SportsField Management Podcast

Rising Star Award winner Andy Hebrard, founder and sports turf manager of Athletic Applications, joins the podcast to discuss growing up in the sports field management industry, his baseball career, launching his own company, personal challenges and lessons learned along the way.The Rising Star Awards program is proudly sponsored by STEC Equipment. Please visit StecEquipment.com for more information.

On this episode of the podcast, we speak with Rising Star Award winner Morgan Hunter, director of field services for the Quad Cities River Bandits (High-A affiliate of the Kansas City Royals). Hunter shares her journey in sports field management, advice for the next generation, and what it means to be recognized by her peers.The Rising Star Awards program is proudly sponsored by STEC Equipment. Please visit StecEquipment.com for more information.

Our conversation with Rising Star Award winner Colt Boxler, an Akron native who now serves as the  assistant groundskeeper for the Akron RubberDucks (Double-A affiliate of the Cleveland Guardians).
 
The Rising Star Awards program is proudly sponsored by STEC Equipment. Please visit StecEquipment.com for more information.

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. 

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.

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/.

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.

Join host John Kmitta and special guests on conversations about issues surrounding the sports field management industry. 

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 Company.

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.