This study researched the risk management practices of NCAA Division II athletic directors. A 36-item questionnaire was distributed to 247 Division II athletic directors, the questionnaire contained items from the following five areas, personnel, transportation, facilities, emergency procedures, and equipment. The survey achieved a response rate of 75% with 186 questionnaires returned, 51 returned surveys were not usable.
The questionnaire responses were tested in the following areas, the size of the athletic department (coaches, trainers, and administrators), funding sources (public or private), football as a varsity sport, and the geographic location of the college or university.
Significant differences were found in all areas, with the greatest differences occurring between colleges and universities that have football as a varsity sport and those that do not. The area of investigation that had the greatest number of significant differences was equipment, with differences occurring in all areas that were tested.
