athletic Directors” 310). Most of the time spent as an athletic director is spent working with others and communicating with peers to complete a task, communication plays a big factor in this career and in life. Ensuring that facilities meet environmental, health, and security standards and comply with government regulations are a big responsibly as an athletic director. They plan, direct, and coordinate supportive services of an organization, maintain facilities and supervise activities that include record keeping, mail distribution, and office upkeep(“Administrative Services Manager”). Athletic Directing is a job that requires good communication, perseverance, and a knowledge of what the job is.
    To become an an athletic director there are many steps that must be taken such as, collage, certifications to become one, and what type of education degree is recommended.

When attending college to become an athletic director two certifications are required, The Certified Facility Manager Certification and The Facilities Management Professional Certification(“Administrative Services Manager”). All of the best positions for an athletic director require a graduate degree in order to even apply the position and typically will not except those without a graduate degree(“Athletic Directors” 310). Having a bachelor's degree coming out of college is required and any degree above that would be more beneficial for whomever is interested in the position(“Administrative Services

Manager”).
    Athletic Directors can work in many different environments which include: location, and the hazards of the job.

Athletic Directors work usually inside in an office or throughout the building, but on some occasions work needs to be taken care of outdoors(“Sports Marketer”). Athletic Directors do not just work on the duties that need to be completed when they at their job, some work may need to be completed outside of the job. Athletic Directors work mostly full hours and work extra hours on the job, which will make it stressful(“Administrative Services Manager”).   

    The job of an athletic director is very important do to the extra curricular events that occur in schools in the future. The U.S. Department of Labor predicts that overall employment for postsecondary education administrators will grow faster than the average for all careers through 2022(“Athletic Directors” 311). It is expected that the administrative services career with grow as fast as eight percent(“Administrative Services

Manager”).
    Athletic Directing can be fun but it can also require a lot of amounts of work and time. Athletic Directors typically work an average work day which is eight hours, but on some occasions they may work nine to eleven hours a day(“Sports Marketer”). Eventho they are required to work in school, they spend a lot of time outside in school working on what they need to accomplish and about one in four worked more than 40 hours per week(“Athletic Directing” 311). Working more hours and when of duty isn't always a bad thing because it eventually pays off, directors, vice presidents, and presidents of firms tend  to make the highest salaries(“Athletic Directing” 311). In one year, athletic directors average yearly pay is 101,883, in the end it may seem like a lot of work but will definitely have a positive outlook(“Athletic Directing” 309).
    Athletic Directors have a big responsibility, maintaining facilities and making sure that organizations are running smoothly and efficiently. Although they may not always be noticed, if they do not do their job, sports teams will not be able to be successful. Being able to take care of sports teams and facilities and to be able to do something that they love is definitely a benefit of this career. Having the responsibility to handle all the financial and extra curricular activities is a great duty to have and will push them to want to be successful. Even though a lot of time and dedication is needed in this career, other people will be there helping and preserving to work through the issue, teamwork is a big factor and a great thing to have. Nothing in life is easy, neither is being an athletic director, but with teamwork, communication, and perseverance a person will excel in this career.