Missouri Valley Football Conference Commissioner Patty Viverito is a guest on this week's "YoteCast", the official podcast of Coyote athletics hosted by John Thayer.
 
Viverito is the first and only commissioner Valley Football has known. This is her 36^th year in that role and 29^th as senior associate commissioner of the Missouri Valley Conference. Viverito currently serves as the FCS commissioners' representative on the NCAA Division I Council and Vice-Chair of the NCAA Division I Football Oversight Committee.
 
Discussion topics include:

• The days leading up to the MVFC's decision to move its season to the spring
• Working with a variety of university presidents and athletic directors
• What a spring football season looks like ahead of upcoming NCAA meetings
• Why COVID-19 testing needs to change dramatically between now and spring football
• What she's learned throughout this process

USD Athletic Director David Herbster is also a guest this week and touches on:

• Coyote alums in the NFL
• The current impasse between NCAA testing requirements and state of South Dakota guidelines
• This year's athletic budget
• The DakotaDome renovation

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You can listen to YoteCast right here on GoYotes.com. The direct link to YoteCast can be found under the "Fan Zone" dropdown menu.
 
Thayer has been the voice of South Dakota women's basketball for the last seven seasons and a sideline reporter for Coyote football for the past five seasons. Starting this year, Thayer will serve as the play-by-play announcer for both Coyote football and Coyote men's basketball.