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New A.D. hopes to continue tradition
The Advocate
As the new interim athletic director, Daryle Broadsword has high hopes to continue the tradition of MHCC athletics.
“I hope to continue on what Fred Schnell (the former AD) has done,” said Broadsword. “He did a great job. This is a great opportunity and privilege for me to be the athletic director.”
As the new athletic director as well as dean of health and physical education, Broadsword has a list of duties to keep him busy all day.
“On the dean side of my job, I oversee instructors, set up schedules, the budget and curriculum. As the AD, I oversee everything in the athletics department,” he said. “I oversee the facility rentals, and just anything dealing with the program. It is a very broad job.”
Broadsword replaced Schnell as the athletic director starting Sept. 1, amid reorganization in the health and physical education area, which had athletics, recreation, aquatics and health and physical education together under the HPE Dean in which Broadsword serves as the dean.
“The first thing is that the reorganization was not about Fred not doing a good job,” said Broadsword. “It was about what was best for the college and getting into a structure for success.”
According to Broadsword, HPE was connected with athletics until 1998 when things started to “splinter” apart.
Broadsword joined the athletic department in 1978 as an assistant coach to the baseball program.
“I was there until 1983. Then from 1985-86, I served as the men’s assistant before taking over the women’s basketball team from ’86-94,” said Broadsword. He left for a four-year stint and returned in the ’98-99 academic school year.
“I want to build on the success Fred had and I am privileged to take over this program. I want our student athletes to be students first, athletes second,” said Broadsword. “We have a very good coaching staff, and I want to keep striving for more NWAACC titles.”
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