From the Rafters Podcast VPCo.

Episode 8: Ashwin Puri

This week's guest is Ashwin Puri, Sr. Assoc. AD/Chief Athletics Operating Officer at Villanova University.

You can find Ash on Twitter (@Ash_Puri).

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Episode 7: Jason Young

This week's guest is Jason Young, Associate Athletic Director of External Affairs at Fairleigh Dickinson University.

You can find Jason Young on Twitter (@JYoung_knights).

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Episode 6: Dan Gale

This week's guest is Dan Gale, Founder & CEO of Leona Marketing Group.

You can find Dan Gale on Twitter (@DanGaleJr).

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Episode 5: Mario Moccia

This week's guest is Mario Moccia, Director of Athletics at New Mexico State University.

0:26 - Intro
1:18 - About New Mexico State and their brand
4:40 - NMSU's innovative partnerships
9:38 - On where his drive comes from
12:02 - On getting into college athletics & getting to where he is today
16:16 - New Mexico State's beer, wine, and coffee
23:14 - How much creative input does NMSU have in these partnerships?
27:25 - What does the future of college athletics look like?

You can find Mario Moccia on Twitter (@MarioMocciaNMSU).

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Episode 4: Matt Brown

This week's guest is Matt Brown, Founder of the Extra Points newsletter and former Associate Director of College Brands at SB Nation.

0:38 - Intro
0:56 - Getting started with Extra Points
3:28 - Partnership with The Intercollegiate
5:37 - Maine Athletics x New Balance
8:16 - Future of shoe & apparel contracts in college athletics
10:24 - Future of shoe & apparel (cont.)
11:52 - What kind of schools can get creative with shoe & apparel deals?
13:42 - Who is the Extra Points newsletter for?
17:02 - Opportunity in the space
21:20 - What Matt has learned through Extra Points
23:20 - On academics and athletics working together
24:15 - Matt's hottest college football take

You can find Matt Brown on Twitter (@MattBrownEP).

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Episode 3: Nick Carparelli

This week's guest is Football Bowl Association Executive Director Nick Carparelli.

0:36 - Intro
1:30 - Quarantine update
2:16 - How past experience prepared Nick Carparelli
3:30 - Brand experience / Big East story
6:07 - Role expectations of Executive Director of FBA
8:30 - FBA brand
9:40 - Year 1 as Executive Director of FBA
11:35 - Future of college football
13:15 - Why work in college sports?
14:48 - Insight into FBA strategy
16:18 - Pizza Friday

Intro credits: Dan Long
Music credits: District Four by Kevin MacLeod
Link: incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3662-district-four
License: creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/