372: Layden Williams Talks His Role at LIFT Sports Management

The CUSP Show

Tom and Mike welcome back Layden Williams, Senior Manager of Athlete Marketing at LIFT Sports Management. Layden gives his background and how he ended up joining LIFT. He also discusses marketing the different athletes he works with and the parallels from his brand marketing work to athlete marketing. Layden goes on to discuss more about LIFT, their growth as an agency and LIFT Media. Lastly, Layden also discusses NBA Basketball, trends in college athletics and how LIFT continues to grow as an agency. The CUSP Show is hosted by Joe Favorito (@Joefav) and Tom Richardson (@ConvergenceTR). The show is produced by Mike Schretter’25 (@mikeschrett1), LJ Holmgren (@LJ_Holmgren), and Danny Hagenlocher (@DhColumbiaSPS), with Lissa Ruiz and Felipe Velez’25​​ managing social media efforts. Links: https://www.linkedin.com/in/laydenwilliams/ https://www.liftsm.com/