IU Athletic Director Scott Dolson on Curt Cignetti and College Sports

In this episode of Indiana 250 Off the Record, host Nate Feltman talks with Scott Dolson, vice president and director of intercollegiate athletics at Indiana University. Dolson traces his path from Michigan City and Bob Knight’s basketball camps to four years as an IU student manager, including the 1987 national championship, and reflects on the leadership lessons that shaped his career. He discusses taking over IU Athletics during the pandemic, the strategic plan that elevated football as a university priority, the coaching search that led to Curt Cignetti and what IU’s football success has meant for fundraising, ticket sales and confidence across the university. Dolson also weighs in on name, image and likeness, the transfer portal, revenue sharing, the financial pressure on Olympic and women’s sports, plans to modernize Memorial Stadium, IU basketball under Darian DeVries and why college athletics needs more stability and enforceable rules.