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A statue of Robert Neyland, who served as athletic director for over 20 years for the Tennessee Volunteers, located at Neyland Stadium in Knoxville, Tennessee. An athletic director (commonly "athletics director" or "AD") is an administrator at many American clubs or institutions, such as colleges and universities, as well as in larger high schools and middle schools, who oversees the work of ...
Griffith built on his writings in the field of sports psychology through Psychology and Athletics (1928) as well as many contributions to a journal called The Athletic Journal. Griffith wrote about the basic problems and psychological components of athletic performance such as skills, learning, habit, attention, vision, emotion, and reaction time.
Guerrero next worked at UC Irvine, where he served as director of athletics for 10 years (1992-2002). In June 2002, while still at UC Irvine, he was named the 2001-02 Division I-AA/I-AAA West Region NACDA Athletic Director of the Year. During Guerrero's tenure, UCI experienced unprecedented activity in the area of athletic facilities development.
In 2008, Dannen was named athletic director of the Northern Iowa Panthers, his alma mater. [6] In his introductory press conference, Dannen claimed he would not oversee the elimination of any athletic programs at UNI; however, months later, a significant reduction in the athletic department's state funding resulted in the elimination of the ...
In 2007, Jurich was selected Street & Smith's SportsBusiness Journal/SportsBusiness Daily National Athletic Director of the year. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Jurich was born in Alhambra, California and played kicker at Arcadia High School , at Northern Arizona University, and in one game for the New Orleans Saints of the National Football League (NFL), after ...
Kevin Michael White (born September 25, 1950) [1] is an American college administrator, and former athletic director at Duke University. He held this position from May 30, 2008, until his retirement on September 1, 2021. White succeeded Joe Alleva as the Blue Devils' AD when Alleva accepted the same position at Louisiana State University.
Sport psychology remains influential to athletic performance at all levels. The goal of this area of study is to explore what makes athletes perform the way the way they do. Athletic performance can be measured by self-report or objective data (e.g. player/team statistics).
Martin Jarmond (born November 22, 1979) is an American college athletics administrator who is the athletic director at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). He played college basketball at the University of North Carolina Wilmington, where he was a two-time captain for the UNC Wilmington Seahawks. [1]