He was named last August and started work on October 7, 2000. He is now meeting with local government and business groups and with others who might support UAB athletics. His goals for UAB athletic programs are to provide an atmosphere to instruct. He also wants honest, clean programs which can compete at the highest level. He believes that having athletes is essential to the continuing growth of the university.
Athletes bring students, families, and the community together.
UAB has a young program in intercollegiate athletics. People elsewhere marvel at the success of our football problem since it is so new. They see that we are consistent in our support of women's sports. Support of the kind we give has been essential to the success of women's Olympic sports. His goal for sports programs is to be inclusive, to reach, to be open to all.