Testimonials
“Todd and Drew Turner were of great help to us during our recent search for a senior conference office administrator – they were knowledgeable, responsive and provided invaluable counsel as we worked through our position profile, the skills and experience desired, and various compensation and benefit elements. I would not hesitate to recommend their services to others in the college sports industry.”
Val Ackerman
Commissioner , The Big East Conference
“The CSA team helped us with finding our new athletic director and I need to say that I found the CSA process to be both very efficient and effective. They brought to us a terrific set of candidates for review and engaged their extensive network to help us vet them. I can’t say enough good things about the professionalism of the CSA team and their commitment to our success. We hired a terrific new athletic director in Brad Davis, who is a great fit for the Mount St. Mary’s team.”
Timothy Trainor
President, Mount St. Mary’s University
“I couldn’t be happier with CSA and can’t say enough about working with Craig and Drew. Across the board high marks and would look forward to working with CSA again should the need arise. Ash has already started to make an impact, and we can’t wait until he is on the ground here at 20th and Olney full time. He is going to make a difference.”
Daniel J. Allen, Ph.D.
President, La Salle University
“Thank you to Collegiate Sports Associates for your assistance in our search for a new athletic director. Jenna, Craig and Drew provided us with an excellent candidate pool, and our search committee was impressed by the quality and experience of each applicant. Your efforts in providing us with top notch candidates enabled us to conduct a highly successful search.”
Joan Ferrini-Mundy
President, University of Maine
“We were impressed by the team CSA assembled for the UNCG athletics director search – each of whom brought a rich set of skills, expertise, and national connections. We had an ambitious timeline for our search and Drew and team were able to meet our timeline while adhering to our robust process and commitment to developing a rich and deep pool of impressive candidates. They were easy to work with and always responsive, making us feel as if we were their most important clients.”
Dr. Franklin D. Gilliam, Jr.
Chancellor, UNC Greensboro
“On behalf of everyone at IPTAY, I want you to know how pleased we are with the entire experience with Collegiate Sports Associates. From start to finish, your planning, activation, decision-making, advice, and overall communication all combined to make our partnership very successful. Having collaborated with CSA on five separate projects – 4 with IPTAY and 1 with Clemson Athletics – it is evident that you are a huge part of our growth, market positioning, and preparation for the future.
In the ever-changing landscape of intercollegiate athletics, I feel confident there will be further initiatives that we will partner with CSA on for assistance. Your entire team is ‘the real deal,” and I again thank you for being difference-makers in not only the hiring of our Chief Operations Officer in this most recent instance, but in multiple other projects as well!”
Davis Babb
Chief Executive Officer, IPTAY | Clemson University
“With more than 40 years of experience at some of the most prestigious universities in the world, Collegiate Sports Associates founder and President, Todd Turner, has the knowledge and tools to help institutions develop solutions that allow them to thrive in the world of college athletics. I have known Todd for more than two decades and have had a front row seat to the expertise, great thinking and creativity that has provided cutting-edge solutions to the collegiate athletics community. With Todd’s leadership, CSA is a premier company providing unmatched solutions to college athletics most difficult problems.”
Keith Gill
Commissioner, The Sun Belt Conference
“What makes Collegiate Sports Associates so successful is its dedication to putting together pools of dedicated and diverse candidates with experience at the highest levels of college athletics. The CSA team focuses on finding the right fit for each unique position, and has shown great success.”
Bubba Cunningham
Director of Athletics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
“I have been impressed with the CSA team for many years. They have been key partners in helping our campus assess the department early in my tenure, partnering as we developed our strategic plan and as teammates in our recent men’s basketball hire. Drew and his team are responsive, thoroughly prepared and always available when needed. I am impressed with the team CSA has assembled and the investment they make in each of their partnerships.”
Jim Knowlton
Director of Athletics, University of California, Berkeley
“Todd and Drew Turner were an amazing asset to WCU as we searched for our next Athletic Director. From the first time we spoke through the press conference announcing our AD, both assisted our search committee in a timely manner in reviewing a large pool of qualified applicants, narrowing pool down for airport interviews, and then on to campus interviews, in a short time frame. I would not hesitate in recommending CSA or using them again.”
Dr. Kelli Brown
Chancellor, Western Carolina University
“Thank you to CSA for all of their efforts to realize a successful AD search at Towson University. The pool was outstanding and CSA really listened to me and the committee when we described what a successful candidate would bring to the table – and then delivered candidates that fit that bill. Just outstanding! Steve Eigenbrot was the absolute right choice for Towson University at this moment. We are all looking forward to supporting his success.” 
Dr. Kim Schatzel
Fmr. President, Towson University, current President, University of Louisville
“I had the opportunity to get to know the team at Collegiate Sports Associates as a member of the executive search committee at Ole Miss as we searched for a new Director of Athletics. I found the team at CSA to be professional, responsive and thorough in their work.
They managed the process well and recruited a qualified, diverse candidate pool. Working with CSA and their team of former Division 1 athletic administrators was a great experience. I would recommend them to any institution that is conducting an executive search.”
Archie Manning
Executive Search Committee, University of Mississippi
“The team at Collegiate Sports Associates assisted us with our recent search for a head volleyball coach. I found them to be professional, thorough and efficient as we went through the process of identifying, interviewing and ultimately hiring a new head coach. They listened intently to our desired profile and helped facilitate a seamless process with a deep and diverse pool of candidates.”
Wren Baker
(Fmr.) VP & Director of Athletics, University of North Texas; current Director of Athletics at West Virginia University
“Collegiate Sports Associates and their talented team of industry experts are always there when we need them. Whether it’s a prominent coaching search, an ambitious master plan, or just a simple affirmation of a particular direction within our ever changing industry of intercollegiate athletics, I have found Todd Turner and CSA to be responsive, detailed, accurate, and highly networked. Old Dominion University athletics is without a doubt performing at a higher level of success and efficiency as a result of our comprehensive partnership over the last seven years with CSA.”
Dr. Wood Selig
Director of Athletics, Old Dominion University
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