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Athletics Staffing & Consulting (ASC) was designed to assist colleges and universities with executive searches and consulting services. ASC can provide colleges and universities a wide range of search opportunities from identifying a list of recommended candidates to conducting the entire search and from identifying prospective employees to assisting with negotiating contracts. ASC specializes in finding colleges and universities the proper staff fit and bringing a diverse group of candidates to the search process. ASC consulting services consist of feasibility studies, strategic plans, compliance reviews, NCAA/NAIA reclassification studies/transitions, conference membership options, Title IX reviews, and fundraising strategies. We formed ASC because we felt there was a need for a firm that was dedicated to diversity and that had personal experiences in dealing with the challenges associated with recruitment and hiring. Our experts have been the Conference Commissioner, Athletics Director, and/or coach who has lived through what you need assistance with.

President/CEO – Carl McAloose

Carl McAloose has unparalleled experience in a variety of positions within both the NCAA and NAIA. He has been a commissioner, an athletic director, a coach, a student-athlete and has worked at every level of the NCAA. He has numerous contacts with the NCAA and NAIA staffs, with conference commissioners, with directors of athletics, and with coaches throughout the country.

McAloose is known as a great judge of talent and personnel in college athletics and for his vision and ability to develop a plan to attain that vision. As Director of Athletics at Florida Gulf Coast University (FGCU), McAloose was responsible for building the FGCU program from its inception in 2000. FGCU was the first institution to receive a waiver from the NCAA II during the transition period. FGCU made a move from Division II to NCAA Division I in the Fall of 2008. He developed the feasibility study that helped FGCU make the decision to move to NCAA I and was responsible for establishing FGCU Division I conference membership. He developed a strategic plan to meet the university’s mission and goals for the move to NCAA I.

At FGCU, McAloose was responsible for hiring a staff who built programs which brought unprecedented success. During their first season of NCAA post season eligibility, FGCU had six teams represented at the NCAA II championships. During the second season, ten of eleven teams competed in the NCAA championships. During the 2007-08 season, FGCU had several teams advance in the NCAA tournament with two teams ranked No. 1. The Eagles won 80 percent of their Division II contests. The success continued as a Division I program as FGCU won seven conference championships in five sports in its first 18 months in Division I. Student-athletes also succeeded in the classroom with a 3.2 GPA or higher during each year and contributed annually over 7,500 hours of community service.

Prior to joining FGCU, McAloose was the Commissioner of the Great Lakes Valley Conference, where he increased the conference reserve 500 percent and the budget by 50 percent through the incorporation of corporate partnerships. McAloose also enhanced the GLVC’s championships including the implementation of a neutral site men’s and women’s basketball championship which attracted over 21,000 people annually. He was also instrumental, as their first full-time commissioner, in setting up the conference operations, budget, staffing, and strategic plan.

McAloose has also held the positions of Associate Commissioner of the Big South Conference, Associate AD at Coastal Carolina, Assistant AD and Coach at West Chester University, and Sports Information Director at Guilford College and Frostburg State University. McAloose has been very active at the NCAA level, serving on the NCAA II Management Council, NCAA Legislative Committee, NCAA Amateur Clearinghouse Committee, DII Men’s Basketball Committee and Tournament Director for the NCAA II Elite Eight (four years).

McAloose formed ASC because presidents, athletics directors and commissioners were referred to him to assist them with different consulting and staffing projects. "Having experienced various transitions with regard to both conference and national affiliation, I was regularly being contacted to consult with and assist other institutions and conferences. The presidents and athletic administrators seeking assistance along with other requests to assist in the area of staffing are what motivated me to start ASC. I want to assist other institutions in building their programs by maximizing personnel, creating a vision and developing a plan for improvement," said McAloose. “When working in the staffing area, ASC will find out the type of individual you are searching for and make the contacts to find you the most qualified and diverse pool of applicants available. When counseling on various issues, ASC will be able to research the issues, understand the specific challenges, and cost effectively create a vision."

Kurt Patberg, Ph.D., Senior Vice President

Kurt Patberg has over 30 plus years of college athletic experience both on campus and in conference commissioner positions in the NCAA and in the NAIA. Prior to joining ASC, Patberg has exhibited expertise and has consulted in many different areas in small college athletics on topics ranging from conference affiliation and expansion, to NCAA and NAIA transitions, to feasibility of football, to the use of athletics to drive admissions and retention at enrollment driven institutions.

Patberg’s has been commissioner of the Southern States Athletic Conference (SSAC) a leadership position he held from early 2008 to 2012. Patberg, through corporate marketing ventures and membership expansion, lead the conference to become one of the stronger conferences in the NAIA. While in this role, he served on the NAIA National Administrative Counsel, National Letter of Intent Committee, Collegiate Commissioners Association (CCA) Executive Committee, and is chair-elect of the CCA. One committee is studying the need for a National Letter of Intent program and the other two committees are CCA committees relating to national marketing programs and championship sport sponsorship requirements.

Prior to joining the SSAC, Patberg spent seven years as the general manager of Competitive Resources which at the time was the leading career and placement service in the country for persons with competitive athletic experiences. During that time, he also assisted in the areas of career development and placement, primarily for collegiate athletes. He was one of the primary designers of the SCORE programs, a seminar that assists student athletes in preparing for professional careers after their days as student-athletes. He also served for two years as a lead speaker at the NCAA Career Connections, a special conference for young adults attempting to enter the collegiate sports ranks.

Patberg has served on multiple committees and associations. Among them are: Chick-fil-A Bowl Selection Committee [nine years], Southern Catholic University Athletic Consultation Team, Colonial Athletic Association Basketball Championships Tournament Committee, and Colorado Springs Sports Corporation Board of Directors. He is currently Co-Director of Patberg Sports Enterprises.

In addition to the years Patberg served as commissioner of SSAC, he served as commissioner of two NCAA Division II conferences—the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference (1997-2000) and the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference (1991-1997). Patberg has been a pioneer in several areas of conference office operations. The league he led was the first non-Division I conference to implement career development for its athletes, and his conferences were the first NCAA II and NAIA conferences to implement weekly television highlight- and feature-based programs. He is widely known for his success in the areas of corporate partnership and sponsorship development.

“For a number of years I have been in a position to help institutions improve their organizations through their athletic programs. Although assisting institutions and individuals was not directly addressed in the job description, it has been an important and enjoyable part of my life. Therefore, I joined ASC so I can, on a full-time basis, use my unique knowledge base to help others reach their goals,” said Patberg.

Patberg received his bachelor's degree in business administration from the University of Evansville (1981) and continued his studies as a master’s level student in sports administration at Ohio University. In 2001 he completed his PH.D. in Kinesiology with emphasis on Higher Education and Sports Administration at the University of Minnesota.