The MTSU Sport Management program develops people who are passionate about sport and people, thrive on competition and change, and want to win in the industry!
Jubenville Provides Insight to Success of Online Sportsmanship Platform
MURFREESBORO, Tenn.-After more than a year of design, development, and analysis, the Center for Sport Policy & Research (CSPR) at Middle Tennessee State University (MTSU) has released the findings of the pilot program it developed on behalf of the Sun Belt Conference's Real Sportsmanship initiative.
Dr. Colby B. Jubenville, professor of sport management at MTSU and CSPR director, announced the findings of the online, interactive, reality-based educational program.
"While the issue of sportsmanship is by no means a new one, our study represents the first effort we know of to use a systematic, scenario-driven approach that provided coaches and student-athletes opportunities to educate themselves about on- and off-the-field issues related to sportsmanship," Jubenville said.
Coach Micheal Burt spoke to LSI Landscape Services at the company’s luncheon on Friday at Maggiano’s in Nashville. Nearly 100 guests were in attendance to hear Coach Burt speak on his seven decisions to play at a different level.
Lanscape Services, Inc. is a family owned company founded in 1988 and presently employ approximately 225 personnel as they expand their Nashville footprint as the best landscaper in the area.
Hear LSI Co-owner Pat Stacey (0-:30) and Middle Tennessee State Professor Dr. Colby Jubenville (:30-5:40) introduce Coach Micheal Burt (5:40-) and listen to Coach’s message.
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Program Reaches Over 13,500 High School and Junior High Student Athletes Achieve College Dreams, Including Dandy Dozen
Jackson, Miss., (July 21,2010) - Cellular South revealed its signature Cellular South Gameplan educational initiative will continue to expand due to its overwhelming success. To date, the program has helped more than 13,500 high school and junior high student athletes meet NCAA requirements so they can attend college. The Cellular South Gameplan, designed to inspire, prepare and inform participants about college opportunities and reaching their dreams through academic excellence, started in Mississippi in 2007 and has grown to support students in Alabama and Tennessee.
"The Cellular South Gameplan has added real value in our academic and athletic community and been a great resource for all parties involved," said Orien Watson,Scholastic and Sports Marketing Director at Cellular South. "The Cellular South Gameplan has a proven track record that shows early intervention, academic collaboration, personal accountability and community dedication can improve lives and change the tide for academics in communities."
The Cellular South Gameplan provides junior high and high school student athletes with the tools they need to succeed and attend college. Through its renowned Web-based and on-site workshops that feature a specially designed curriculum, the program provides students, coaches, counselors, teachers and parents with necessary information on the course and grade point average requirements needed to meet NCAA standards.
"I met Ken early in my career and he was a great mentor and friend to me. I am glad to see his continued success and recognize him as a friend of the program." - Dr. Colby Jubenville
At GSU, Strength Coach Coggins Drives, Inspires
By Ken Sugiura, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
The third-floor weight room rumbled and shook.
Young men in gray T-shirts and blue shorts hoisted barbells weighed down with 45-pound discs, sweat dripping off their foreheads and soaking their shirts. When they completed their sets, they dropped the barbells onto padded mats, causing the room to tremble.
In their midst, Ken Coggins shouted in staccato bursts.
"Work! Dominate! Get to work!" barked Coggins. "C'mon, work!"
The Coach Micheal Burt Radio Show, co-hosted by Dr. Colby Jubenville, invites its listeners in for a behind-the-scenes look into the production of the show just before airing. Listen in as Coach Burt, Dr. Jubenville, and producer Donna Britt discuss "STRUGGLE".
"Change Your Life" radio airs every Sunday from 12-1 p.m. (central) on WLAC 1510 am. The live call-in show can be heard on WLAC.com and reached at 615-737-9522.
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Colby Jubenville is an associate professor for MTSU, director of the university's Center for Sport Policy and Research and publisher of the Journal of Sport Administration & Supervision. He is coordinator for the graduate sport management program, which has grown from four to more than 130 students in the past decade. In May, he launched a weekly radio show with Micheal Burt that focuses on leadership and life skills.
What would you tell other younger business leaders to do to find success? When I talk to young people I use Thoreau's definition of success. He positioned success as advancing confidently in the direction of your own dream to endeavor to live a life that only you can imagine. When I reflect on my own experiences that is exactly what I have done and what I tell others to do. This process begins with each person finding their unique voice.
What is the biggest challenge you are currently facing? Focus and follow-through are the two biggest challenges I face every day. I have written down my dreams and base every decision I make on those dreams. What I continue to do is wake up every day and stay focused on the dream and follow through with the decisions I make.
There are times to be competitive. Moments when all you want to do is humiliate your opponent as you defeat him. It's the nature of sports, and what our internal competition meters usually read.
That, we all know, is how athletes feel most of the time. But, at times, and these are few and far between, we see acts that defy wins and losses. A moment when a girl is brought in on crutches to score a layup to break a record or someone being carried around the field after she twisted her ankle rounding the bases. Opponents coming together to transcend the game.
That is what happened between two collegiate golfers, vying for a spot in the NAIA National Championship.
Grant Whybark (left), a sophomore at the University of St. Francis, had locked up a spot in nationals with his team, which won the Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference Championship, but was in a playoff against Olivet Nazarene's Seth Doran (right) for individual honors.
Program Reaches Over 13,500 High School and Junior High Student Athletes Achieve College Dreams, Including Dandy Dozen 
