Boston Celtics President Brad Stevens on Beth Goetz: "They better name her the Full Time AD. She's as good as it gets."

[Franisdaman]

We know she had NIL up and running on Day 1 when she was the Athletic Director at Ball State. @Tx_Hawk, CEO of SWARM, has to like that.

And this is a pretty good endorsement, coming from Brad Stevens.

The story from the Gazette:

 

[F5n5]

I would be very surprised if she turns out to be better than Gary Barta.

 

[hawkcub]

I think she will do a great job. Drop the interim tag.

 

[pistachio1999]

I think she will do a great job. Drop the interim tag.

Anybody that decides to interview is just gonna be doing it to get some practice. It will be her.

 

[Niko13]

Anybody that decides to interview is just gonna be doing it to get some practice. It will be her.

Let's hope

 

[pistachio1999]

Let's hope

Strange she was interim AD at Minnesota for a year and then they hired someone else. This was pre-Peej.

 

[Sett1997]

Strange she was interim AD at Minnesota for a year and then they hired someone else. This was pre-Peej.

🤣🤣 struck me aa funny. He looks like a Peej. 😆

 

[Tylerl_28]

We know she had NIL up and running on Day 1 when she was the Athletic Director at Ball State. @Tx_Hawk, CEO of SWARM, has to like that.

What did they have set up "day 1" for someone to make up such a claim?

 

[LaQuintaHawkeye]

I’m sure she’d do fine…Kirk has an open door policy.

 

[bdg8]

Put your money where your mouth is Brad. She becomes AD, you become our basketball coach

He kind of owes us, doesn’t he

 

[obfuscating]

Question 1: Are you going to be KF's B#@$% like Barta was?

 

[hawkjt]

Hire her.

 

[Hawkfan_08]

Put your money where your mouth is Brad. She becomes AD, you become our basketball coach

He kind of owes us, doesn’t he

Well, we took the dead weight off his hands for sure.

 

[Franisdaman]

I would be very surprised if she turns out to be better than Gary Barta.

Well, Barta probably will never be topped when it comes to this list of "achievements":

* not documenting poor performance, where it ended up with Iowa getting sued for discrimination, instead. Iowa then paid out $6.5 million to a former administrator (Jane Meyer) and her partner, the field hockey coach

* fudging numbers when it came to Title IX, resulting in a federal law suit, where Iowa had to not only add back women's swimming but add women's wrestling

* other scandals: former Iowa football players lawsuit cost us millions; current gambling scandal

 

[Franisdaman]

We know she had NIL up and running on Day 1 when she was the Athletic Director at Ball State. @Tx_Hawk, CEO of SWARM, has to like that.

And this is a pretty good endorsement, coming from Brad Stevens.

The story from the Gazette:

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What did they have set up "day 1" for someone to make up such a claim?

I didn't make anything up, Tyler. I said she had NIL up and running on Day 1 when she was the Athletic Director at Ball State. And that's 100% correct. It is what Todd Brommelkamp reported, which everyone can see below, where Todd also attached an article about it.

It's pretty clear it's you who is making shit up.

 

[doughuddl2]

We know she had NIL up and running on Day 1 when she was the Athletic Director at Ball State. @Tx_Hawk, CEO of SWARM, has to like that.

And this is a pretty good endorsement, coming from Brad Stevens.

The story from the Gazette:

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And Brad Stephen's would know this how?

 

[cmhawks99]

Question 1: Are you going to be KF's B#@$% like Barta was?

Yes….as I’ve said 100 times, that’s why people really wanted Gary fired. I doubt Beth will rock the boat terribly or any AD hired by Iowa

 

[globalhawk]

And Brad Stephen's would know this how?

Come on. Do a little research. She was the associate AD at Butler when Brad was there.

 

[Stephen Hawk King]

And Brad Stephen's would know this how?

Seriously? You're doubting Brad Stephens word? You think he'd go out on a limb if he didn't personally have some insight? Without personally knowing anything, I'd think he'd know a little about college athletics in the state of Indiana.

 

[trippnschmidt]

Question 1: Are you going to be KF's B#@$% like Barta was?

Hopefully. He's done quite well here.

 

[doughuddl2]

Seriously? You're doubting Brad Stephens word? You think he'd go out on a limb if he didn't personally have some insight? Without personally knowing anything, I'd think he'd know a little about college athletics in the state of Indiana.

So you don't know how their paths crossed either. Just word of mouth.

 

[Stephen Hawk King]

So you don't know how their paths crossed either. Just word of mouth.

My point was on the face I'd at least assume someone with his credibility wasn't blowing smoke and had an informed opinion. Turns out I was right, he only worked directly under her.

 

[doughuddl2]

My point was on the face I'd at least assume someone with his credibility wasn't blowing smoke and had an informed opinion. Turns out I was right, he only worked directly under her.

That's what I was looking for, where their paths crossed.

 

[iafan44]

So you don't know how their paths crossed either. Just word of mouth.

Globalhawk posted above she was the associate AD when Brad was at Butler.

 

[Franisdaman]

That's what I was looking for, where their paths crossed.

Globalhawk posted above she was the associate AD when Brad was at Butler.

Yep. From 2008-2013 (when Brad was Head Coach at Butler) Beth was the Associate Athletic Director/SWA at Butler.


Brad Stevens, at Butler:
2001-2007: Asst Coach, Butler (to Todd Lickliter)
2007-2013: Head Coach at Butler

Beth's Resume:​

June, 2023: Interim Henry B. and Patricia B. Tippie Director of Athletics Chair

2022-June, 2023: Deputy Director of Athletics and Chief Operating Officer, University of Iowa

2018-22: Director of Athletics, Ball State
2016-18: Chief Operating Officer/SWA, UConn
2015-16: Interim Director of Athletics, Minnesota
2013-15: Deputy Athletics Director/SWA, Minnesota
2008-13: Associate Athletic Director/SWA, Butler
2001-08: Assistant Athletic Director/SWA, Missouri-St. Louis

1997-2008: Head Women’s Soccer Coach, Missouri-St. Louis
1996: Assistant Women’s Soccer Coach, Missouri-St. Louis

Alma Mater: Clemson (1996)
Master’s: Missouri-St. Louis (2000)

Beth Goetz

hawkeyesports.com

 

[Stephen Hawk King]

That's what I was looking for, where their paths crossed.

I'm sorry but the manner of your comment led me to believe you were doubting Brad's credibility as opposed to inquiring about their working history. Message board translating can be tricky.

 

[obfuscating]

Hopefully. He's done quite well here.

other than having the worst OC in the country, hilds the team from rea hing new heights, yep.

 

[BrotherHawkeye]

And Brad Stephen's would know this how?

Come on. Do a little research. She was the associate AD at Butler when Brad was there.

Yeah, she did such a great job that she couldn't even keep him at Butler.

 

[fakenewsking]

Does she have a husband and kids or not? Barta was a good donor money guy. He related to boosters. If she doesn't have husband and kids, this will fail as the donors are old people.

 

[hawkcub]

Does she have a husband and kids or not? Barta was a good donor money guy. He related to boosters. If she doesn't have husband and kids, this will fail as the donors are old people.

She raised money for a football facility at Ball State in 3 years where they had failed to do so for 10 years. She will be OK at raising money.

 

[BonzoFury]

I would be very surprised if she turns out to be better than Gary Barta.

She will have some catching up to do. She's -2 in lawsuits.

 

[LarryMullenJr.]

She will have some catching up to do. She's -2 in lawsuits.

She aleady has better teeth
😁

 

[Rustys Dad]

We know she had NIL up and running on Day 1 when she was the Athletic Director at Ball State. @Tx_Hawk, CEO of SWARM, has to like that.

And this is a pretty good endorsement, coming from Brad Stevens.

The story from the Gazette:

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Listened to a podcast interview with Beth via embedded link in the Gazette article.

Came away impressed. Midwest upbringing. Played collegiate soccer. Said she misses coaching. Built great relationships every place she has been.

Nice kudos from Brad Stevens and Gino A (UConn)…

She sounds grounded and relatable. Very important aspects in any job.

Yes, she will be responsible for hiring Kirk and Fran’s replacements some day - which will ultimately determine her “success,” but I like what she had to say and hearing about her background and what attracted her to Iowa.

Give it a listen …

 

[ObeseMuffins]

What if Iowa hired Brad instead of Todd? Where would our program be right now?

 

[ConvenientParking]

Did anyone else find the timing of Gary Barta announcing his retirement and the USMNT announcing the re-hiring of Gregg Berhalter extremely suspicious? Paying a consulting firm to take 6 months to find a new coach and reh-hiring the last guy has to be about the most Barta move ever at that scale?

 

[onlyTheObvious]

She will be as good as her football coaching hire.

Period.

That’s what matters in big time power conference sports. You nail that, you can F’ up a lot of other things and people will look past it.

You botch the football hire and nobody will care about anything else.

 

[BonzoFury]

She will be as good as her football coaching hire.

Period.

That’s what matters in big time power conference sports. You nail that, you can F’ up a lot of other things and people will look past it.

You botch the football hire and nobody will care about anything else.

True. After the 45 year (+) run of Hayden and KFz, that'll be a high pressure hire.

That said, she seems to have all the goods to be an excellent AD. She understands how to get things done (as evidenced by the project she pushed through at BSU and her immediate uptake of NIL) and she still thinks like a coach.

 

[Rustys Dad]

She will be as good as her football coaching hire.

Period.

That’s what matters in big time power conference sports. You nail that, you can F’ up a lot of other things and people will look past it.

You botch the football hire and nobody will care about anything else.

Lots of truth here. Football is the cash cow…

 

[Franisdaman]

She will be as good as her football coaching hire.

Period.

That’s what matters in big time power conference sports. You nail that, you can F’ up a lot of other things and people will look past it.

You botch the football hire and nobody will care about anything else.

I thought Wisconsin might eventually screw up & hire the wrong person.

After Barry Alvarez:

Bret Bielema
Gary Anderson
Paul Chryst
Luke Fickell

Hindsight is 20/20, but the Lick hire would be classified as a horrific hire where people will probably never look past it and the damage that one hire (and 3 years) did.

 

[Franisdaman]

True. After the 45 year (+) run of Hayden and KFz, that'll be a high pressure hire.

That said, she seems to have all the goods to be an excellent AD. She understands how to get things done (as evidenced by the project she pushed through at BSU and her immediate uptake of NIL) and she still thinks like a coach.

A lot of people think LeVar Woods should be the next head coach