Inside the Future of College Athletics: OU’s Joe Castiglione and Team on Preparing Tomorrow’s Athletic Directors

Wednesday, March 4 | 12:30 PM ET

Inside the Future of College Athletics: OU’s Joe Castiglione and Team on Preparing Tomorrow’s Athletic Directors

Presented by The University of Oklahoma

Join this episode of SBJ Live for a timely conversation with the University of Oklahoma’s distinguished Vice President & Director of Athletics, Joe Castiglione, Price College of Business’s Director of Sports Business Programs, Dr. Sean Daly, and Executive Academy Director, Nick Tobey, MSOD, as they discuss Price Executive Academy’s Future Athletics Director Program and tackle the realities shaping college athletics today.

Drawing from decades of leadership at the highest level, Castiglione and team will share firsthand insight on navigating rapid change, balancing competing stakeholder demands, and leading when the rules are still being written. The discussion will also include a live audience Q&A, bringing real challenges into the conversation.

Get a preview of OU’s learn-by-doing experiential model—where participants work alongside thought leaders and sports executives to solve real-world challenges within collegiate athletics and beyond.

Registration is free. All registrants will receive a recording of the webinar following the event.

Featured Speakers:

Joe Castiglione, Vice President & Director of Athletics, University of Oklahoma

Joe Castiglione has served as the University of Oklahoma’s Athletics Director since 1998, leading OU Athletics to 26 national championships, record fundraising and major facilities growth. A nationally recognized leader with multiple AD of the Year honors, he has guided OU through SEC realignment and major challenges while fostering academic excellence and student-athlete development. Castiglione is a past president of both the Division I-A Athletic Directors Association and the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics (NACDA). He is a graduate of the University of Maryland and earned a Master’s of Education degree from OU.

Sean Daly, Director of Sports Business Programs, University of Oklahoma

Sean Daly, Ph.D. comes with over 20 years of experience in sport leadership, sport event and venue operations and collegiate athletic administration and coaching. His research consists of investigating employee and leadership behavior in the sport workplace as well as teaching practices in sport business. In his current role at OU, Daly teaches courses related to analytics, finance and economics while also responsible for managing the program brand, external relationships, adjunct faculty and student internships.

Nick Tobey, Executive Director, Price Executive Academy at the University of Oklahoma

Nick Tobey is Executive Director of the Price Executive Academy at the University of Oklahoma, leading professional and executive education programs. He has extensive experience in executive education at Arizona, Pepperdine, and UCLA, and has developed leadership programs for Fortune 1000 companies worldwide. Tobey has a Master of Science degree in Organization Development (MSOD) from Pepperdine, is a graduate of UCLA Anderson’s Executive Program in Management and has a degree in political science from Arizona State University.

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