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SBJ/June 9 - 15, 2003/Special Report
NACDA Regional Athletic Director of the Year winners
Published June 9, 2003
As part of our special report on college sports, Street & Smith's SportsBusiness Journal presents the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics' 2002-03 Regional Athletic Director of the Year award winners, listed below.
Winners were chosen in each of four regions — Northeast, Southeast, Central
and West — and in six categories — NCAA Division I-A, NCAA Division
I-AA/I-AAA, NCAA Division II, NCAA Division III, NAIA and other four-year institutions,
and junior and community colleges. There also is one international winner.
Each of the winners must have been nominated by a NACDA-member athletic director, school president or conference commissioner and must have served as an athletic director for a minimum of five consecutive academic years.
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ADOY: Division I-A
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Tim Curley
Penn State University
NORTHEAST REGION
• Conference:
Big Ten
• Career
highlights: Penn State has earned six top-10 and three top-five placings
in the Sears Directors' Cup standings; in recent years, the athletic department
has completed more than $136 million in facility improvements, including expanding
capacity of Beaver Stadium to 107,282; the Nittany Lions had an athlete graduation
rate of 82 percent during the most recent academic year.
Ron Wellman
Wake Forest University
SOUTHEAST REGION
• Conference: ACC
• Career highlights: Oversees an athletic department that had a
$24 million budget in 2001-02; the Demon Deacons had an athlete graduation rate
of 77 percent during the most recent academic year.
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Taylor
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Northwestern University
CENTRAL REGION
• Conference: Big Ten
• Career highlights: During his tenure at Northwestern, athletic
department revenue has increased, numerous improvements have been made to facilities
and more than 200 athletes have earned first-team All-Big Ten status; Taylor
is retiring effective Aug. 31.
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Smith
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Arizona State University
WEST REGION
• Conference: Pac-10
• Career highlights: Oversaw completion of a $30 million capital
campaign, which in part funded the construction of the $19 million Ed and Nadine
Carson Student-Athlete Center; in his three years at ASU, Smith has hired football,
soccer, wrestling, women's golf, water polo and volleyball coaches.
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ADOY: Division I-AA/I-AAA
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Blake
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Rider University
NORTHEAST REGION
• Conference: Metro Atlantic Athletic
• Career highlights: School has added five varsity sports under
Blake's guidance; served as co-host of the 2002 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships.
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Jarrett
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Old Dominion University
SOUTHEAST REGION
• Conference: Colonial Athletic Association
• Career highlights: Old Dominion teams have captured 26 national
championships during Jarrett's tenure; has tripled the department's athletic
facilities.
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Parry
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Butler University
CENTRAL REGION
• Conference: Horizon League
• Career highlights: During Parry's tenure, Butler has added varsity
teams for women's soccer, women's golf and men's lacrosse; Butler has won more
than 40 conference championships in 12 sports; department regularly graduates
80 percent of its athletes.
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Hogan
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University of Montana
WEST REGION
• Conference: Big Sky
• Career highlights: Tenure at Montana has included two NCAA Division
I-AA football national championships, and the Grizzlies have appeared in the
national championship game four times; twice the school has won the Big Sky
football, men's basketball and women's basketball championships in a single
year, an unprecedented sweep in the conference.
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ADOY: Division II
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Skinner
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University of Massachusetts-Lowell
NORTHEAST REGION
• Conference: Northeast 10
• Career highlights: Helped school gain admittance into the Northeast
10 Conference; worked with city and state officials to get 6,500-seat Paul Tsongas
Arena and 5,000-seat Edward LeLacheur Park constructed; directed construction
of new team locker rooms, office space for coaches, a new softball complex,
a soccer stadium and an outdoor complex for football, field hockey and track
and field.
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May
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Lander University
SOUTHEAST REGION
• Conference: Peach Belt
• Career highlights: Serves on the Peach Belt Athletics Council,
and has served as the chair of the Peach Belt Conference committee and on the
NCAA South Atlantic Regional Basketball Committee; inducted into Lander's Athletics
Hall of Fame in 1999.
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Selgo
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Grand Valley State University
CENTRAL REGION
• Conference: Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic
• Career highlights: During his tenure, the Grand Valley football
stadium has been expanded to 6,344 seats, a track was added around the field
and lights were put up at the stadium; a new weight room, and press boxes and
concessions areas for the baseball and softball fields also have been built;
Grand Valley finished second in the 2000-01 Sears Directors' Cup standings.
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Poage
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Dallas Baptist University
WEST REGION
• Conference: Heartland
• Career highlights: During Poage's tenure, Dallas Baptist's athletic
program has grown from four sports to 14, with the number of athletes increasing
from 61 to 180; athletic department's graduation rate has increased from 51
percent to more than 70 percent.
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ADOY: Division III
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Harper
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Bridgewater State College
NORTHEAST REGION
• Conference: Old Dominion Athletic
• Career highlights: Led construction of the 80,000-square-foot
Adrian Tinsley Center and the Alumni Park baseball/softball complex; served
a three-year term as commissioner of the Massachusetts State College Athletic
Conference.
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Miller
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Goucher College
SOUTHEAST REGION
• Conference: Capital Athletic
• Career highlights: Led the design and construction of a $3.5
million track and field complex; served a two-year term as president of the
United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association and six years on the NCAA
Men's Lacrosse Committee.
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Ackerman
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University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh
CENTRAL REGION
• Conference: Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic
• Career highlights: Under his direction, Wisconsin-Oshkosh teams
have won 12 national championships and 52 conference championships; led construction
of a new natatorium and facility improvements to the school's stadium, indoor
sports complexes and weight facility that cost more than $3.7 million.
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Wallo
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Lewis & Clark College
WEST REGION
• Conference: Northwest
• Career highlights: Has led nearly $3 million in capital upgrades
to the school's athletic facilities, including renovations to the Pamplin Sports
Center and at the baseball and softball fields.
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ADOY: NAIA
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Dennison
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Walsh University
NORTHEAST REGION
• Conference: America Mid-East; Mid-States (football)
• Career highlights: Led Walsh in instituting football, where he
serves as head coach and his teams have never had a losing season; more than
50 percent of Walsh athletes achieve a 3.0 grade point average.
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Ridder
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Embry Riddle Aeronautical University
SOUTHWEST REGION
• Conference: Florida Sun
• Career highlights: During his tenure, school's number of athletic
teams have increased from five to 11 and the athletic department staff has grown
from five full-time employees to 16; also developed a sports information office
and the start of women's athletics at the school.
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Harris
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Baker University
CENTRAL REGION
• Conference: Heart of America Athletic
• Career highlights: During Harris' tenure, Baker has finished
in the top three of the HAAC All-Sports Trophy for 10 years; was appointed chair
of the NAIA Region V in 1999, and was named HAAC and NAIA Athletic Director
of the Year in 2002.
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Holmquist
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Biola University
WEST REGION
• Conference: Golden State Athletic
• Career highlights: Has been a member of the GSAC Athletic Director
Executive Committee and served as the GSAC basketball liaison; named the GSAC
Athletic Director of the Year and the NAIA Region II Athletic Director of the
Year in 2001.
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ADOY: International
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Quigley
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McMaster University
INTERNATIONAL
• Conference: OUA, CIAU
• Career highlights: Became the first female AD in Ontario in 1990;
has raised $37 million for new athletic facilities, and signed the first Nike
all-school agreement in Canada; is a board member for the 2003 World Cycling
Championships and a member of the bid committee for the 2010 Commonwealth Games.
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ADOY: Division JC/CC
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Case
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Gloucester County College
NORTHEAST REGION
• Conference: Garden State
• Career highlights: During Case's tenure, the Road Runners have
won 11 NJCAA Division III national championships.
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Cox
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Miami-Dade Community College
SOUTHWEST REGION
• Conference: Southern, FCCAA
• Career highlights: During Cox's tenure, Miami-Dade has captured
three NJCAA national championships and seven Florida Community College Activities
State Championships.
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Steele
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Redlands Community College
CENTRAL REGION
• Conference: Independent
• Career highlights: Serves as NJCAA Region 2 director for Oklahoma
and Arkansas.
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Guthmiller
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Lee College
WEST REGION
• Conference: Region XIV
• Career highlights: Has served as the Region XXIV Director for
Women and on numerous NJCAA committees; was inducted as the first of five coaches
into the NJCAA Hall of Fame for volleyball.
