Professional DevelopmentÂ
Conferences
Enhance your skills and network at annual athletic administrator conferences. Looking to take courses, grow professionally, and connect with fellow athletic administrators facing similar challenges? Attend an athletic administrator conference! Multiple options are available each year.
NCADA State Conference
At this annual conference hosted by your state athletic administrator association, you can:
- Take select LTI courses (National and State Certified Instructors)
- Hear from national speakers about current issues in education-based interscholastic Athletics
- Connect with the North Carolina High School Athletic Association
- Connect with the North Carolina Coaches Association
- Updates from the Department of Public Instruction for Middle School Athletics
- Network with other athletic administrators from North Carolina and share best practices and ideas
- Meet face-to-face with vendors and partners for fall purchase orders
- Take the CAA Exam and get Nationally Certified through Cognia
Future Dates and Locations
- March 13 (F)-16 (M), 2026, in Asheville at the Renaissance Hotel
- March 18 (F)-21 (M), 2027, in Wilmington at the Wilmington Convention Center
- March 16 (F)-20 (M), 2028, in Asheville at the Renaissance Hotel
Registration will open during the first week of December on the NCADA platform.
Click here to submit your survey for the 2025 NCADA Conference Survey https://forms.gle/
A Certificate of Attendance will be emailed to everyone who completes the survey on or before Monday, April 21st, 2025.
Summer Leadership Academy in Greensboro (Coliseum Special Events Center)
At this annual Summer Leadership Academy, in conjunction with the NCCA and the NCHSAA, you can:
- Take select Leadership Training Institute (LTI) courses (National and State Certified instructors)
- Hear from national speakers about current issues in education-based interscholastic athletics
- Attend the NCHSAA/NCADA Annual AD Breakfast on Tuesday morning at 8:00 AM
- Network with other athletic administrators from North Carolina and share best practices and ideas
- Meet face to face with vendors and partners for Fall and Winter purchase orders
Future Dates at the Greensboro Coliseum Special Events Center:
- July 21-22, 2025
- July 20-21, 2026
National Athletic Directors Conference
Sponsored by the NIAAA and the NFHS, this is the premier annual conference for interscholastic athletic administrators. It is the perfect time to:
- Take any of our Leadership Training Institute (LTI) courses taught by our national instructors
- Hear from expert speakers on today’s biggest challenges in interscholastic athletics
- Network with other athletic administrators around the country
- Get certified by Cognia
- Here’s what the conference means to your peers.
Future Dates and Locations:
- December 12- 16, 2025, in Tampa, Florida
- December 11 -15, 2026, in Phoenix, Arizona
- December 10-14, 2027, in Kansas City, Missouri
