Athletic Director of the Year Award Criteria

Criteria:

1) An athletic director is defined as the man or woman who has as their major responsibility, the administration of the interscholastic athletic program for a specific school or school system.

2) Candidates shall be athletic administrators who are recognized in the community as an educated leader and who maintains athletics as an integral part of the total educational program

3) Administer an exemplary athletic program making full use of school and community resources and involving as many students as possible

4) Shall have outstanding achievements in the following:

a) Have made significant contributions within the field of athletic administration at the local, state, and national levels

b) Have used athletics as a catalyst to achieve some demonstrable progress in the social and cultural environment of the school and community

c) Made significant impact on the lives of students

d) He/she shall have received recognition (honors & awards) as an athletic administrator.

5) Current officers of the NCSSAD are not eligible to participate.

Process:

• Nominations must be submitted on the official application form or typewritten, following the format of the form. Detailed supporting data shall be attached giving more specific evidence of compliance with the criteria.
• The ADOY State Award Presentation form must be sent along with application materials and a color photograph postmarked by October 15th of each year and sent to the NASPE office. The state award recipients are selected by committees established through state athletic directors associations. State winners will not be recognized without the information sheet.
• State winners sent to regional representative (National Council of Secondary School Athletics Directors (NCSSAD) Board Members) by November 15.
• Regional representative facilitates selection of regional recipient and submits to NASPE office by January 15 of each year.
• Nominees must be a current NASPE/AAHPERD member to be considered for the award at the National level.
• Regional awardees are interviewed by a panel of secondary school administrators at the AAHPERD National Convention to determine the national recipient.
• Award plaques for state (1-50), region (6), national (1) presented by Herff Jones, Inc.
• Regional winners honored at NCSSAD dinner; Regional and National ADOY's recognized at NASPE Hall of Fame Banquet.
• Publicized in NASPE News, Update and Clipboard.
• Sponsored by Herff Jones, Inc.