EXECUTIVE SEARCH

Built on relationships, not transactions.

Most search firms deliver a name and disappear. Peak Scouts builds the relationship first, matching leaders and executives to programs built for the long run, and stays engaged long after placement.

Weeks, not months

Direct hire delivered in weeks, not the traditional 60 to 90 days.

Proactive, not reactive

Succession pipelines mapped before a seat ever opens.

A 40-year relationship

Post-placement support built in, not bolted on after the fact.

Retained and exclusive, always. No contingency searches.

Four ways to engage

Direct Hire

Full retained search. We manage everything from candidate identification to placement.

Retained Search

An exclusive engagement to build a vetted candidate pool for your own review process.

Name Sourcing

A curated list of ten to fifteen qualified candidates to jumpstart your own search

Behind-the-Scenes Advisory

We guide your search from a consulting seat, there to catch you before you fall, not after

Every search accounts for today's landscape — NIL, the transfer portal, and revenue share — not yesterday's job description.

How We Evaluate

A proprietary evaluation system built from decades on the inside — not a generic assessment questionnaire.
Leadership Style
Cultural Alignment
Career Trajectory
"Gameness" — Resilience Under Pressure

A powerhouse team behind every engagement

Decades of experience across college athletics, pro sports, and the front office.
PeakScouts team member portrait

Dave Dagostino, Jr

Managing Director

Dave built his career inside the game before building a search practice around it — coaching and recruiting roles at Union College, Saint Rose, Jacksonville State, Cincinnati, and West Virginia, where he built scholarship pipelines worth $400M+ and helped shape NIL strategies exceeding $500M. He leads every search personally and hosts The Real Voices of the Game, a top-3% sports podcast. When you work with Peak Scouts, you work directly with Dave.

Tim Fitzpatrick

Former Deputy AD & COO, Brown

Tim spent 30+ years inside Division I athletics, most recently as Deputy Director of Athletics and COO at Brown University. He’s sat on the other side of the table — building the department, managing the budget, living with the hires he approved. He brings that operator’s perspective to every search.

Professional meeting for workforce planning

J.P. Ricciardi

Former GM, Toronto Blue Jays

J.P. spent 40+ years in professional baseball, including as General Manager of the Toronto Blue Jays and Senior Advisor with the San Francisco Giants. He’s built rosters and front offices under real pressure, and knows what separates a hire who performs from one who just interviews well.

Business professional supporting talent solutions

Mike Lynch

AVP Athletics, Babson

Mike has spent 30+ years in intercollegiate athletics and fundraising, and currently serves as AVP Athletics at Babson College. A two-time Athletics Director of the Year, he understands the day-to-day realities of the roles Peak Scouts fills.

Already have the right structure but need the right hire? We also do alignment consulting.

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