The Athletic Directory provides a distinguished pool of experienced athletic administrators who are immediately available to serve in an interim capacity while the search for a permanent athletic director is being conducted.

By utilizing The Athletic Directory to place an interim athletic director, our clients can be assured a quality candidate. Alden & Associates, Inc. applies a high standard of scrutiny in the vetting process in assembling The Athletic Directory. Thus, after choosing The Athletic Directory as an interim athletic director placement service, the institution remains only to select from among three or four individuals whose experience is most appropriate for the institution’s needs.

An interim athletic director placed through The Athletic Directory benefits an institution in a number of ways:

• Provides experienced, interim leadership to ease transitional issues and problems (it is a policy of Alden & Associates, Inc. that an interim athletic director placed through The Athletic Directory cannot be considered as a candidate for the permanent post);
    

• Avoids the often problematic situation caused by appointing an internal administrator as acting athletic director;
    

• Prepares for permanent leadership and may serve as an advisor to the search committee;
    

• Keeps the intercollegiate athletics program on course and serves as a stabilizing presence during a lengthy search; and
    

• Acts as a change agent, when necessary.

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