Myself and graduating senior Alex Eblin chose to interview Ohio Northern's Head Football Coach Dean Paul. Both Eblin and I are sport management majors. We looked into the effects social media has on coaching, recruiting, and marketing through all platforms at all levels of college football and also in the perspective of ONU Football.
Questions asked were as followed:
1. How long have you been using social media?
2. Which social media platforms do you use personally and for the program?
3. How do they benefit the program?
4. Have you noticed any easier task such as recruiting with social media?
5. Do you look for specific post to comment or share?
6. Have you ever had any negative comments or feedback on a post and if so how did you deal with it?
7. Which platform do you find the easiest or most effective to use?
8. Where do you see the future of social media in college football?
Coach Paul spoke on his history with social media along with how he sees it progressing. He talks profusely on the development of a plan and having a strategy in everything they do on all forms of social media. He also acknowledges that social media is ever-changing and he along with the coaching staff must stay up to date on the newest tools and regulations when it comes to social media. Something that truly applies to all aspects of business and life. Social media is an ever changing domain that never stands still something that the world today is still working to stay on top of.
For my podcast I interviewed the head lacrosse coach here Nat St. Laurent and asked some similar questions. I found it very interesting how they use social media and how far their reach is with social media. i never would have guessed the importance of social media in the recruiting process.
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