STRATEGIC PARTNERS. FRACTIONAL SUPPORT. YOUR BENCH.
Real solutions, tailored for your department.
We take on the projects that keep you up at night: the ones you know need fixing but don't have the time or staff to finish. Senior expertise across athletics, operations, people, finance, and growth strategy, when you need it.
We take on the projects that keep you up at night.
You know what needs fixing. You just don't have the time or staff to finish it. MCG steps in, does the work alongside your team, and leaves processes they can run.
Higher education and college athletics are our home. We also bring deep expertise in:
Finance: budgeting, forecasting, and resource alignment
Human resources: staffing plans, role design, and people management
Growth and strategy: strategic plans, expansion, and business development
The result: stronger culture, leaner operations, and success that lasts.
Six focused engagements, each tailored to where your department is headed.
Operations reviews and strategic plans you will use.
Multi-year plans built on your real constraints, with clear priorities, timelines, and owners.
Plan the future of your programs.
Conference moves, new sports, and staff expansion.
Find and fix the bottlenecks slowing you down.
Workflow mapping, policy cleanup, and software rollouts.
Programs that build staff skills.
Leadership training, mediation, and conflict resolution.
Guidance through a role change or a search.
Career planning, interview prep, and first-90-days support.
HR built for athletic departments.
Staffing plans, role design, headcount and budget alignment, and knowing when a part-time or shared role beats a full-time hire.
Leadership development for assistant coaches ready to become head coaches.
Official Coachable is MCG's coaching development academy for NCAA Division I, II, and III assistant basketball coaches. It's built by people who have sat on the side of the table that does the hiring.
A four-phase framework to get coaches first chair ready
Mentorship from former head coaches and athletic directors
Mock interviews, a personal brand statement, and a full playbook
For athletic departments: a low-lift way to invest in your coaching pipeline.
Plan for the transition before it's urgent.
A head coach leaves, an AD retires, a key administrator moves on. Departments that planned ahead stay steady. The rest lose a season or more of momentum.
Succession plans for head coach and senior administrator roles
Interim leadership and transition management
Internal talent identification and readiness
Knowledge transfer before people walk out the door
Search design when an external hire is the right call
The payoff: less lost momentum, knowledge that stays in the building, and a visible path to advancement that keeps your best people.
Farrah Manthei, PMP
Founder & Principal Consultant
Two decades in Division I athletics as Deputy Athletic Director, Chief Operating Officer, and Senior Woman Administrator. Farrah leads every engagement and pulls in the right experts from MCG's network.
Her work spans operations, human resources, Title IX and gender equity, budgeting, marketing, and organizational planning.
Credentials
Project Management Professional (PMP), PMI
Former Deputy Athletic Director and Chief Operating Officer
Former Senior Woman Administrator and Deputy Title IX Officer
Former Graphic Designer, Art and Marketing Director
Leadership Development
NACDA Senior Mentor Institute
Women Leaders in College Sports Executive Leadership Institute
NCAA Pathway Program graduate
John McLendon Institute, 2019
Mentor, Chicago Innovation, past three years
Chair, MVC Diversity and Inclusion Committee; Horizon League Competition Cabinet
Speaker, HTC 2022 and 2024; NCAA Mentorship Panel
Signature Projects
Launched football programs at UTSA and UTRGV
Merged UT Pan American and UT Brownsville
Led conference moves to Conference USA and the Missouri Valley
Facility renovations: soccer pitch, track and field stadium, locker rooms, courts
Strategic insight from people who've sat in your chair.
MCG is a collective of experienced administrators, from former athletic directors and C-suite executives to specialists across every area of a department. We know how to run an operation with a fraction of the resources, because we've done it.
Expertise across our network
Finance and budgeting
Compliance and Title IX
Human capital and people management
Operations and project management
Fundraising and development
Communications and media
Every engagement starts with Farrah. She scopes your need and brings in the right expert.
We listen first. Budget, staff, politics, timeline: we learn your real constraints before recommending anything.
Confidential by default. Sensitive searches, compliance reviews, and internal challenges stay with us.
Built for you. Every recommendation fits your department, not a template.
Let's talk about your department.
Confidential by default. Whether you are evaluating a process, navigating a sensitive personnel matter, or preparing for a search, what you share with us stays with us.
Email us at info@mantheiconsultinggroup.com