The college offseason is always filled with the tasks of getting ready for what's next…recruiting, offseason conditioning, keeping tabs of players academically…there is rarely any downtime, especially for Division I schools. Add on top of that the added pressure of filling seats and driving dollars back to the athletic department to fund programs, and much of the seasonal tasks that afforded coaches other opportunities are long gone. However, Vincent Mallozzi in this past Sunday's New York Times had a great feature on a group of coaches that went to the Persian Gulf to meet and coach troops during the summer, featuring Hofstra head coach Tom Pecora an.others. The piece was a great demonstration of the abilit.that coaches still have to influence and create goodwill outside of the University setting. It was also a coup for Hofstra, a midmajor team in a big market at a time of year when the focus of most things sports is Olympic, US Open, NFL and baseball.USA Today has a great indepth piece in the Money section on Net.CEO Brett Yormark and the multiple fronts on which he is working…great example for those job seekers looking to get involved…Business Week has a solid piece for all marketers on marketing to millenials…the Financial Times has an indepth look at the successful business model of the WWE..si.com's Rich Dietsch has a good look back on his Beijing experience…and the Houston Chronicle has a good profile of Rays exec Andrew Friedman….
