Episode 15: David Shoemaker, General Manager, Razorback Sports Properties

Front Office Exchange

Welcome to Episode 15 of the Front Office Exchange podcast featuring David Shoemaker, General Manager of Razorback Sports Properties. David and I were both Marketing Coordinators for USA Baseball back in 2003 in what was both of our first jobs. When USA Baseball - in a shocker - failed to quality for the Athens 2004 Olympic Games, the USOC cut our funding and our roles changed; I moved on to the USGA and David was let go. He talks about what came next - an internship with Octagon - and how he took what he learned from his USA Baseball experience to become a harder worker, a better networker and someone who says "yes" to opportunities, to now leading what is one of IMG College's leading properties. We've heard from two members of IMG College - Jason Wilmoth and Will Baggett back in Episode 10 - but now we get to hear from someone leading the charge for one of its universities. Big thanks both to David 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.