Interviews
Olivia Wulfhoop
Assistant Softball Coach
Oberlin College
[email protected]
Phone number: (440) 387-8020
Olivia is an assistant softball coach at Oberlin College in Oberlin, Ohio. She graduated from Cleveland State University in 2016 with a degree in Sports Management with a minor in marketing. She also works for the Cleveland Baseball Federation in Cleveland, Ohio. This is where I did my internship and I worked with her most of the summer. At Oberlin College, she is a pitching and hitting coach, so she works with all the pitchers to help their form. She also works with the team on their hitting. She loves being a coach because she has grown up playing softball and she is happy to continue playing and teaching other girls to play the sport. Olivia loves to win, and the only thing that she does not like about her job is losing. Her team is not very good and only won two games this whole year. She tries to teach them as much as she knows to help the girls grow and become better players, but the players only get better on their own. Practices are usually from 2:00PM- 5:00PM. These hours are for practices at the college. She also does hitting and pitching lessons at Pinnacle Sports in Medina, Ohio. Since she is a coach, she is allowed to wear sweat pants and a shirt.
Her salary between the two jobs is $50,000. It is a decent amount of money for just graduating college, granted it takes two jobs to make a decent amount of money. The turn over rate working with the Cleveland Baseball Federation is not very high because there are only a few employees in the organization. The turn over rate at Oberlin College is pretty high. They just hired two new coaches (including Olivia) at the beginning of the 2017 season. Her advice was to talk to as many people as I can. Getting interacted on LinkedIn, helped her get the job at Oberlin College.
Assistant Softball Coach
Oberlin College
[email protected]
Phone number: (440) 387-8020
Olivia is an assistant softball coach at Oberlin College in Oberlin, Ohio. She graduated from Cleveland State University in 2016 with a degree in Sports Management with a minor in marketing. She also works for the Cleveland Baseball Federation in Cleveland, Ohio. This is where I did my internship and I worked with her most of the summer. At Oberlin College, she is a pitching and hitting coach, so she works with all the pitchers to help their form. She also works with the team on their hitting. She loves being a coach because she has grown up playing softball and she is happy to continue playing and teaching other girls to play the sport. Olivia loves to win, and the only thing that she does not like about her job is losing. Her team is not very good and only won two games this whole year. She tries to teach them as much as she knows to help the girls grow and become better players, but the players only get better on their own. Practices are usually from 2:00PM- 5:00PM. These hours are for practices at the college. She also does hitting and pitching lessons at Pinnacle Sports in Medina, Ohio. Since she is a coach, she is allowed to wear sweat pants and a shirt.
Her salary between the two jobs is $50,000. It is a decent amount of money for just graduating college, granted it takes two jobs to make a decent amount of money. The turn over rate working with the Cleveland Baseball Federation is not very high because there are only a few employees in the organization. The turn over rate at Oberlin College is pretty high. They just hired two new coaches (including Olivia) at the beginning of the 2017 season. Her advice was to talk to as many people as I can. Getting interacted on LinkedIn, helped her get the job at Oberlin College.
Karrigan Martin
Associate Athletic Trainer
Capital University
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Karrigan has been working with Capital University for two years. She came from the United States Military Academy where she spent eight years serving volleyball, basketball, softball teams. She graduated from Bowling Green State University for her undergraduate degree in 2005. She went to Kent State University where she completed her graduate degree. She also was an intern with the Toledo Mudhens while she was attending her undergraduate degree at BGSU. She says the negatives about the job is that there could be a lot of stress. It is always one player getting hurt after another. Travel and schedules could be another dislike because trainers sometimes travel with the sports teams on weekends or nights. Traveling takes away from being at home with their family. Some Positives is that they are able to help heal the athletes and let them continue to do what they love. Karrigan's work schedule is never the same each day. She could have two athletes with the same injury and both athletes heal different. She is a people person so she loves talking with student athletes and the connections she has with them. She loves feeling appreciated by the athletes, coaches or parents and it makes her feel good that she is doing something to help others. Karrigan loves her job so much and she would not do anything to not be an athletic trainer. She said her salary is about $45,000 per year.
Karrigan's advice to me was to always expand my knowledge. If I'm not learning something in class or in the real world. To always stay on top of my game everyday and be hungry for knowledge. Always work hard and something good will come my way and to never give up on my dreams.
Associate Athletic Trainer
Capital University
[email protected]
Karrigan has been working with Capital University for two years. She came from the United States Military Academy where she spent eight years serving volleyball, basketball, softball teams. She graduated from Bowling Green State University for her undergraduate degree in 2005. She went to Kent State University where she completed her graduate degree. She also was an intern with the Toledo Mudhens while she was attending her undergraduate degree at BGSU. She says the negatives about the job is that there could be a lot of stress. It is always one player getting hurt after another. Travel and schedules could be another dislike because trainers sometimes travel with the sports teams on weekends or nights. Traveling takes away from being at home with their family. Some Positives is that they are able to help heal the athletes and let them continue to do what they love. Karrigan's work schedule is never the same each day. She could have two athletes with the same injury and both athletes heal different. She is a people person so she loves talking with student athletes and the connections she has with them. She loves feeling appreciated by the athletes, coaches or parents and it makes her feel good that she is doing something to help others. Karrigan loves her job so much and she would not do anything to not be an athletic trainer. She said her salary is about $45,000 per year.
Karrigan's advice to me was to always expand my knowledge. If I'm not learning something in class or in the real world. To always stay on top of my game everyday and be hungry for knowledge. Always work hard and something good will come my way and to never give up on my dreams.
Rick Goeb
Professor of Sport Management
Tiffin University
[email protected]
Office: 419-448-3449
Professor Goeb is new to Tiffin University this 2017 Fall. Before coming to Tiffin University he was a head NCAA wrestling coach, Athletic Director (Division I and II), and an assistant professor at Ohio Northern University. He grew up on the wrestling team and became an NCAA National Champion (individual and team). He received his undergraduate degree at North Dakota State, and received his Masters degree at The University of North Dakota. He was previously an Athletic Director for twelve years.
Goeb stated he starts his day early in the morning and goes until early evening. In the later evenings, he usually does paperwork as in grading papers and getting ready for class the next day. His general responsibilities is to obviously teach classes in the Sport and Recreational Management program. He also advises students in the academic curriculum. He likes to make a difference in students lives. He loves to see that light bulb pop up when working on a project, that is what impacts him the most. He also likes to hear from his students after they graduate and where they are in life and what they are doing. He does not like doing the paperwork or grading. Another thing that he does not like is that sometimes things or chapters he has to teach can get stale or boring and there is no way to make it more interesting. And he also stated that the fact that the students are bored too, he cannot help that. Dr. Goeb says his current salary range is about $70,000, but on the other hand, he said his Athletic Directing positions salary range was in the six figures. Some of the perks is working with the young, student athletes. Also that professors have the same breaks as the students as in summer, winter breaks. The main thing he pointed out was the flexibility that this job has. He does not have to stay on a specific schedule. He likes to bring in guest speakers and visit different facilities to get the students used to the real world.
Rick's advice was to always have a positive attitude. Things may not come your way at first, but it takes time in this field. Get to know people and talk to them. Do different internships or volunteering to see what you like best and get your name out there. Be open to hear criticism and learn from the ones who have been in our place already.
Professor of Sport Management
Tiffin University
[email protected]
Office: 419-448-3449
Professor Goeb is new to Tiffin University this 2017 Fall. Before coming to Tiffin University he was a head NCAA wrestling coach, Athletic Director (Division I and II), and an assistant professor at Ohio Northern University. He grew up on the wrestling team and became an NCAA National Champion (individual and team). He received his undergraduate degree at North Dakota State, and received his Masters degree at The University of North Dakota. He was previously an Athletic Director for twelve years.
Goeb stated he starts his day early in the morning and goes until early evening. In the later evenings, he usually does paperwork as in grading papers and getting ready for class the next day. His general responsibilities is to obviously teach classes in the Sport and Recreational Management program. He also advises students in the academic curriculum. He likes to make a difference in students lives. He loves to see that light bulb pop up when working on a project, that is what impacts him the most. He also likes to hear from his students after they graduate and where they are in life and what they are doing. He does not like doing the paperwork or grading. Another thing that he does not like is that sometimes things or chapters he has to teach can get stale or boring and there is no way to make it more interesting. And he also stated that the fact that the students are bored too, he cannot help that. Dr. Goeb says his current salary range is about $70,000, but on the other hand, he said his Athletic Directing positions salary range was in the six figures. Some of the perks is working with the young, student athletes. Also that professors have the same breaks as the students as in summer, winter breaks. The main thing he pointed out was the flexibility that this job has. He does not have to stay on a specific schedule. He likes to bring in guest speakers and visit different facilities to get the students used to the real world.
Rick's advice was to always have a positive attitude. Things may not come your way at first, but it takes time in this field. Get to know people and talk to them. Do different internships or volunteering to see what you like best and get your name out there. Be open to hear criticism and learn from the ones who have been in our place already.