Where will your path take you?

Uncover the universal human experience of being on a path to dreams, through the story of Marty Headd, a three-year starter on the Syracuse University Orangemen’s basketball team. He dropped out of college in the early '80s, played ball in Europe, and returned home to realize his path and dreams were behind him.

Meet the producers


Ryan Balton


Laura Beachy


Taylor Chestnut


Alexandra Kaplan

Watch it online

Featured on SUAthletics.com... Just click here and search for "Marty Headd feature." Special thanks to Roger Springfield and Daryl Gross for sharing "The Path Ahead" with the world.

Watch it on cable

Syracuse University students and faculty can catch "The Path Ahead" on the Orange Television Network, channel 2. Special thanks to Andy Robinson.

Buy a DVD

"The Path Ahead" is a shortform documentary. The DVD contains just the 9-minute documentary. Local pickup available, email for details.

About the production

Up for a College Emmy Award in the documentary category.

Featured by the Syracuse University Athletic Department on the Web site of the No. 4 D1 basketball team in the country.

Airing on the Orange Television Network, channel 2 at SU, before CitrusTV sports programs.

Used in the Syracuse City School District as a motivational video for inner-city high school students.

More about Marty

Read about Marty in The Daily Orange:
No Complaints: Marty Headd was a basketball star at Syracuse nearly 30 years ago, now he works here as a janitor

Special thanks