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The top ten trending jobs of the week...
#10: RPI: Assistant Director of Athletic Facilities, Equipment & Operations
#9: St. Joseph’s (Brooklyn): Director of Athletics Media Relations
#8: Fitchburg State: Staff Assistant, Athletics Equipment & Operations Manager
#7: RPI: Director of Sport Performance and Wellness
#6: Franklin & Marshall: Assistant Softball Coach - Pitching
#5: Catholic: Assistant Director of Facilities/Operations and External Rentals
#4: Wabash: Head Tennis Coach
#3: Catholic: Director of Sport Performance
#2: Rutgers-Camden: Public Relations Specialist (Athletics Communications)
#1: Colby: Associate AD for Sports Information and Communication
#10: The DIII Management Council is recommending the Presidents Council oppose the age-based eligibility proposal for the 2027 NCAA Convention, citing “more time is needed to observe the implications of the legislation adopted by Divisions I and II and assess the division’s current eligibility model.” The council also recommended opposing establishing a spring practice period in football, believing any playing season changes should be paused due to the ongoing DIII Analysis Working Group review and recommended supporting legislation to reduce the time when vacancies on Presidents and Management Councils can be filled. The Management Council did discuss referrals from the Analysis Working Group – Model 2035 membership and the collective purchasing consortium – and will provide feedback. (link)
#9: “The way we’re running now, from an economic model standpoint, just isn’t sustainable. You can’t go do it forever, and so you need to find the next thing.” That’s Kenyon Board of Trustees Chair of the Budget and Finance Committee Mike Arbour on the college’s projected $15M budget deficit. Arbour says the Kenyon has been running a deficit since 2023-24, but it has grown to now be 11% of net revenues. The deficits have been covered by “drawing down on existing resources.” Arbour believes the keys to getting Kenyon on a healthy financial track include more aggressive fundraising efforts and expanding the Kenyon Keys learning and development opportunities to try and increase enrollment. More from Arbour: “There’s no profit goal at Kenyon. There’s no expense cut for the purpose of building the environment. All anyone actually wants to do is have a giant pile of money to be able to invest in all the things that make this place great.” (link)
#8: The MIAA and Midwest have been confirmed as the other two leagues to participate in the new Riverbend Bowl Series. (link)
#7: Ithaca’s projected FY27 budget deficit has grown from $4M to $8M after missing its enrollment target by over 100 students. The college will reduce non-salary operating expenses and retirement contributions to save around $2M and explore the potential for staff layoffs. President La Jerne Cornish: “I know the uncertainty that that creates, especially for colleagues who have already taken on additional responsibilities. I am asking the board of trustees to consider allowing a higher deficit this year as we work toward budget neutrality in fiscal year 2028.” (link)
#6: Trinity (CT) AD Gavin Viano to the Trinity Tripod’s Clayton Palumbo about the age-based eligibility model. “We don’t have to, and Division III just voted against red-shirting last year, so in a way it feels like we’re basically voting on it again.” (link)
#5: Salisbury Women’s Soccer HC Kwame Lloyd will step down at the end of this season. (link)
#4: Two amendments-to-amendment have been submitted regarding the age-based eligibility proposal: removing the age of 19 as the starting point for the five-year clock and distinguishing the proposal as division dominant, meaning the proposal would need a two-thirds majority to pass. Of note: “Should a division dominant proposal be adopted by the membership, any future legislative amendments to those bylaws may be submitted only by the Division III Presidents Council.” (link)
#3: Here are the latest NPI rankings for field hockey (link), football (link), men’s (link) and women’s (link) soccer and women’s volleyball (link).
#2: Alverno announces former MSOE AD Brian Miller as its new AD starting November 2. (link)
#1: Pacific Lutheran football student-athlete Jackson Hale, former Claremont McKenna men’s basketball student-athlete Connor Printz and former Lynchburg dual-sport athlete Chris Jennings have filed a class action lawsuit against the NCAA over the prohibition of athletic scholarships in DIII. From the suit filed in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California: “The NCAA has engaged in an ongoing conspiracy to fix the price of Division III athletic labor at zero by prohibiting every member of Division III, the NCAA’s largest division at more than 400 schools, from offering a single penny of athletic scholarship. … The Division III prohibition on athletic aid is undeniably a multi-conference agreement in Alston’s own taxonomy. Division III schools remain free to differentiate themselves along every dimension that does not fix the price of the labor that sustains the marquee recruiting tools that are their athletic programs.” (link)
