NCAA Regional and Super Regional Meeting

Coach O'Connor was meeting with Associate Director of Athletics for Facilities and Operatives, Jason Bauman (http://www.virginiasports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?&DB_OEM_ID=17800&ATCLID=1133799).  He invited me to sit in on the meeting as a learning opportunity as the initial planning phases of hosting a Regional and Super Regional Tournament were be looked at.  This was a different kind of meeting from the previous years since the certainty of hosting was an unknown.  Coach O'Connor certainly felt that the season has progressed to the point of being worthy of hosting one or both of the tournaments, but many things had to fall into place.  The main point of the meeting was to determine the game plan of ticket sales; to include parking.  AAD Bauman wanted to make sure Coach O'Connor was satisfied with the idea of putting tickets on-sale.  Many coaches and athletes are very superstitious.  However, Coach O'Connor understand the necessity of planning and coordinating.  He was fine with the plan and endorsed the ticket and marketing plans.


The rest of the day was spent shadowing Coach O'Connor and observing him deal with the daily operations of running the program and preparing for practice that day.