{"id":58161,"date":"2019-05-24T14:44:28","date_gmt":"2019-05-24T18:44:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/?p=58161"},"modified":"2019-05-24T14:44:28","modified_gmt":"2019-05-24T18:44:28","slug":"brock-begins-search-for-new-director-of-brock-sports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/2019\/05\/brock-begins-search-for-new-director-of-brock-sports\/","title":{"rendered":"Brock begins search for new Director of Brock Sports"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; color: #000000;\">A university with a thriving sports culture is on a nationwide hunt for a new skipper.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; color: #000000;\">Following the retirement of Neil Lumsden earlier this year, Brock University is looking to hire its next Director of Brock Sports this off-season. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; color: #000000;\">\u201cIt is an energizing time to be at Brock University and in the Niagara region,\u201d said Brock University President Gervan Fearon. \u201cIn addition to Brock\u2019s excellence in teaching and research, Brock Sports is an important part of the University experience and community engagement focus.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;\">The new Director will oversee the dynamic departments of <\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif;\">Brock Sports including Brock Sports Athletics, Brock Sports Performance and Brock Sports Medicine. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; color: #000000;\">As one of the largest programs in U SPORTS, the total number of Brock Badgers student-athletes has increased 15 per cent in the last five years. Supporting 46 teams and more than 900 athletes, driving an engaged student experience is core to the new leader\u2019s role. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; color: #000000;\">\u201cThere\u2019s a winning tradition at Brock to be upheld,\u201d said Brian Hutchings, Vice-President, Administration. \u201cThe best directors don\u2019t dwell on the nuts and bolts such as equipment or scheduling, but rather the factors that lead to a strong culture and a positive student-athlete experience.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; color: #000000;\">The University surrounds its athletes with top-notch facilities. It maintains a competitive edge with Brock Sports Performance (BSP), a next-gen training department that works with elite teams and up-and-coming Niagara athletes, as well as national and pro athletes from across Canada.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; color: #000000;\">\u201cOur high performance team in BSP is just hitting their stride,\u201d Hutchings said. \u201cThere are great opportunities that lie ahead in terms of growth with our partners and the surrounding communities.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; color: #000000;\">Growth and engagement is also the goal for the newly branded <a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/2019\/05\/sports-injury-and-return-to-play-expertise-available-at-new-brock-sports-medicine-clinic\/\">Brock Sports Medicine Clinic<\/a>, a multi-disciplinary team that offers a wide range of medical experts and technology to treat injuries, enhance recovery and return athletes safely back to sport.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; color: #000000;\">\u201cBrock Sports is constantly improving and growing. Between the strength of our community and the support we have at Brock, it is everything a leader could ask for. Our University is an unforgettable experience,\u201d said Hutchings.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; color: #000000;\">For more information and to apply to be the next Director of Brock Sports, visit <a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/brocku.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com\/en-US\/brocku_careers\/job\/St-Catharines-Main-Campus\/Director--Brock-Sports_JR-1002698\">the Brock University careers website<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A university with a thriving sports culture is on a nationwide hunt for a new skipper.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":49,"featured_media":54480,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[7484,1,4,58],"tags":[1795,256,4437,7938,5398],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58161"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/49"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=58161"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58161\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":58165,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58161\/revisions\/58165"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/54480"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=58161"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=58161"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=58161"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}