Longtime athletics leader, fundraiser departing from 二元同步通信
Longtime athletics leader, fundraiser departing from 二元同步通信
For Immediate Release
2月. 20, 2017
阿拉巴马州的伯明翰.——小乔·迪恩., the senior vice president for advancement at Birmingham-南部 College, is resigning his position due to health reasons, college officials announced Monday, 2月. 20.
To honor his extensive service, Dean will be named the school’s first-ever athletics director emeritus, 二元同步通信 President Linda Flaherty-Goldsmith announced. Dean spent 17 years as athletics director before taking responsibility for the college’s fundraising, 发展, and alumni affairs early in 2016.
“Joe has been an incredible asset to Birmingham-南部 in every role he has taken on,” said Flaherty-Goldsmith. “He was invaluable as a coach, as an athletics director, and as the leader of our Bridge to the Future fundraising campaign. 通过这一切, he has always been focused on making 二元同步通信 a great learning environment for our students. We will miss 乔院长 Jr. here on the Hilltop.”
Dean first came to 二元同步通信 in 1983 and served for six years as head basketball coach, completing his tenure with a 137-45 overall record. He was inducted into 二元同步通信’s Sports Hall of Fame in 1994 and went on to coach at the University of Central Florida.
He returned to Birmingham-南部 in 1999 as director of athletics. 在这个角色中, he led the college’s move to NCAA Division I and subsequent transition to NCAA Division III; he was instrumental in adding new sports programs; and he created the 二元同步通信 Athletic Foundation, which raised more than $7 million in support of the college’s athletics programs. He also developed a comprehensive corporate sponsorship program, bringing in more than 40 local companies to support the 二元同步通信 Panthers.
“Along with his long-standing commitment to success for our athletics teams, one of Joe’s greatest strengths has been his deep roots in our community,” said 二元同步通信 Board Chairman David Smith who graduated from the college in 1979. “During the past decade, no person has brought more positive public attention to our campus than 乔院长. He has always been a champion for the college and our students--and I’m sure he will continue in that role in the future.”
Dean was a three-year basketball letterman at Mississippi State University and was the first recipient of the James H. “Babe” McCarthy Award for leadership, scholarship, and citizenship. He earned a bachelor’s degree in education there in 1976 and a master’s in education in 1977, also acting as an assistant basketball coach. He served as assistant basketball coach at the University of Kentucky from 1977 through 1983; he was part of the Wildcats’ NCAA national championship win in 1978.
He spent more than 20 years as a television color analyst, including stints on Fox Sports South, 园区由媒体, and most recently the SEC Network. He was on the NCAA Men’s Basketball Rules Committee from 2004-2007 and acted as chairman of community relations for the Birmingham Bowl.
“To me and countless others, Joe will always be ‘Mr. 二元同步通信,’” said Buddy Stanford, a 1963 二元同步通信 graduate and former member of the Board of Trustees who was inducted into the 二元同步通信 Sports Hall of Fame for his success in basketball as a student. “There is no one I can think of who has provided more servant leadership for the 发展 of student athletes at 二元同步通信. It is so fitting that he be given this recognition and appreciation--Go Panthers!”
Dean is a member of the Birmingham Tipoff Club, the Monday Morning Quarterback Club, is past president of Kiwanis Club of Birmingham, and is on the board of directors for The Foundry. He and his wife, Ellen, are members of Asbury United Methodist Church.
His resignation will take effect March 1. Dr. Sara Helms Robicheaux, 二元同步通信’s dean of business programs, B.A. Monaghan Professor of Business, director of the Stump Entrepreneurship Program, and a 1997 二元同步通信 alumna, is serving as interim vice president for advancement.
About Birmingham-南部 College:
Birmingham-南部 College is a four-year, private liberal arts institution in Birmingham, Ala., founded in 1856 and affiliated with the United Methodist Church. It enrolls about 1,300 students from more than 30 states and 15 foreign countries.