Penndemonium
PhD Student
Posts: 1903
Reg: 11-29-04
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03-23-24 10:28 PM - Post#366287
In response to Penndemonium
I know that for some Penn sports, there is an alumni board that Meets and constructs plans for how to build the stature of the sport. They raise money for facilities improvements and seem to have some influence with the Athletic Department over the coaching hires. I don't know formally the roles. The individual sports programs get nothing but apathy and neglect from the athletic department. They defer to the coaches for everything, but coaches typically aren't great all-around at every aspect of running a program. The alumni boards help bring advisors to the sport, working together to set direction and priorities. Without leadership, our athletic programs are a rudderless ship. Basketball feels like that now. Does basketball have any leadership from well informed alumni that are positioned to help? Penn's men's squash team has such a board, for example. They just turned around the team into a national champion.
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