Until we get an AD, BOT members who care about sports and the right head coach and assistants we will continue to dwell at the bottom of the SEC. you get what you pay for!
This is a big reason, just look at the press releases, how they went about hiring their AD, and how we went about hiring ours in 2012, you will notice no mention of how many candidates, our board interviewed, it wasn't 30.
Yes our guy had been an assistant AD, and was a great baseball coach. Their guy was much more qualified and experienced and worked his way up, and has been great for them. Great Baseball Coaching Stats doesn't make a great or even competent AD as we have found out.
CLEMSON, SC – Dan Radakovich, director of athletics at Georgia Tech, was introduced Monday (Oct. 29) as Clemson University’s new AD, concluding a three-month national search that drew more than 30 candidates.
In announcing the decision, Clemson President James F. Barker described Radakovich as the right person to build on the strong foundation created under the leadership of current AD Terry Don Phillips, who announced his plans to retire in August.
“Dan Radakovich understands the academic, business and competitive aspects of college athletics. He knows what it takes to win championships, he has a proven track record in fundraising and revenue growth, and he is committed to compliance and student-athlete welfare,” Barker said. “He has been successful in the ACC and SEC, and he is known and respected among coaches and athletic directors nationwide.”
Radakovich has served as Georgia Tech’s AD since 2006, following a five-year tenure as senior associate athletics director at Louisiana State University – a period when LSU won a national championship in football. He previously served as athletics director at American University and associate athletics director at the University of South Carolina.
“I am truly honored to be joining the Clemson family, and I wish to express my appreciation to President Barker and the board of trustees for this incredible opportunity,” he said. “Clemson is synonymous with success on and off the fields of competition, and I look forward to continuing the tradition of excellence.”
Georgia Tech has had consistent success throughout its total sports program under Radakovich’s guidance. The program has had 51 teams advance to either NCAA team tournament play or bowl games. That includes six sports (football, baseball, women’s basketball, softball, women’s tennis and golf) that have made the postseason every year he has been in Atlanta.
Eleven different sports have finished in the final top 25 of at least one major poll 27 times in those six years. That includes a national championship women’s tennis program in 2007, just the second NCAA team title in Georgia Tech history. There have been 13 ACC championships celebrated in addition to nine regular season conference or division titles.
On an individual basis, the program boasts 51 first-team All-Americans in 10 different sports, 30 academic All-Americans, two National Coach of the Year selections and two National Player of the Year selections. The program has had 13 ACC Coach of the Year and 13 ACC Player of the Year choices as well.
In making the announcement, Barker paid tribute to outgoing AD Phillips for helping make the position “one of the best jobs in America by building a program that is financially healthy, academically and athletically successful, and has some of the nation’s best facilities, coaches, compliance and academic support programs.”
FACTS ON DAN RADAKOVICH
Date of BirthJune 9, 1958 in Sewickley, PA
FamilyWife Marcia and children Christian and Grant
DegreesBachelor of Science in Finance from Indiana University of Pennsylvania, 1980; Masters of Business Administration from University of Miami (FL), 1982
Athletic ExperienceHigh School: Center High School near Aliquippa, PA
Playing Experience: Football letterman and student coach at Indiana University in Pennsylvania
Athletic Administration History
- Athletic Business Manager, University of Miami, Miami, FL, 1983-85
- Senior Associate Athletic Director, Long Beach State University, Long Beach, CA, 1989-94
- Associate Athletic Director/CFO, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, 1994-2000
- Director of Athletics, American University, Washington, DC, 2000-01
- Senior Associate Athletics Director, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, 2001-06
- Athletic Director, Georgia Tech, Atlanta, GA, 2006-12
Ray Tanner to be South Carolina AD
Jul 12, 2012
. -- The Gamecocks' two-time national champion baseball coach Ray Tanner will be South Carolina's next athletic director, said a person familiar with the move.
Tanner is expected to be introduced Friday, the person told The Associated Press Thursday on condition of anonymity because the school has not publically announced the hire.
Tanner replaces Eric Hyman, who resigned two weeks ago to become athletic director at Texas A&M.
Tanner brought the school its first men's national team titles in any sport when the Gamecocks won the College World Series in 2010 and 2011. South Carolina reached the CWS again last month, finishing runner up to Arizona in the championship series.
Tanner's top assistant, Chad Holbrook, is expected to take over as South Carolina baseball coach. Tanner has long considered athletic administration as his next step and was interested in the athletic director's position in 2005 when Hyman was hired.
Tanner had been an assistant athletic director at North Carolina.
Tanner was 738-316 in 16 seasons with the Gamecocks. He led the team to six College World Series appearances, including the past three seasons. Tanner was also baseball coach with the Wolfpack for nine seasons before moving to South Carolina. It was there Tanner served as assistant to the athletic director and assistant AD in charge of game operations.
Tanner, 54, is one of the school's most popular coaches and quickly became the fans' choice to succeed Hyman. He also eventually became the choice of University of South Carolina president Harris Pastides.
Pastides had appointed a panel of five to consider an interim athletic director after Hyman's resignation but decided to make a full-time hire instead after returning from a trip overseas.
Hyman said this week Tanner was an intelligent person capable of making the jump to athletic director. However, Hyman cautioned Tanner would have to broaden his mindset in the new role and get away from the black-and-white approach many successful coaches take.
"You deal with so many stakeholders," he said. "That's a lot different. So you have to operate in the gray, a lot more than in the coaching world."
Tanner's biggest task might be keeping the rising South Carolina program on the right track. The football team won a record 11 games last season, the men's basketball team is rebuilding under recently hired Kansas State coach Frank Martin and the women's basketball team returned to the NCAA tournament for the first time in nine years under popular coach Dawn Staley.
Tanner will move into a brand new office at the top of a new coach's support building and oversee a host of projects to revamp athletic facilities that began under Hyman.
The baseball program should continue in good hands. Tanner has groomed Holbrook to move up since the assistant coach joined the program from North Carolina four years ago.
