PROFILE
everybody would like to play Friday night at 7:00 ,” she said . “ When we have two to five home football games in a week , that ’ s obviously not possible . Sometimes we have to play mediator .”
According to Roesslein , other personnel in the athletic office handle the scheduling for soccer and lacrosse .
“ We have had a little more input lately in terms of scheduling a maintenance day on our soccer field because typically our soccer schedule is double headers five nights a week , so sometimes it ’ s hard to get some of our agronomic practices done when we have games on the field that night ,” she said . “ Sometimes we have weather and that takes away the maintenance day , so we have to adjust on the fly . We have a great program going in , but we always have to have a Plan A , B , C and D .”
The NAAC primarily hosts varsity games only – no practices . Each school in the district has its own fields on site . Noel Harryman , CSFM , and his crew handle all landscape and site maintenance of the school facilities – including practice fields and fields on which lower-level sports are played .
FINDING SUCCESS According to Roesslein , the strengths she brings to her job are her problem-solving skills and her creativity .
“ I ’ m willing to try something new , because if you are not trying , you are not growing and you are not getting better ,” she said . “ Hopefully we have some fun along the way . I ’ m pretty passionate about what I get to do , and I love my job , so hopefully that comes across in my interactions with other people .”
Perseverance is the most important quality in a sports field manager , Roesslein added .
“ We have to deal with a lot of things at the same time , often coming at us from different angles ,” she said . “ Trying to get a game in with weather , coaches who want to get going , officials who don ’ t , administrators who don ’ t want to reschedule and only two of us to manage it all . It ’ s not the easiest thing to balance everything and come back in the next day and do it again .
“ I certainly don ’ t have all the answers ,” she added . “ I have a good base knowledge of what works well for us , but there is always room to improve . So , it ’ s important to be willing to try something new . Whether that means
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