SportsField Management Podcast
Whether you are in the field or on the go, you can be listening to sports field management education, information and interviews. Through conversations with industry experts, the SportsField Management Podcast brings you in-depth insight to better manage your sports field and facilities. And it’s all available whenever – and wherever – you are. * SportsField Management is the official publication of the Sports Field Managers Association (SFMA)
Episodes
Thursday May 02, 2024
Thursday May 02, 2024
Meg Kruger of Pioneer Athletics joins us once again to recap her SFMA Conference education session, share additional social media tips, and discuss which platforms you should be utilizing.
Monday Jul 31, 2023
Monday Jul 31, 2023
On this episode of the SportsField Management Podcast, Meg Kruger, content marketing lead with Pioneer Athletics, shares her expert tips on how sports field management professionals can grow their social media brand to impact their crew, their career and their community.
Thursday Jul 06, 2023
Thursday Jul 06, 2023
July is Park and Recreation Month, and on this episode of the SportsField Management Podcast, we speak with Cort Jones, National Recreation and Park Association (NRPA) senior manager of digital content, and host of Open Space Radio. Cort shares his insight into Park and Recreation Month, this year’s theme and what it means for industry professionals, as well as challenges parks and recreation professionals face and how they are approaching those challenges. For more information about Park and Recreation Month, visit https://www.nrpa.org/events/july/.
Thursday Apr 06, 2023
Thursday Apr 06, 2023
On this episode of the SportsField Management Podcast, we speak with Dr. Chase Straw – assistant professor of turfgrass management and physiology at Texas A&M University, and academic director for the SFMA Board of Directors – about his research, technology for turfgrass management, innovations and advancements, trends and more.
Thursday Apr 06, 2023
Thursday Apr 06, 2023
Join host John Kmitta and special guests on conversations about issues surrounding the sports field management industry.
Wednesday Feb 02, 2022
Wednesday Feb 02, 2022
In this edition of the SportsField Management Podcast, we discuss the topic of utility vehicles with Noah Wahl, global product marketing manager, Workman utility vehicles, at The Toro
Tuesday Sep 07, 2021
Tuesday Sep 07, 2021
This edition of the SportsField Management Podcast is an excerpt from our interview with Dr. Grady Miller, professor and extension specialist at North Carolina State University. Dr. Miller is also a director of the Center for Turfgrass Environmental Research and Education.
Wednesday Jun 23, 2021
Wednesday Jun 23, 2021
In this edition of the SportsField Management podcast, we speak with Marcela Munoz – technical manager for turf and landscape for the Europe, Africa and the Middle East region for Syngenta – about the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on international sports field management.
Tuesday Apr 20, 2021
Tuesday Apr 20, 2021
This edition of the SportsField Management Podcast is an excerpt from an STMA Conference presentation on the topic of smart irrigation. The speaker, Ben Polimer, is fields and grounds coordinator, Town of Weston, Mass.
Tuesday Feb 23, 2021
Tuesday Feb 23, 2021
This edition of the SportsField Management podcast is an excerpt from our interview with new STMA President Nick McKenna, CSFM, athletic field maintenance manager at Texas A&M University. President McKenna discusses the benefits of STMA’s Certified Sports Field Manager designation, sports field management during a pandemic, and shares his vision for STMA.
About the Host
John Kmitta is associate publisher and editorial brand director of SportsField Management magazine (official publication of the Sports Field Management Association). He has spent more than two decades covering the green industry, including the sports field management, landscape/lawn maintenance, horticulture, arboriculture, golf and outdoor power equipment markets. As a result, John brings his wide-ranging industry insight to the SportsField Management podcast.