Second hotel added

Wednesday, April 30 :

3:00 pm - DFO Committee Meeting (The Star Ballroom A)

4:00 pm - DFO Welcome Meeting (The Star Ballroom B)

• Mission BBQ Introduction - Bill Kraus and Shannon Ferbrache (Refreshments Provided by Mission BBQ)

4:10 pm - League Meetings (1st Rotation)

• AAC -  Shane Elder, American Athletic Conference (The Star Ballroom A)
• ACC - Mike Dooley, Clemson  (The Star Ballroom D1)
• Big 10 - Paul Federici, Iowa (The Star Ballroom D2) 
• Big 12 - John Swift, BYU (Alabaster Room) 
• SEC - Josh Pruitt, Kentucky (Five Points Room)
• FCS, D2, D3, NAIA - (The Star Ballroom D3)
  • Charles Nichols, Texas Southern/David Davis, Howard/Andrea Perry 

4:40 pm - League Meetings (2nd Rotation)

• C-USA - Jacob Martinez, Louisiana Tech (Five Points Room) 
• MAC -  Andrew Terwilliger, Toledo (Alabaster Room) 
• MWC - Garrett Wolfe, SJSU (The Star Ballroom A) 
• SBC - Kevin Cristello, Sun Belt (Silver Room)

5:15 pm - Busses depart Omni Hotel for Highland Park (sponsored by Anthony Travel)

• 5:30-7:00 pm Tour SMU Football Facilities (optional)

Dinner On Your Own

8:00 pm - 10:00 pm - Football Operations Social (Appetizers and Deserts)- sponsored by Forty Nine Degrees and Longhorn Lockers

• Location:  Sidecar Social 6770 Winning Dr. Suite 900 Frisco TX, 75034

Thursday, May 1

8:00 am Check-in/Breakfast Sponsored by Just Play Solutions (The Star Ballrooom A)

9:00 am - Welcome and Introductions (The Star Ballroom B)

9:05 am - Sponsor Introductions (The Star Ballroom B)

• Vendors in The Pre-Function Area

9:50 am - Title Sponsor Introduction 8K Solutions

**Sessions 1-8 are 50 minutes each**

10:00 am - Session #1 - Conference Office Football Administration: How Conference Office Utilizes the Chief of Staff/DFO Roles(The Star Ballroom B)

• Panelists: Scott Draper - Big 12, Jeremy Hammond - SEC, Travis Llewellyn - Sun Belt, Shane Elder - AAC and Kyle Grooms -  United Athletics Conference/WAC
• Sponsored by Jostens

10:50 am - Meal Sponsor, Just Play Solutions Introduction - John Reagan and Ryan Becker

11:10 am - Session #2 - The Future is Now. Revenue Sharing/NIL/Collectives (The Star Ballroom B)

• Panelists: Derrick Coles - NCAA, Antonio Huffman - Texas Tech, Andrew Warsaw - South Florida, Dr. Sherman Morris - Author, Consultant & Former FBS Administrator, Christopher Zapata - Agent

12:10 pm - Session #3 - Staff Infrastructure in the New Era of College Football (The Star Ballroom B)

• Presenter: Joshua Thompson - Florida

1:00 pm - Lunch  - sponsored by The Omni Hotel Fort Lauderdale  (The Star Ballroom A)

2:00 pm - Title Sponosor Introduction - Collegiate Sports Travel

2:10 pm - Title Sponsor Introduction - Red Card Jeff Haupt, CEO

2:20  pm - Session #4 - NCAA Update Q&A (The Star Ballroom B)

• Presenter Patrick Higgins - NCAA

3:10 pm - Riddell Introductuion - Blake Reid (Refreshments Provided by Ridell)

3:30 pm - Session #5 - DFO vs. Chief of Staff,  Roles Defined (The Star Ballroom B)

• Presenter: Byron Ellis - Tulane

4:20 pm - Sportable Introduction - Tommy Knight (Refreshments Provided by Sportable)

4:45 pm - Session #6 - "Secure the Bag - Finacial Literacy For Our Student Athletes" (The Star Ballroom B)

• Presenter: Didier Occident - Occident Wealth Management

5:30 pm - Break Meetings - Dinner on your Own

6:00 pm - 8:00 pm - Football Operations Social - Sponsored by Teamworks

• Location TBD

Friday, May 2:

8:00 am - Breakfast (The Star Ballroom A)

9:00 am - Session #7 - "Beginning a New Role as DFO - First 30-60 Days"  (The Star Ballroom B)

• Cole Peterson, Philadelphia Eagles

10:00 am - Session #8  Open Forum Q&A Panel Session (The Star Ballroom B)

• Panelists: Charlotte Siegel - Boise State, Kevin Cristillo - Coastal Carolina, Charles Nichols - Texas Southern, Josh Thompson - Georgia Tech, Albert Boone, Texas State

11:30 am - Shuttle Bus #1 to DFW - courtesy of Anthony Travel 

12:30 pm - Shuttle Bus #2 to DFW - courtesy of Anthony Travel