{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Growing Stronger Together","title":"Building Hope: Doc Sander's Work with Finnegan's Challenge | Families on Fridays","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2634,"description":"Dr. Richard Sander, who is just “Doc” at ETSU, began his career as a headbasketball coach at Howard High School in Chattanooga, TN in 1970-1971and later became as an assistant coach at the University of TN –Chattanooga. He moved to Cincinnati Ohio in 1972 to serve as headbasketball coach at Anderson High School, which was a rival school when heplayed basketball in high school. He continued in that role for 10 years andthen took the assistant athletic director at Memphis State University (nowthe University of Memphis) in 1972. He moved to Richmond Virginia in 1986as the athletic director at Virginia Commonwealth University and laterassumed the title of Assistant to the President and Director of Athletics. In1999, he became the Executive Director of the VCU Sports Center (now theVCU Center for Sport Leadership), and held that position until 2009. Dr.Sander retired for a few years but found his way to Johnson City in 2013 tohelp ETSU relaunch football. Dr. Noland recently described Dr. Sander as“one of the most experienced and professional athletic directors inthe nation. He has a long record of success both at ETSU and throughis work with universities across the country. Our student athletes,coaches, and athletics staff are incredibly talented and possessenormous potential. I believe Doc is the right person to help usrealize that potential and elevate ETSU athletics to the level ofexcellence I and our fans expect.”Doc’s conversation with Kim Hale does not include a lot of sports talk butinstead includes a discussion about his work with Finnegan’s Challenge(www.finneganschallenge.org), a non-profit the promotes awareness ofchildren born with birth defects and provides education and financial supportfor their families. Doc and Kim talk about the importance of perseverance,integrity, and the appreciation of friendships in life.","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/m1Pu9xJAiKiCO1zKOkdSU-RuiZHrC0pIqCBd6GW9uL8/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9lYWZj/YjI3NTRlOGQ5M2Y3/YThjYjkyODYxNWQ0/MTU4Zi5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}