NAECAD
Finding Your Target Audience – Jono Eaton
From the 2026 National Convention: Esports programs should look different depending on what your school wants. This session will guide you through identifying your school’s...
Creating Sponsorships Opportunities That Sell – Tom Screech
From the 2026 National Convention: What changes can your program make to start putting together sponsorship deals that actually sell? In this session, we will...
Overwatch Coaching Workshop – Spilo
This workshop covers the core elements of being a successful Overwatch coach: How to develop a productive team culture, How to approach team and individual...
Integrating Professional Esports Philosophy into a Collegiate Environment – Roh Nathani and Joseph Haslemann
From the 2026 National Convention: How to start and maintain a competitive environment with the goal of consistent player improvement throughout multiple seasons. Speakers: Roh...
Coaching Smash Ultimate – Jack Tupta
From the 2026 National Convention: This session focuses on learning how to coach and manage a Smash team, even if you lack high level game...
Middle School to High School Pipeline – Dalton Hawkins
From the 2026 National Convention: “An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.” There will come a day when esports loses its shiny...
Coaching FPS Players – Lukas Sankala
From the 2026 National Convention: With over 1000 individual coaching sessions under his belt, Lukas opens up about the most important aspects of coaching FPS...
Program Culture – Dr. Andrew Goodrich
From the 2026 National Convention: Dr. Andrew Goodrich breaks down his definition of culture (what people believe, how they behave, and what they achieve) and...
Scouting your Opponents – Lemar Daniels
From the 2026 National Convention: Learn how to structure your week around a specific opponent, including how to scout an opponent, create and present a...
Esports Graduation Rates – Nate Meeker
From the 2026 National Convention: This presentation examines the impact of collegiate esports participation on student graduation outcomes. Using longitudinal data from cohorts between 2017...
The Discipline of Sustainability – Sari Kitelyn
From the 2026 National Convention: Vision Starts Movements. Intention Sustains Them. Sari will explore how the abundance of opportunity in esports can quietly undermine sustainability...
Never Take a Fair Fight – Doc Haskell
From the 2026 National Convention: After coaching 2,190 collegiate esports matches, one truth stands out clearly: coaching is incredibly challenging. Effective coaching transcends game knowledge...