Aligning Relationships And Vision With New Mexico’s Eddie Nuñez

Summary

• - How do you align your goals for Lobos Athletics with the broader institutional goals for the University of New Mexico?
• - How do you establish that close alignment and relationship with your president, your provost and others on the academic side of campus?
• - When you first arrived in Albuquerque, how did you align your personality and leadership style with the culture of UNM?
• - How do you handle criticism? How do you navigate Twitter critics who aren’t seeing the big picture?
• - What about internal criticism, especially from those across the university who don't have the full picture of what's going on in Athletics?
• - As you build a staff, what are those intangible qualities that set someone apart during the interview process?
• - How do you balance supporting star staff members in their career journeys with retaining the best staff to help bring your vision to life?
• - How do you say no? When you get a compelling request that you’d like to consider but ultimately, you know more than the person asking…  how do you turn that request down without losing the trust of the stakeholder?
• - You’ve recently been more involved, on behalf of the institution, with the state legislature. What was the most valuable lesson you learned from that experience?
• - How has that experience - and that facetime- impacted opportunities for things like NIL, licensing revenue, facilities, event management?
• - How then does that impact your relationship with the greater ABQ community- as the flagship institution in the state, how can you steward UNM’s presence as an economic driver for greater New Mexico?
• - What keeps you coming back after the long, challenging days? How do you stay refreshed and recharged to maintain this bold leadership style and vision?