Sam Curtis

WANTED: PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT GUEST SPEAKERS We are looking for professionals across the college athletics, professional sports, and football industries who are willing to invest in the next generation by sharing their experiences, career paths, and lessons learned with our students. OUR STUDENTS WANT TO HEAR FROM PROFESSIONALS IN: 🏈 SCOUTING + PLAYER PERSONNEL College and NFL scouts, GMs, directors of player personnel, personnel executives and evaluators 🎧 COACHING High school, college and NFL coaches, including position coaches, coordinators and head coaches 🤝 RECRUITING College recruiting staffs, recruiting personnel and professionals with experience building relationships with prospects, families and coaches ⚙️ FOOTBALL + TEAM OPERATIONS College and NFL operations, logistics, player/family relations, equipment and facilities professionals 🏢 ATHLETIC ADMINISTRATION Athletic directors, administrators, compliance professionals and departmental leadership 💼 AGENCY + ATHLETE REPRESENTATION NFLPA-certified agents, contract advisors and athlete representation professionals 📊 ANALYTICS + DATA SCIENCE College and professional sports analysts, data scientists and professionals using analytics to support personnel and football decision-making 📱 NIL + MARKETING + BRANDING NIL professionals, sports marketers, brand strategists and professionals working at the intersection of athletes, brands and business WHAT OUR STUDENTS WANT TO LEARN: • How did you break into the industry? • What helped you advance in your career? • What do you wish you knew when you were starting out? • What skills separate candidates in your area? • How can students gain meaningful experience now? • How do you build genuine professional relationships? • What entry-level opportunities should students be looking for? • What does your job actually look like day-to-day? We especially want to highlight different paths into the industry. Traditional or unconventional. College or professional. Large programs or small programs. Front office, coaching staff, administration or business side. If you are willing to share your story, lessons learned and advice with aspiring sports professionals, we would love to connect. Interested in speaking or know someone who would be a great fit? Send me a message.