"I tried to be the person he could call with whatever the problem or concern was," said Strawley, who is currently the only woman overseeing an Atlantic Coast Conference football program. "Whether it was as big as 'We've got to hire a defensive coordinator,' or as small as 'I can't find a stapler,' I wanted to help him with everything so we could get the right pieces in place. For me, it's all about how do I make the lives of our coaches easier so they can go about accomplishing what they need to do. Their lives are crazy. They're recruiting, they're navigating the worlds of our student-athletes. How do I take it and say, 'What can we do on the administrative side to help you?'"