Athletic Administration Leadership Series Spring Program Announced
Tuesday, April 6, 2021
6-7:30 p.m., ET
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Join us for a conversation on mental well-being, motivation, and staying connected in intercollegiate athletics during the COVID-19 pandemic. Over the past year, the landscape of intercollegiate athletics and what it means to win dramatically changed. Faced with a pandemic, the definition of success suddenly was not measured in wins or losses. Student athletes, coaches and athletic department staff were isolated, seasons were lost forever, and for a moment, there was no clear path back to competition. Winning now had to be viewed from a different perspective.
What became important were the day-to-day goals of focusing on maintaining connections, fostering continued motivation, and prioritizing the mental and emotional well-being of staff and student-athletes. Our panel of Springfield College athletic administration program alumni will share their personal stories of how COVID-19 has impacted them and how they continued to persevere and redefine success through motivation and personal connection.
Panelists
Sean Quirk ’95, G’97
Associate Director of Athletics
Endicott College
At Endicott College, Quirk oversees the men’s teams and coaches. He also works with the leadership program with team captains and emerging leaders through the EC L.E.A.D. Program (Leaders of Endicott Athletic Department) as well as overseeing day-to-day operations in the athletic department. Quirk was previously the head coach for the Endicott men’s lacrosse team from 1998 to 2015. He is the head coach of the Cannons Lacrosse Club in the Premier Lacrosse League (PLL). Quirk was the head coach of the Boston Cannons from 2015-2020, which recently merged with the PLL. In 2020, the Cannons won the Major League Lacrosse Championship and Quirk was named New Balance Coach of the Year.
Madison Townley, G’16
Interim Director of Student-Athlete Support Services
Fairleigh Dickinson University
Townley joined the Fairleigh Dickinson Athletic Department in August 2017 as the assistant director of student-athlete support services. Previously, she worked at George Washington University in Washington, D.C., where she was a student-athlete development assistant. There, she provided academic counseling services for the at-risk student population, served as a Student Athlete Advisory Committee advisor and implemented a four-stage career development model for the George Washington student-athletes.
For additional information, contact Jamie Marcoux at jmarcoux@springfield.edu.
Launched in spring 2011, the Athletic Administration Leadership Series is presented by the Athletic Administration Graduate Program.
