page_title: Sun Devil Marching Band
section_title: Directors
hierarchical_section_title: Sun Devil Marching Band / History / Directors
caption_attribution_description: English: 2015 EGT Director's Tower at the Band Field
context_page_description: The Sun Devil Marching Band, also known as The Pride of the Southwest, is the athletic band of Arizona State University in Tempe, Arizona. The Sun Devil Marching Band motto is “Expect Great Things.” The acronym EGT is inscribed on a sign that hangs from the director’s podium towering over the band's practice field, and is a symbol of the high standards that band members strive to meet. The ASU Band program, which includes the Marching, Pep, and Dixieland bands, is a part of the Sun Devil Athletics department. The band is currently under the direction of Director of Athletic Bands James G. "The Hammer" Hudson, who took over the program in 2006. The Sun Devil Marching Band is a major ambassador for Arizona State University and the state of Arizona. Each year almost 500,000 people are entertained by the band, which plays at home football at Sun Devil Stadium and as a pep band for basketball games at Wells Fargo Arena, homecoming, bowl game parades, other community events in the Valley, across the country, and even abroad.
context_section_description: Source:
  Lillian Williams, 1915–1917
  John Paul Jones, 1929–1930
  Carl G. Hoyer, 1931–1937
  Dr. Robert G. Lyon, 1938–1943
  Miles A. Dresskell, 1945
  Felix E. McKernan, 1946–1951
  Harold C. Hines, 1952–1965
  William H. Hill, 1966–1969
  William Mitchell 1969
  Dr. Kenneth O. Snapp and Robert W. Miller, 1970–1973
  Dr. Richard E. "Doc" Strange (1974–1999) and Dr. Robert C. "Coach" Fleming, 1974–2001
  Martin Province, 2002–2005
  James G. "The Hammer" Hudson, 2006–present
caption: 2015 EGT Director's Tower at the Band Field
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