Head Coach Dennis Craddock

1994, 1995 and 1999. Craddock Close-up Craddock has won a total of 23 ACC coaching honors, with all but four of the awards coming while at Carolina. Coaching Experience Carolina has been successful on the national Head Coach, UNC 1985-present level as well. The men’s team posted back-to- Head Coach, Uof Va, 1975-1984 back top 10 finishes at the outdoor NCAAs in Head Coach, Gretna and Albemarle 1995 and 1996 and the women had successive (Va.), 1967-74 top 10 indoor finishes in 1995, 1996 and 1999. During Craddock’s tenure at North Carolina, Achievements Tar Heel athletes have earned 172 All-America • 1994, 1995 NCAAOutdoor Coach of honors. His 23-year collegiate coaching career Dennis Craddock is in his 16th year as head the Year- (Men &Women) coach of the University of North Carolina track has yielded 267 All-America awards for indi- • 1995 NCAAIndoor Coach of the Year and field program, one which stands as one of vidual athletes. He has coached 11 national the elite in the conference and the nation. champions and several second-place finishers (Men & Women) Carolina has won 22 of the last 26 women’s including Kim Austin in the in • Six Men’s ACC titles and six men’s conference crowns in the last 1989; Tisha Waller, the 1991 indoor and out- • 22 Women’s ACC titles nine seasons. Under Craddock’s tutelage, door national runner-up; Ly n d a • 1995 National Indoor Coach-of-the Carolina has finished in the top two at the Lipson, second place in the javelin in 1993; Year women’s ACC indoor meet every year and has Reggie Harris, second in the 400 meters in • 23 ACC Coach of the Year Honors, placed first or second at the outdoor meet 12 1992; , second in both the 55 and including four at Virginia 110 hurdles in 1993; , second in out of the 15 years. The Tar Heels have won • 11 individual NCAANational eight consecutive women’s indoor titles. the outdoor long jump in 1994; and LaTasha Champions Craddock has overseen the development of Colander, second in the 55 hurdles in 1995. some of the most successful athletes, not only Former Carolina athletes coached by • 267 All-America Athletes in the NCAA, but the world. Marion Jones, Craddock also fared extremely well last year. • Five Tar Heel alumni were members of Allen Johnson, Tisha Waller, Nicole Gamble Couch placed third in the long jump at the 1992 the 1996 Olympic Team and Milton Campbell have all competed at U.S. Olympic Trails and sixth in in • 11 Tar Heels alumni were members of UNC under Craddock. Gamble and Campbell the 1992 Summer Olympics. She was the first the 2000 Olympic Team both set American collegiate records, with UNC woman to qualify for the Olympics in Gamble setting the record in the indoor triple . Former Tar Heel track and basketball standout Marion Jones won the 100m title at the World jump at 46-1 1/4 and Campbell in the 200m Allen Johnson, 1996 Olmpic Gold Medalist Championships and also ran a leg of the gold with a time of 20.5 in 1998. in the 110 hurdles, was the first men’s trackster medal-winning 4x100m relay team. Jones, The men’s team has also flourished at the con- at UNC to win an NCAA title in nearly 20 ranked number one in the world, captured five ference level, finishing first or second at the years when he won the national crown in the 55 outdoor meet six straight seasons and placing meter hurdles in 1992. gold medals at the 2000 Olympics including three gold. Because of their successes, Jones first or second at the indoor meet in five of the Waller competed in the high jump, former dis- and Johnson were named the 1997 Women’s last six years. Until Craddock came to tance standout and current assistant coach Joan and Men’s Athletes of the Year by Track and Carolina, the Tar Heels had won just one indoor Nesbit competed in the 10,000 meter run, for- Field News, the sports’preeminent publication. and one outdoor ACC title. Craddock brought mer NCAA champion Ken Harnden competed home UNC’s first outdoor title in more than 37 for Zimbabwe and former UNC track athlete Craddock’s athletes have also been successful in the U.S. Championships. Waller placed sec- years in 1992 and then repeated as champion in Eddie Neufville competed for Liberia. ond at the 1995 Championships in the high Carolina Results UnderDennis Craddock jump, was third in the long Men Women jump, McCall made the 4x100 meter relay Indoor Outdoor Indoor Outdoor team after a seventh place showing in the 100 Year ACC NCAA ACC NCAA ACC NCAA ACC NCAA and Harnden qualified for Zimbabwe in sever- 1986 T-46th 4th T-38th - - 3rd - al events, including the 400 hurdles. 1987 4th - 4th T-66th 2nd - 2nd - Craddock has earned numerous coaching 1988 4th T-21st 2nd T-24th 1st T-18th 1st T-38th awards during his tenure. His highest honor 1989 3rd - 4th - 1st 8th 1st T-29th came in 1995 when Craddock was named the 1990 2nd - 3rd T-68th 1st 24th 1st 14th NCAAIndoor Coach of the Year. The Tar Heel 1991 3rd T-41st 3rd - 1st 8th 2nd T-10th men and women both won the ACC indoor 1992 2nd 7th 1st T-24th 2nd T-26th 1st 12th titles by record margins after compiling the 1993 2nd T-9th 2nd T-34th 1st T-21st 1st T-44th highest one-meet totals in conference history. 1994 4th - 1st T-26th 1st T-39th 1st 6th The men then placed 11th in the NCAAindoor 1995 1st 11th 1st 7th 1st T-8th 1st 16th meet and seventh at the outdoor NCAA 1996 1st T-19th 2nd 4th 1st T-19th 1st 5th Championships, while the women were eighth 1997 2nd T-13th 2nd 13th 1st T-15th 1st 24th indoor and 16th in the spring. 1998 2nd T-14th 2nd T-38th 1st T-19th 1st T-18th Craddock was also named the NCAADistrict 1999 2nd - 1st T-42nd 1st 10th 3rd T-34th III Coach of the Year both indoor and outdoor 2000 2nd 4th 1st 30th 2nd for the men and indoor for the women. He was 2001 Carolina Track & Field/ 27 Head Coach Dennis Craddock

named ACC Coach of the Year indoor for men also under Craddock. track as the training site for the USAOlympic and women and outdoor for women. In 1999, Carolina continued its success under Team prior to the 1996 Olympic Games in Other highlights from the 1995 season, Craddock, capturing the ACC women’s indoor . included 14 new school records, 27 A l l - Known for his enthusiastic and successful America performances by 21 different athletes, In 1995, the Tar Heels became the first teams, Craddock directed the Vi rg i n i a 30 ACC first-place finishes and 40 NCAAmeet and only program to win the “triple Cavaliers for nine years prior to coming to qualifying performances. In addition to the crown” in one season, capturing the Carolina in 1985. His tenure there included two NCAA crowns, eight other athletes or ACC Women’s cross country champi- four Top 20 finishes at the NCAAmen’s cham- relays posted top five national finishes. pionships and two Top 20 finishes in men’s Colander, the Most Outstanding Performer of onship and men’s and women’s indoor cross country. Craddock also won three ACC the 1995 ACC Indoor Championships, placed and outdoor ACC championships. outdoor championships while the head coach at second at the NCAAChampionships in the 55 the University of Virginia from 1983-85. meter hurdles. and cross country titles and the ACC men’s Craddock’s women’s teams at Virginia placed In 1995, the Tar Heels became the first team outdoor title. titles and finishing second in both in the Top 20 five times in track and field, fin- in ACC history to win all four conference track men’s meets. Several other Tar Heels broke ishing third in the 1981 AIAW Championships titles in the same year. Carolina also won the school records in 1999 including Stefani Dixon and fifth at the 1982 NCAA Championships. ACC women’s cross country title for the first in the indoor pole valult, Allen Bradd in the His women’s cross country teams won the time in school history and became the first pro- indoor and outdoor shot put and Marcus 1981 and 1982 national championships, while gram to win the "triple crown" in one season. O’Neal in the indoor 60m."Someone asked me the 1981 track team won the indoor national The women also were ranked first in the nation if winning the seventh was as sweet as the first, title. in the Coaches’Association national dual meet and yes it is, " said Craddock after his 11th In Craddock’s last season at Virginia, the rankings in both the indoor and outdoor sea- ACC title. "We had a little adversity with some men’s cross country team took the ACC title sons, while the men were rated fourth indoor of our people going down early this year with and earned a fifth-place finish at nationals. His and third outdoor. injuries, so we weren’t at full strength. Our women’s cross country team also won the ACC The 1994-95 seasons was one of the finest in people that were at full strength rose to the meet and the women’s track team won its third school history. The track and field/cross coun- occasion; they just wanted to win. Again, I’m straight ACC title. try programs accounted for five of the An outstanding recruiter, Craddock can University’s ACC-record-setting 12 confer- be rightly proud that more than 96 percent ence championships. The Tar Heels gar- of his athletes have graduated. nered major awards and achieved standout The Gretna, Va., native is a 1965 gradu- performances at the conference, NCAA, ate of Ferrum Junior College where he national and international levels. played football and won MVP honors in In 1994, Craddock was named the NCAA track and field. He graduated from District III Coach of the Year in the outdoor Lynchburg College in 1967, where he let- season for both men and women. In 1993, tered in track. In 1988 he was inducted Craddock was named the ACC Women’s into the Lynchburg College Athletic Hall Indoor Coach of the Year. In 1992, he was of Fame, which he considers one of his named the District III Men’s Outdoor Coach greatest honors. He was inducted into the of the Year as well as ACC Wo m e n ’s Ferrum College’s Sports Hall of Fame in Outdoor Coach of the Year. Craddock 1995. Craddock also earned a master’s earned ACC Indoor Coach-of-the-Year hon- The Craddocks’grandchildren, degree in education from the University of ors for both the men and women in 1991. Sydney, Dillon and Alison Virginia. During the 1996 outdoor season, Carolina In eight seasons of coaching high school track was the nation’s only combined men’s and very proud of them." at Gretna and Albemarle (Va.), his teams com- women’s program to finish in the top five in Craddock’s pupils have also fared well on the piled a 117-8 dual meet record. Craddock’s both men’s and women’s competition at the international circuit. Tyra Moore, who gradu- high school teams won three state champi- NCAA Outdoor Championships. The men’s ated in 1996, won a U.S. Junior National title in onships and finished second three times. He team finished fourth as high jumper Eric the triple jump in 1993. Craddock also also coached four individual national champi- Bishop and the 4x100m relay team of Tony coached Russell-Buchanan to a junior national ons and three All-Americas. McCall, Marcus Stokes, Milton Campbell and championship in 1989 in the 400 meters. Craddock frequently works at clinics around Curtis Johnson won national titles. Bishop’s Track and Field News ranked five former or the country. He is active in promoting youth national title was the first-ever for a Tar Heel in current Tar Heels in the top 20 in the United athletics through USA Track and Field and a field event. The fourth place finish was the States in their respective events and two ath- serves on the Executive Committee of the U.S. highest by a Carolina team since the men letes, Johnson and Jones, No. 1 in the world in Track Coaches Association. The Craddocks’ placed third in 1950. 1997. Jones was ranked No. 1 in the 100m and family consists of their three children, Chris, The women’s team placed fifth in 1996 200m and No. 6 in the long jump. Johnson was Carla and Blake, in addition to sons-in-law behind the performance of ranked No. 1 in the 110m hurdles. David Roberts (married to Clara) and Al Bozart who became the first female track athlete to Craddock’s hard work has paid off handsome- (married to Chris). Coach Craddock and his win a national title as she captured the 800m ly for the University, as well as for local track wife have a grandson, Dillon, and two grand- national championship. It was the best finish followers. His perserverance helped to con- daughters, Alison and Sydney. Faye works as a by a Tar Heel women’s team in school history. vince United States Track and Field officials to receptionist for the UNC Athletic Department. The previous highest finish was sixth in 1994, select Chapel Hill and the Tar Heels’ home

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Brian Blutreich Kendra Mackey Assistant Head Coach Assistant Head Coach Throws (Fifth Year) Sprints/Relays (Second year)

Brian Blutriech, a 1992 Olympian in the dis- Kendra Mackey is in her second season as an cus, is in his fifth season as Carolina's assistant assistant track coach at her alma mater. Mackey coach in charge of the throwing events. is one of the most triumphant women’s per- Blutreich has coached several talented ath- formers in ACC history as she claimed eight letes, including the men's shot put and former individual, five relay and seven overall team hammer school record holder, Allen Bradd. Bradd a two- time shot put championships in her four years as a Tar Heel. All-American and seven-time ACC champion, finished his career with From 1988-91 she dominated the sprints and relays in the ACC. Mackey five ACC shot put and two ACC hammer titles. During the 1998 season, was the recipient of the Jim Tatum Award in 1991, given to the UNC sen- freshman Amber Jones not only claimed the discus title, but was the top ior athlete who most reflects athletic and academic excellence, leadership placing freshman at the NCAAChampionships and had the seventh-best and courage. mark in the world at the junior level of 179-3. Also in 1998, Mandy A native of Catawba, S.C., Mackey was graduated from UNC in 1991 Schnupp set the Tar Heel mark in the shot put with a 49-5 toss to claim with a degree in psychology. While a Tar Heel, she earned eight All- to claim the ACC indoor title. America honors and won 13 ACC championships. As a freshman, she The 2000 season saw success in every event area. Leading the way was won the 55 and 200 meters at the ACC Indoor Championships and later Ian Douglas winning the indoor and outdoor ACC shot put titles. The won the 100m and 4x400m at the outdoor meet. She won the 55 in 6.86 Tar Heel men have swept the ACC shot put five of the last six champi- seconds, still a UNC record and at the time, an ACC meet record. She was onships. Sal Gigante paced the tar heel team as the leading point scorer the Most Outstanding Performer at the 1988 ACC Outdoor indoors and outdoors. Gigante finished the year as the ACC discus Championships, champion and national provisional qualifier and school record in the In 1989, she won the 200m and 4x400m indoor and the 400m, 4x100m hammer. Finally Kestutis Celeisius placed third in the javelin at the and 4x400m outdoor. As a junior in 1990, she won the indoor 200m and NCAAChampionships. outdoor 400m. And as a senior, she won the indoor mile relay and the out- On the women's side Jill Pedretti led the way as the ACC outdoor fresh- door 100m. man of the year. She scored in all four throwing events highlighted by Mackey, 31, still holds four records at Carolina, including the indoor winning the discus competition. Pedretti also qualified and competed at 55m and 4x400m relay and the outdoor 100m and 4x400m relay. the NCAAChampionships and Olympic Trials. She was a three-time team captain and led the Tar Heels to seven ACC Under Blutreich's tutelage his wife Lynda Lipson-Blutreich won the team titles in four years. 1997, 1999, and 2000 USAjavelin. Lipson-Blutreich recently competed As a freshman, she qualified for and competed in the 1988 U.S. Olympic in the Sydney Olympics and has been on two World Championship and Trials in the 100m, 200m and 400m. She was a Trials finalist in the 400m two Pan American teams. Blutreich has also coached Jim Connolly to a in 1992. Mackey won a gold medal in the 400m a the 1991 U.S. Olympic third place finish at the 1995 USA Championships in the javelin. Festival in Los Angeles and was a member of the Festival’s gold medal Connolly's throw was a personal best of 248-5. winning 4x400 relay in 1993. She was a member of the 1995 4x400m A native of Mission Viejo, Calif., Blutreich attended UCLAfrom 1986- relay on U.S. Pan American Team in Argentina. 90, earning All-American honors in the discus and shot put three times She competed for the U.S. Junior National Team at the World Junior each. Blutreich also won back to back Pac-10 discus titles in 1998 and Championships in Sudbury, Canada in 1988. She also competed for the 1990. In Blutreich's four years, the Bruins won two outdoor NCAAteam U.S. against Great Britain in indoor and outdoor competition in championships in 1987and 1998 and three consecutive Pacific-10 team Birmingham, England in 1992. Her personal bests include 11.34 in the 100m, 23.38 in the 200m and championships from 1987-90. He graduated from UCLAin 1990 with a 50.46 in the 400m. bachelor's degree in psychology. In 1991 Blutreich was a discus finalist She was an assistant coach at Emory University in Atlanta, Ga., from at the World University Games in Sheffield England. In 1986, Blutreich 1992-94. There, she coached three NCAADivison III All-Americas and had the world leading mark of 63-5 in the shot put at the junior level. His helped the women’s team to two conference titles. In 1995, she was the personal best in the discus is 209-7. meet director of the Region III Junior Olympic Meet. In 1996, she left Carolina to join the Atlanta Olympic Committee with baseball. She then worked with her former sports agent, Charlie Wells, at Vector Sports Agency from 1997-98. Mackey also started modeling in 1995. She has done work for Ralph Lauren, Nike, the WNBA, Essence magazine and Elle maga- zine, and has appeared in many television commercials. She has also worked with the State Bureau of Investigations as part of the Drug Abuse Resistance Education (D.A.R.E.) program in 1993-94. Mackey is the daughter of James and Mattie Mackey and is the proud mother of a 3-year-old boy, Jazz Warren. Brian and Lynda Blutreich Kendra’s son, Jazz Warren

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Michael Whittlesey, Ph.D Todd Morgan Assistant Coach Volunteer coach/ Distance Cross Country/Distance First Year (Third Year) In his first three years as Carolina’s cross Todd Morgan is in his first year at North country coach, Michael Whittlesey has led the Carolina as a volunteer assistant coach. Tar Heels to three consecutive trips to the Morgan works with men’s and women’s cross NCAA Cross Country Championships. The country and middle distance runners at team finished 12th in 2000 and sixth in 1999, the highest finish in the Carolina. Morgan graduated from UNC in program’s history, and 18th in 1998. He also guided the Tar Heels to 1998. their second ACC title and the school’s first ever NCAA Region III Championship in 1999. In capturing the ACC and Regional Championships Whittlesey was named both the ACC and NCAARegion III Coach of the Year. In the past two years the Tar Heels have produced two different Region III individual champions. In 2000, freshman of the Shannon Pope year and ACC champion , and All-American Trish Assistant coach (part-time)/ Pole Vault Nervo in 1999 who finished 15th at the NCAA Cross Country Third Year Championships in 1999. The Tar Heels have also produced four All- Regional runners in each of the past two years and five All-ACC runners. The Tar Heels also had the ACC Freshman of the Year in 1999 in David Stroupe. In addition to his duties as cross country coach, Whittlesey is Shannnon Pope is in his third year at UNC as responsible for coaching the 800m through the 10,000m runners on the a part-time assistant coach. A Carolina alum, track team. In 2000 the Tar Heels rewrote the top five list in the Pope holds the #2 spot in the Carolina records women’s distance events and ran three of the top five distance medley books for both the indoor and outdoor pole vault with jumps of 17-8 1/2 relay indoor times and set the school record in the outdoor DMR. and 17-9 respectively. Pope also earned All-America honors and owns Whittlesey also teaches human physiology/exercise physiology in the four ACC titles in the pole vault. Exercise & Sport Science department at Carolina. A native of Morris, Conn., Whittlesey came to North Carolina after serving two years as an assistant coach at UNC Charlotte. While with the 49ers, Whittlesey was primarily in charge of the hurdlers and field Nicole Gamble events. He coached his athletes to 53 new school records in 18 different events and coached all conference performers in the triple jump and Assistant Coach (part-time)/ Jumps javelin. Second Year Before his two-year stint at UNC Charlotte, Whittlesey coached at the University of Connecticut for six years and also served as the assistant strength coach. Whittlesey coached an IC4A Championship and Big 2000 Olympian Nicole Gamble is in her sec- East Champion in the Pentathlon. He was past of a coaching staff that ond year with the Tar Heels as a part-time was named District I Indoor Staff of the year in 1994 and 1995 and Big assistant coach. In 1999, Gamble was the East Indoor Staff of the Year in 1996. NCAA indoor triple jump champion and the Whittlesey has an extensive background in distance competition. He American collegiate record holder. Gamble was the first Carolina competed at UConn as a non-recruited athlete, and eventually qualified women to win a national title in a field event and holds the Carolina for the 1996 Olympic trials in the marathon. He was the first American triple jump record (46-1 1/4). finisher in the 1995 Boston Marathon. Gamble works with the long and triple jumps. Whittlesey graduated from the University of Connecticut in May 1990 with a B.S. in sports medicine/athletic training. He then received a mas- ter’s in biophysical science/exercise physiology in 1993 and a doctorate of philosophy in sports sciences/exercise physiology in 1997 from UConn. Omar Clinton Whittlesey is married to the former Carol Tsuchihashi, and resides in Student Coach/ Hurdles & Sprints Durham. First Year

Omar Clinton is a first year student coach who competed for Carolina in 1996-99 in the sprints and hurdles. Omar continues to train and assist the team in his speciality of the 400m hurdles. Omar ranks third on the Carolina all-time best in the 400m hurdles with a time of 50.96.

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Cammie Putman Dale Administrative Assistant

An All-ACC performer in sprints as well as All-america in both the 4x100 and 4x400m relays, Dale graduated from North Carolina in 1990 with a degree in Health and Physical Eduation. She also received an M.S. from University of Tennessee in 1992. Dale was an assistant coach (sprints/relays) at Winthrop Univeristy from 1994-2000. She is married to Greg Dale, and they are the proud parents of Abbey, 5, and Graham, 2.

Jeff Bolles Graduate Student/Volunteer Coach

Bolles is a first year grad student in exercise physiology and obtained his bachelor ’s from SUNY-Cortland. Bolles has over nine years coaching experience at the high school and collegiate level and is also an accomplished marathoner with a personal best of 2:28.

Jacqui Shuman Graduate Student/ Volunteer Coach

Shuman, from Saddle Brook, N.J, is a first year graduate student in Sport Administration. A graduate of Vanderbilt University, she received a BAin Human and Organizational Development and competed 2000-01 Track & Field Staff: Kendra Mackey, Dennis Craddock, in cross-country and track as a middle-dis- Cammie Dale, Jacqui Shuman, Todd Morgan, Nicole Gamble, tance/distance runner. Shuman also received Academic All-SEC hon- Michael Whittlesey, Brian Blutreich, Jeff Bolles ors.

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Jodi Hopkins Tausha Robertson Dr. Janice Hilliard Strength & Sports Nutritionist Director of Academic Conditioning Support

Greg Gatz Sally Mays Head Trainer Strength & Suzette Thweatt Conditioning Sports Information 2001 Carolina Track & Field/ 31 Carolina Athletics Administration

Dick Baddour Beth Miller Director of Athletics SeniorAssociate Director of Athletics

After 11 years as the chief assistant to former athletic director John Swofford, Dick Baddour D r. Beth Miller is the Senior A s s o c i a t e was named Carolina’s director of athletics on Director of Athletics for Olympic Sports. In June 25, 1997. Since then he has successfully her position, Miller is responsible for supervis- ushered the department through a host of sig- ing the highly-successful 26-sport Olympic nificant changes, including hiring of new foot- sport program at the University. She had han - ball, men’s basketball and baseball coaches. Throughout the shifts, dled similar duties within the athletic department under different titles Baddour’s easygoing, friendly and visionary style of management, com- since 1985. bined with his love and passion for all things related to Carolina, have Miller is a 1968 alumnus of Appalachian State University with a kept the athletic program on a solid foundation. Bachelor of Science degree in health and physical education. She also A native of Goldsboro, N.C., he is in his 34th year of continuous serv- earned a Master of Arts degree from ASU went on to receive a Doctor ice to the university. He graduate from UNC in 1966 and was apopoint- of Arts degree in physical education at Middle Tennessee State ed assistant dean of men in 1967. He served as assistant dean of admis- University in 1974. sions and assistant dean of the UNC School of Law and also earned a Miller came to Carolina in 1974 as an assistant professor of health and Master of Arts degree in education prior to joining the athletic depart- physical education and an assistant women’s basketball coach and assis- ment in 1986. tant women’s volleyball coach. She was named head women’s volleyball He and his wife, Lynda, have two sons, Allen and David, and a daugh- coach in 1975 and led the Tar Heels to four successive ACC titles from ter, Jennifer. 1980-83 and to five post-season tournament appearances.

UNC and Nike Department of Athletics Statement on Gambling The mission of the Department of Athletics is to sponsor a broad- based athletic program that provides educational and athletic opportu- On July 9, 1977, UNC and Nike signed a five-year, $7.1 million nities for young men and women to grow and develop. In keeping with contract under which Nike provides each athletic team with shoes, the Department's mission and the University's commitment to educa- apparel, equipment bags and other products. As part of the contract, tional interests, competitive athletic programs, and integrity in all areas, the Chancellor’s Academic Enhancement Fund received $400,000. the Department of Athletics strongly condemns the influence of gam- bling on intercollegiate athletics. Department of Athletics Mission Statement Student gambling is a significant issue on college campuses. Student- athlete involvement in gambling has produced many tragic situations, The Department of Athletics has offered high quality athletic pro- both for student-athletes and the universities they represent. Student- grams for many years. Through a dedicated commintment to educa- athletes often compete in contests that generate interest from those tional interests, competitive athletic programs, and intergrity in all involved in gambling and, possibly, organized crime. If given the areas, the student-athletes, coaches and staff strive to bring credit and opportunity, those interests will not hesitate to exploit the position stu- recognition to the University. dent-athletes hold on college campuses. As such, the University of The mission is to sponsor a broad-based athletic program that pro- North Carolina is firmly opposed to all forms of gambling and bribery vides educational and athletic oportunities for young men and women related to intercollegiate athletics. to grow and develop, and to serve the interests of the University by To fulfill its educational obligation, the Department provides a gam- bling education program to all its student-athletes and departmental complementing and enhancing its diversity and quality of life. Coaches, staff members. This statement and the educational program are reflec- as educators, are foundational to this process. In keeping with the tions of the Department's commitment to keeping intercollegiate athlet- University’s efforts to offer programs of regional and national accalaim, ics free from the influences of gambling and its related activities. the Department’s athletic programs strive for competitive excellence The Department requires its staff members and student-athletes to within the Atlantic Coast Conference or other similar institutions. adhere to NCAA, state and federal laws regarding gambling. In the Through its athletic programs, the University seeks to unite students, interest of fair competition and the growth and development of student- faculty, staff and alumni in a common and shared experience. The athletes, the Department strongly urges its friends and supporters to Department seeks to contribute to the diversity of the University by refrain from gambling/betting on contests involving collegiate compe- offering opportunities for enhanced racial/ehtnic, cultural and geo- tition and to abide by state and federal laws. graphic representation. To fulfill this mission, the Department, with the approval of the Board of Trustees, has developed principles of operation to provide guidance and direction to its personnel. This Mission Statement and accompa- nying principles require strong dedication and commitment from all who participate in, coach in and support the Department of Athletics.

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Dr. James Moeser lic research universities, land-grant institutions and state university sys- Chancellor tems. He chairs that association’s technology transfer committee. Moeser also is a member of the Kellogg Commission on the Future of State and Land-Grant Universities and the Board of Governors of the Josephson Institute of Ethics, which sponsored a national summit result- The UNC Board of Governors unanimously ing in a statement of principles for organized sports activities.He has elected Dr. James Moeser (prounced MEE- written and spoken widely on the challenges facing higher education, zer) as chancellor last April. He succeeds academic leadership and the future of land-grant universities. William O. McCoy, who became interim Nebraska at Lincoln is the Research I flagship of the four-campus state chancellor in July 1999 following Michael university system. Founded as a land-grant institution in 1869, it is a H o o k e r’s death from non-Hodgkins lym- member of the prestigious Association of American Universities and phoma. Moeser will be installed as chancel- ranks among the top 50 universities in the number of doctoral degrees lor on University Day, October 12. awarded annually. Moeser is the right person to lead Carolina at this important time, said During Moeser’s tenure, Nebraska’s average freshman ACT scores Anne Cates, chair of the UNC Board of Trustees. "He has precisely the climbed, student retention improved markedly and enrollment in the kind of outstanding track record that is so important to all of us now -- honors program rose fourfold. In the last three years, Nebraska received solid academic credentials, strong management experience on other $350 million in private gifts to support academic excellence. Moeser led major public campuses, and deft skills in private fund raising and work successful efforts to reallocate state funds to areas of campuswide pri- with key constituents," she says. "He also has exciting ideas about ority, including information technology, libraries, distance education Carolina's future and deep respect for the students, faculty and staff who and areas of academic strength. make this university the great place that it is." A native of Colorado City, Texas, who grew up in Lubbock, Moeser A concert organist, Moeser, 61, began his academic career in 1966 at received a bachelor ’s of music degree with honors in 1961 and a mas- the University of Kansas as an assistant professor and chairman of the ter's of music in musicology in 1964 from the University of Texas at department of organ. After rising through the academic ranks at Kansas, Austin. He completed advanced study in Berlin and Paris as a Fulbright he was named dean of the School of Fine Arts in 1975. In 1984, he was scholar and received a doctorate in musical arts from the University of named Althaus Distinguished Professor of Organ, becoming the first Michigan in 1967. academic dean at Kansas ever to hold an endowed chair. Moeser is married to Dr. Susan Dickerson Moeser, a fellow concert In 1986, Moeser joined Penn State as dean of the College of Arts and organist and faculty member at Nebraska. He has two children from a Architecture and executive director of University Arts Services, which prior marriage: a son, Chris, a reporter at The Arizona Republic, and a coordinates cultural programs. Six years later, he became vice president daughter, Carter, a doctoral candidate in physical therapy at the Arizona for academic affairs and provost of the University of South Carolina, a School of Health Sciences. post he held until becoming chancellor of Nebraska in 1996. Moeser is a leader in national educational organizations. He serves on the Board of Directors of the National Association of State Universities and Land Grant Colleges, a voluntary association of more than 200 pub-

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Director of Athletics...... Dick Baddour Athletic Department Switchboard Faculty Representative ...... Jack Evans Senior Assoc. Athletic Director ...... Larry Gallo Smith Center ...... (919) 962-6000 Senior Assoc. Athletic Director (Facilities)...... Jeff Elliott Carmichael Auditorium ...... (919) 962-5411 Senior Assoc. A.D. (Olymipic Sports)...... Beth Miller Senior Assoc. A.D. ( Marketing & Multimedia)...... Bob Savod Mailing Address: Assoicate A.D. (Business and Finance) ...... Martina Ballen P.O. Box 2126 Senior Assoc. A.D. (Games Operations & Facilities ...... Willie Scroggs Chapel Hill, NC 27515 Associate A.D. (Academic Support)...... Janice Hilliard Assistant A.D. (Media Relations)...... Steve Kirschner Overnight Address: Assistant A.D. (Campus & Community Relations)...... John Lotz Dean Smith Center Assistant A.D. (Football Operations) ...... Monk Tomlinson Skipper Bowles Drive Educational Foundation President...... Moyer Smith Chapel Hill, NC 27514 Director of Strength & Conditioning ...... George Smith Director of Sports Medicine ...... Dr. Tim Taft Internet Address: Head Team Physician...... Dr. Bryan Smith TarHeelBlue.com Coordinator of Physical Therapy/Athletic Training...... Dr. Dan Hooker Assistant Director of Games Operations...... Ellen Culler

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