Episode 10: Will Baggett & Jason Wilmoth, IMG College

Front Office Exchange

Welcome to Episode 10 of the Front Office Exchange podcast, where we are actually featuring two guests - Will Baggett and Jason Wilmoth (L-R in the accompanying thumbnail) - both of whom are with IMG College. So obviously this podcast is a little different. Normally we feature one guest, but I thought this would make for an interesting dual-episode since both Will and Jason are with the same company. I had never met Will before speaking with him, but he's very active on social media through his connection to Front Office Sports - if you're a fan of sports business and you're not following them, you should - and there has been some buzz around a new book he recently co-authored called The Blueprint, which is designed to help new college graduates with early career development. Will is a recent graduate of Baylor's sports management graduate program and a Strategic Brand Management Coordinator in IMG College's Atlanta office, and if I had my act together as well as he does after I graduated, I would have been dangerous. Jason is a long-time friend who is currently Director, Sponsor Services in IMG College's offices in Winston-Salem, N.C. Our careers in sports have interwoven several times over the years, especially when I worked for USA Baseball and he was with the Tampa Bay Rays. He has risen steadily through the ranks of sports business, and is enjoying a successful run in what is his hometown there in North Carolina. When I created this podcast I wanted to focus on the careers of leading senior-level executives in sports business, but I wanted to be sure to shine a light on rising stars as well. Both Jason and Will fall into the latter category, although they are at very different points in their careers as well. The two perspectives should provide listeners with great insight, and it was Jason's advice at the end of our conversation about playing the "Point Game" that really stuck with me. You'll hear Will's interview first, followed by Jason's shortly after the 31-minute mark. Big thanks to both of them, and to you for listening. For show notes, past episodes and more, please visit us at www.frontofficeexchange.com, on Facebook at Front Office Exchange and on Twitter at @frontofficeexch. Please also feel free to reach out to me directly at [e-mail] and on Twitter at @jakefehling. This and past episodes of Front Office Exchange are available on iTunes and SoundCloud, among other places, and I encourage you to subscribe, share episodes, rate them, add comments, and suggest ideas for future guests.