Adam Hertz has been with Swarthmore College
since 2001. In that time, the College has witnessed
tremendous growth within the physical education and athletics
department. Hertz has been involved in numerous capital
improvement projects including renovations of the Lamb-Miller Field
House, softball and baseball fields, Faulkner and College Avenue
tennis courts, Skallerup outdoor track, locker rooms, Tarble
basketball arena, and practice fields, as well as the installation
of a synthetic surface stadium field, press box and lighting. Other
facilities improvements under Hertz’s guidance include
dugouts, outfield fences and P.A. systems for the baseball and
softball fields; new bleachers, P.A. system and lighting for the
basketball arena; and new P.A. system and lighting for Ware
Pool.
Hertz has worked with the president and dean of admissions to
devise and implement a new recruiting strategy aimed at equity
throughout the department. The result has been across the
board cumulative success in intercollegiate athletics with nearly
half of the programs finding unprecedented competitive
excellence. In total, Hertz has administrative oversight of
22 intercollegiate sports, eight club sports, the campus intramural
athletics program, and the physical education program. Hertz
also oversees the sports medicine and sports information offices,
as well as Mullan Fitness and Tennis Center operations.
Hertz was instrumental in the process leading to the
establishment of a new hiring structure for members of the
athletics faculty. He has seen the department gain five
full-time head coaching positions, and established the first
strength and conditioning position for the department. Under
Hertz’s direction, the department has seen many new advances
in technology including a new athletics web site, streaming video
broadcasting and live audio broadcasting of athletics contests, and
live statistics of games. He also initiated and implemented a
branding and promotional strategy that has led to a more consistent
identity and increased recognition of Swarthmore athletics.
The physical education program has also undergone significant
changes under Hertz' tenure. He helped with a transformation
of the grading methods and solidified policies regarding
satisfaction of the physical education requirement and standards
for progress toward achieving full credit. The program has
also been enhanced by a variety of new offerings and early morning
and evening class additions, to better accommodate
students.
Prior to his arrival at Swarthmore, Hertz spent five years as
the director of athletics and head men's soccer and golf coach at
Alvernia College in Reading, Pa. While at Alvernia, Hertz
also taught in the sports management department and taught a
Freshman Foundations course. Hertz oversaw the addition of
several varsity sports, as well as facility renovations and
additions. He implemented an academic oversight plan which
improved the overall grade point average of teams in the
department. Preceding that, Hertz spent four years as the
head men's soccer and golf coach at Beaver College (now Arcadia
University). As head soccer coach, the team set a school
record for most wins in a season. Hertz also set the school
standard for wins at Arcadia, and he started the men's golf
program, which won the Pennsylvania Athletic Conference
championship in its second year, earning him PAC Coach of the Year
honors.
Hertz has coordinated symposiums on current issues and
challenges in Division III athletics, and was a founding director
of the Division III Institute. He has lectured at Temple,
Delaware, and Neumann Universities, and has served as Chair of the
NCAA men's soccer committee and the Centennial Conference Board of
Delegates, as well as serving on numerous other national
committees. He is a member of the National Association of
Collegiate Directors of Athletics and the National Association of
Division III Athletics Administrators.
Hertz earned his undergraduate degree from the University of
Redlands and completed his graduate work at Temple
University.
