ian jacksonian jackson university 1977 | 1978|1991 |20022003 |2005 2006 NATIONAL CHAMPIONS 81 universitypresident david L. Boren

david l. boren Thirteenth President The

David L. Boren, who has served Oklahoma as governor and U.S. senator, became the 5 thirteenth president of the University of Oklahoma in November 1994. He is the first David and Molly Shi Boren person in state history to have served in all three positions. Boren served from 1988 to 1997 as a member of the Yale University Board of Trustees. Boren is widely respected for his academic credentials, his longtime support of educa- His university experience also includes four years on the faculty of Oklahoma Baptist tion, and for his distinguished political career as a reformer of the American political University, where he was chairman of the Department of Political Science and chairman system. A graduate of Yale University in 1963, Boren majored in American history, of the Division of Social Sciences. In 1993, the American Association of University Pro- graduated in the top one percent of his class and was elected Phi Beta Kappa. He was fessors presented Boren with the Henry Yost Award as Education Advocate of the Year. selected as a Rhodes Scholar and earned a master’s degree in politics, philosophy and economics from Oxford University, England, in 1965. In April 2004, Boren received the Mory’s Cup from the Mory’s Association at Yale University. In making the presentation to Boren it was noted that he was the first Yale In 1968, he received a law degree from the University of Oklahoma College of Law, graduate in the university’s history extending over three centuries to have served as a where he was on the Law Review, elected to the Order of the Coif, and won the Bled- Governor, U.S. Senator and President of a major university. soe Prize as the outstanding graduate by a vote of the faculty. Under Boren’s leadership, the University of Oklahoma has developed and emerged As Oklahoma’s governor from 1974 through 1978, Boren promoted key educational ini- as a “pacesetter university in American public higher education,” with 20 major new tiatives that have had an enduring impact on Oklahoma. Established during his tenure programs initiated since his inauguration. They include establishment of the Honors were the Oklahoma Arts Institute, the Scholar-Leadership Enrichment Program, and College, the Charles M. Russell Center for the Study of Art of the American West, a the Oklahoma Physicians Manpower Training Program, which provides scholarships new expository writing program for freshmen modeled on the program at Harvard, an for medical students and medical personnel who commit to practice in underserved interdisciplinary religious studies program, the Artist-in-Residence Program, the Inter- rural areas. Also, the first state funding for Gifted and Talented classes was provided national Programs Center, and the Faculty-in-Residence Program putting faculty family in 1976 and, from 1976 through 1978, Oklahoma ranked first among all states in the apartments in student residence halls. The Retired Professors Program has been percentage increases of funding for higher education. started, bringing 50 retired full professors back to the University to teach freshmen.

One of Boren’s most far-reaching projects in promoting quality education at all levels is The number of new facilities started or completed on the campus during the Boren the Oklahoma Foundation for Excellence, which he founded in 1985. The foundation years has matched the explosion in new programs. Since 1994, almost $1 billion in recognizes outstanding public school students and teachers and helps establish private construction projects have been completed or are under way on OU’s three campuses. local foundations to help give academic endowment grants to local public schools. As Among the largest of the recent projects are the $18.7 million renovation and expansion a senator, he was the author of the National Security Education Act in 1992, which of historic Holmberg Hall, home of music and dance programs; the $67 million National provides scholarships for study abroad and for learning additional languages, as well Weather Center; the $19 million addition to the Michael F. Price College of Business; as legislation to restore the tax deductibility of gifts of appreciated property to universi- the $17 million Gaylord Hall for journalism and mass communication; the $27 million ties in 1993. Stephenson Research and Technology Center; and the $83.5 million stadium project. The Health Sciences Center has a new Student Union, and the new $24 million Stanton Boren, also a former state legislator, spent nearly three decades in elective politics L. Young Biomedical Research Center. before becoming the president of the University of Oklahoma. Boren was the youngest governor in the nation when he served from 1974 to 1978. Known as a reformer, Boren Presidential Travel Scholarships, students from 111 countries on campus, more campaigned with a broom as his symbol. During his term, he instituted many progres- reciprocal international exchange agreements than any other university and the new sive programs, including conflict-of-interest rules, campaign-financing disclosure, stron- International Programs Center are all making OU more international. The new Honors ger open meeting laws for public bodies, more competitive bidding on state government College helps to assure that no students need to leave Oklahoma to find an educational contracts, and reform of the state’s prison system, including expanded education experience to match their potential. programs for first-time offenders and the largest expansion of the work-release program in state history. In 1995, Boren launched the “Reach for Excellence” fundraising campaign with a five-year goal of $200 million, which was twice as large as any fundraising drive in During his time in the U.S. Senate from 1979 to 1994, Boren served on the Senate Fi- Oklahoma history. The drive exceeded $500 million, raising OU into the top 15 public nance and Agriculture Committees and was the longest-serving chairman of the Senate universities in the United States in private endowment per capita. Since 1994, en- Select Committee on Intelligence. From his days as a state legislator and governor of dowed professorships have more than quadrupled and the OU donor base has grown Oklahoma to Washington, Boren carried a commitment to reform, leading numerous ef- from 18,000 to more than 107,000 friends and alumni. During the first 10 years of forts to make government work better for American citizens. As chairman of the Senate Boren’s tenure over $1 billion in private gifts were donated to the university. Intelligence Committee, he strengthened oversight of secret government programs and reformed the procedures for Presidential notice of such programs to Congress. Above all, the Boren years have been marked by an emphasis on putting students first. There is not a university president in the country that is more committed to students as For more than 10 years, he led the fight for congressional campaign finance reform and his number one priority. He teaches a freshman-level course in political science each for legislation discouraging administration and congressional staff from cashing in on semester and is one of the few presidents of major universities to teach. government experience and contacts by becoming lobbyists. In addition, he introduced legislation seeking to limit gifts and travel subsidies that government workers, including Boren is married to Molly Shi Boren, a former judge and English teacher. Mrs. Boren is members of Congress, can receive from lobbyists. Boren also chaired the special President Emeritus of the Oklahoma Arts Institute, which provides education programs 1992-93 Joint Committee on the Organization of Congress, which produced proposals in nine arts disciplines for high school students from across the state who are gifted in to make Congress more efficient and responsive by streamlining congressional bureau- the arts. Molly Boren has two degrees from the University of Oklahoma, a master’s cracy, reducing staff sizes and reforming procedures to end legislative gridlock. degree in English and a Juris Doctorate from the OU College of Law. A native of Semi- nole, Boren has two children, Carrie Christine Boren, an Episcopal minister, and David Boren left the U.S. Senate in 1994 with an approval rating of 9l percent after being Daniel Boren, a member of the United States Congress from Oklahoma. Devoting reelected with 83 percent of the vote in 1990, the highest percentage in the nation in a much of his life to public service, Boren drew from the example of his parents, the late U.S. Senate contest in that election year. Congressman Lyle H. Boren and Christine Boren.

82 2008 OKLAHOMA MEN’S GUIDESOONERSPORTS.COM joe castiglioneuniversity

joe castiglione Vice President for Intercollegiate Athletics Programs and Director of Athletics

He has driven dramatic facilities projects, including a $70 million project at Gaylord 5 The Castiglione Family Family-Oklahoma Memorial Stadium. Others include a $17.2 million renovation of ; phase I of The Headington Family Tennis Complex; John Jacobs Field; Principle Centered Leader …Visionary ... Passionate Advocate for Student-Athletes the Everest Training Facility, one of the largest indoor practice areas in the country; ... Establishes Standards of Excellence & Cultural Values ... Builder of Championship and Phase II of the soccer-tennis complex. Other projects completed in his tenure have Programs included the redesign of the Sooner football practice fields; the Port Robertson resW - tling Facility; phase I of the Sooner Soccer Complex and John Crain Field as well as Each of those characteristics, standing alone, describes the 11th director of athletics additional renovations to the McCasland Field House; L. Dale Mitchell Park, the Charlie in University of Oklahoma history. However, just as he has brought together different Coe Golf Learning Center, the OU Softball Complex and Barry Switzer Center. His ad- groups who are committed to one goal, you must combine those traits to get the com- ministrative work, which has seen significant reorganization and the hiring of nine head plete picture of the person who has led the OU athletics department since 1998. coaches, also included the negotiation of multi-million dollar multi-media rights contract that produces more than $5 million in annual revenue for the athletics department. Joe Castiglione has established a pattern of excellence that few in his profession can match. In an environment where every decision is made reflecting the department’s Castiglione was hired on April 30, 1998, after serving as athletics director at Missouri. mission statement “Inspiring champions today … Preparing leaders for tomorrow,” In his 17-year career with the Tigers, Castiglione, who was named director of athletics forming the background, Castiglione is leading the department that has written one of at Missouri on Dec. 15, 1993, was credited with rebuilding sports programs, hiring the most successful eras in school history. outstanding coaches, implementing an innovative master plan for facilities, inspiring record-setting increases in fund-raising and balancing the budget in each of his five Quick to give credit to the student-athletes and coaches, the staff and the university years as athletics director. administration, the donors and the fans, Castiglione was the one who implemented the changes that led to success. When he was hired in 1998, the search committee be- A 1979 Maryland graduate, Castiglione received the University’s Distinguished Alumnus lieved they had found a rising star in the field of intercollegiate athletics administration. Award in April 2007. He began his career as the sports promotions director at Rice. He Everything that has happened since his arrival at OU has cemented that reputation. then worked a year as director of athletic fund-raising at Georgetown before being hired in 1981 at Missouri as director of communications and marketing. The accomplishments of the department and its student-athletes, coaches and staff have earned national recognition for the university and the department. Recognized as Active on the national and conference level, he is currently serving on the Board of the 2007 PRISM Award winner by the School of Sports Management at the University Directors for the Collegiate Women Sports Awards, the Gatorade Collegiate Advisory of Massachusetts, OU was just the second Division I winner and all of the programs Board, and the National Football Foundation and College Football Hall of Fame. He recognized by the selection panel were started under Castiglione’s leadership. The has been named to the executive committee of the National Football Foundation and PRISM Award annually recognizes one Division I intercollegiate athletics department College Hall of Fame. He served two terms as chair of the Big 12 Board of Athletics that demonstrates industry-leading excellence and innovation in sports management. Directors and is a past president of the Division I-A Athletic Directors Association and NACDA. He served a four-year term on the NCAA Championship/Competition Cabinet His peers have honored him for the department’s achievements as well. In October and the NCAA Baseball Committee and is a past member of the NCAA Football Special 2004, the Bobby Dodd Foundation named him Athletics Director of the Year. In 2003, Events Certification Committee. He recently agreed to serve on the NCAA Diversity he was inducted into the National Association of Collegiate Marketing Administra- Leadership Strategic Planning Committee and the NCAA Division I Women’s tors Hall of Fame. In June 2001, he received the General Robert R. Neyland Athletic Discussion Group. In 2007, he was named to the Phi Delta Theta Foundation Board of Director Award for lifetime achievement from the All-American Football Foundation. The Trustees. National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics (NACDA) named him Central Region AD of the Year in 2000. A native of Fort Lauderdale, Fla., Castiglione was born Oct. 8, 1957. He is married to the former Kristen Bartel, a 1990 graduate of the University of Missouri. They are the Perhaps his most unique achievement over the last nine years for Castiglione, though, parents of two sons, Joseph Robert, Jr., born on December 20, 1996, and Jonathan came when he received his master’s of education degree from OU in May 2007. To Edmund, born on March 21, 2000. understand the need for education and lifelong learning, OU’s student-athletes just have to look at their AD who started and completed his master’s degree while running the department and maintaining his priorities to his family. highlights of Castiglione’s tenure at Oklahoma The 11th director of athletics at the University of Oklahoma has celebrated six national team championships and numerous conference team titles; record numbers of 4An annual or consistent finish among the top 25 in the standings for the graduating student-athletes and record-setting grade point averages for Sooner teams; Director’s Cup which measures overall athletics success in seven of the last dramatically increased donor giving; huge increases in ticket sales for all sports; major facility improvements, and development and construction of new facilities. And, as eight years, including an all-time program best of 15th in 2003-2004. aggressive as the push to improve, expand and excel has been, he has produced a 4A total of 25 OU teams that have ranked among the top 10 in season-end- balanced budget in every year of his tenure, a first since the early 1980s. ing polls. 4A school-record and Big 12-best graduation rate of 74% in 2003. Credited with energizing OU’s fund-raising efforts, Castiglione was instrumental in the 4Three appearances in the BCS National Championship Game and the athletics department’s major campaign, Great Expectations: The Campaign For Sooner college football national championship in 2000. Sports. The campaign ended in November of 2003 with more than $125 million raised 4Appearances by the men’s and women’s basketball teams in their respec- or pledged. Unique in its approach, the largest fund-raising effort in OU athletics history tive Final Fours in 2002. included projects that impact each of OU’s nearly 500 student-athletes and has become a national model for intercollegiate athletics. 4A Division I record of 74 combined victories produced by the football team and both basketball squads in the 2001-02 school year. Castiglione has cultivated numerous million dollar gifts, including the largest capital gifts 4An average of more than 17 of 20 OU teams per year represented in in history for athletics at OU, and some of the largest ever for the university as a whole. postseason play.

1977 | 1978 | 1991 | 2002 | 2003 | 2005 | 2006NATIONAL CHAMPIONS 83 universityathletics administration LARRY NAIFEH Dr. gerald gurney jason leonard Executive Associate A.D. Sr. Associate A.D. Executive Director Academics & Student Life Compliance

Larry Naifeh is in his 20th year with the University of Gerald Gurney, Ph.D., who is in charge of OU’s student life cen- Jason Leonard became the executive director of Oklahoma athletics department and currently holds the ter and academic services, joined the staff in September of 1993 athletics compliance in December, 2006. In his current title of executive associate athletics director. Twice since as an associate director of athletics. He oversees a student life role, Leonard is responsible for the oversight of all daily center with an annual operating budget of $2.6 million and an May 1996, Naifeh has served the university as interim athletics compliance operations and rules education athletics financial aid budget of $3.6 million. He also serves as director of athletics. the administrative contact for OU’s sports medicine staff. efforts, and is lead investigator on all rules violations investigations and reporting. Leonard is currently a Naifeh’s association with the athletics department began His efforts at OU and throughout his career were recognized in member of the National Association of Athletics Compli- in September 1991, when he was named compliance June 2006 when he received the Lan Hewlett Award from the ance Coordinators. officer. He had served as a member of OU’s legal National Association of Academic Advisors for Athletics. The counsel staff beginning in January 1986. Current areas award, named for a long-time University of Texas advisor, is Leonard previously worked as associate general coun- considered the top honor in the profession. It is presented annu- of responsibility for the athletics department include sel in the University of Oklahoma’s Legal Department. In ally by the (N4A) for outstanding performance as an academic fiscal legal affairs and serving as a sports administrator advisor for athletics and recognizes sustained professional that role, he was responsible for handling the litigation for men’s and women’s golf. service, a high level of competence in administrative skills, for the University of Oklahoma, University of Oklahoma merited professional stature, innovation in meeting the needs of Health Sciences Center, Tulsa Health Sciences Center, Naifeh coordinates and supervises the Athletics student-athletes, effectiveness in the development of junior staff, Rogers State University and Cameron University. Department’s more than $120,000,000 in recent and significant contributions to the field through publications and on going capital improvement projects. Projects include professional development, and leadership in university affairs. Leonard’s ties with OU reach back to his undergradu-

the renovation and expansion of the Gaylord Family ate days. A native of Perry, Okla., Leonard graduated In October 2007, he received the Distinguished Citizen Award — Oklahoma Memorial Stadium; the Barry Switzer from the Oklahoma Psychological Association. The award is an from the University of Oklahoma with a bachelor of Center; the Lloyd Noble Center additions; facillities for acknowledgement of a contribution to the field of psychology by business administration in 1994 with a major in business golf, softball, , , soccer, baseball, a non-psychological professional. It honors the exploration of marketing and a minor in business law. Leonard was a and tennis; the Everest Training Center; the Lester new avenues of mental health care to previously underserved three-time Academic All-American as a member of the Wilkonson football locker room; the McCasland Field populations. Dr. Gurney received this award due to his establish- Sooner wrestling team. He earned Academic All-Big House; John Jacobs Track and Field, and other planned ment of the Psychological Resources for OU Student-Athletes Eight honors four times and was the top scholar athlete and his continued support of the expansion of mental health improvements. in 1993-1994 for the Sooner wrestling team. He earned services to student-athletes. NCAA All-America honors in 1994. Naifeh came to OU after serving seven years as In June 2003, OU was one of 32 programs in Division I-A to assistant city attorney for the City of Oklahoma City. be honored by the American Football Coaches Association He earned his juris doctorate degree from OU in 1997. He is a member of the Oklahoma Bar Association, the for posting a graduation rate of more than 70 percent. The While in law school, he attended the 1995 summer law Cleveland County Bar Association, the National Associa- graduation rate for Sooner student-athletes, announced by the program at Oxford University – Queens College, Oxford, tion of College and University Attorneys, and is a past NCAA in August 2003, was a record for OU and led the Big 12 England. Conference. chairman of Cleveland County Court Appointed Special Advocates. Since his arrival, Gurney has merged all support functions into Prior to joining the University of Oklahoma staff in 2006, one area with a focus on graduation and preparation of the Leonard was a partner with his wife, Jana, at Leonard A graduate of the University of Oklahoma, Naifeh holds student-athlete for the world after college and competition. He & Associates law firm in Oklahoma City. Their law a bachelor’s degree in law enforcement administration developed OU’s NCAA CHAMPS/Life Skills program, a recipient practice focuses on employment law. He is admitted to and a juris doctorate. While in college, he was a mem- of the national Program of Excellence Award. The Sooner Hous- practice in the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals, Western ber of Alpha Tau Omega social fraternity, Phi Eta Sigma ing Center, also under Gurney’s supervision, received the 2003 District of Oklahoma, Northern District of Oklahoma, and the 1998 President’s Trophy for the Outstanding Housing Honor Society and Phi Beta Kappa, and was a Robert Eastern District of Oklahoma, and the Supreme Court Center on the OU campus. Dean Bass Scholar. of Oklahoma. He is a member of the Oklahoma County Gurney currently serves on the President’s Task Force on Grad- Bar Association and the Federal Bar Association. A member of the Oklahoma Rugby Club, Naifeh is the uation and Retention, the Provost’s Enrollment Management coach of the U.S. Western Rugby Territory, national Board and the University College Advisory Board. He serves as His wife also has strong ties to the OU. She earned her champions in 1992, 1993, 1994, 1997, 1998, 2000 and an Adjunct Professor in the departments of educational psychol- undergraduate degree from the University of Oklahoma 2001. In 2002, Naifeh was named head coach of the ogy, adult and higher education and human relations. Last year and her J.D. from the University of Oklahoma College he received the Outstanding Adjunct Professor of the Year 2002 United States of America Collegiate All-American of Law. award in the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Rugby Team. Naifeh led the All-Americans on a 2002 Studies for his outstanding service in the department. tour of South Africa where they earned a record of two wins and one loss in one of the world’s top rugby Gurney graduated cum laude from The Ohio State University in nations. 1973 with a degree in English education. He earned his master’s in student personnel work and counseling in 1976 from Ohio Naifeh’s family includes his wife, Mary, daughters Tyson State and then received his Ph.D. from Iowa State University in higher education administration in 1980. and Jessica, son-in-law, Josh Blyden, and granddaugh-

ter, Isabelle. He began his career in athletics as an academic counselor at Iowa State. He left ISU to become assistant athletics director for academic affairs at SMU before serving as associate athletics director for academic support and compliance at the University of Maryland. Later, as assistant to the provost, his duties focused on campus retention efforts and undergraduate academic advising.

He has served on NCAA Certification teams which conduct peer reviews of institutional adherence to operating principles for governance, equity and academic integrity since 1993. He has been a member of the editorial review board for the International Journal of Sport Management since 1999.

He and his wife, Debra Stuart, have a daughter, Rachel.

84 2008 OKLAHOMA MEN’S GYMNASTICS GUIDESOONERSPORTS.COM athletics administrationuniversity kenny mossman gloria nevarez Greg phillips Sr. Associate A.D. Sr. Associate A.D. Sr. Associate A.D. Communications Administration Chief Financial Officer

Kenny Mossman joined the OU staff in August of 2001 Gloria Nevarez is the newest member of the Sooner Greg Phillips, an administrator with more than 20 years as director of media relations. In August of 2002, he administrative staff, joining the OU family in August of of experience in college athletics, joined the Oklahoma was promoted to assistant athletics director. He was 2007. She came to Norman after spending five-plus staff in June of 2006. promoted to associate AD for media relations and years at the West Coast Conference. communication in August 2004, then received his latest In his role as Chief Financial Officer of the department, promotion in June 2006. Previously, he worked at Illinois She will serve as the sport administrator for men’s and Phillips oversees the development and administration of State and Kansas State. women’s cross country, women’s basketball, men’s the budget and coordinates financial planning, business and women’s track and field and OU’s newest sport, operations, human resource management, and account- At OU, he oversees seven full-time staff members, women’s rowing, which will begin competition during the ing functions. including publications and graphics design. With his 2008-09 academic year. She also will be the administra- primary sport responsibility in football, he and his staff tive liaison for strength and conditioning. He provides administrative oversight of information have promoted winners of the Heisman, Bednarik, But- technology. Phillips serves as sport administrator for the kus, Lombardi, Nagurski, O’Brien and Thorpe Awards. Nevarez, who joined the WCC staff in January 2002, football and baseball programs as well as for the men’s In all, OU has won 10 college football national player directed the WCC’s compliance efforts. In addition to and women’s tennis teams. awards and 18 All-America citations during his tenure. her compliance duties, Nevarez served as the contact for the women’s basketball, baseball and men’s and Honored by his peers as one of the nation’s top financial He came to Norman after serving 10 years as assistant women’s soccer coaches. administrators, Phillips has made numerous presenta- athletics director/media relations at Illinois State. He tions at national conferences on revenue generation, built ISU’s radio network into the largest in its history Nevarez, who was named the conference’s SWA in cost containment and emerging technologies, and he and helped negotiate the most extensive local televi- June of 2004 and later promoted to Associate Commis- has authored a number of published articles on those sion package at the school. He also negotiated radio sioner in December, was also the league contact for the topics. contracts that doubled the number of ISU women’s bas- conference’s SWAs, trainers, and compliance directors. ketball games on radio and added women’s volleyball to A past president of the College Athletics Business Man- the sports receiving live radio coverage. Nevarez also serves on the NCAA Management agement Association, Phillips remains involved in that Council, the NCAA Committee on athletics certification organization’s leadership. He is also an active member While SID at Kansas State, the Wildcat stop was twice and was a member of President Brand’s Diversity and of NACDA and NACMA. voted the top stop on the Big Eight Skywriter’s Tour (in Leadership Strategic Planning Committee. Previously, 1989 and 1990). He hosted the Jack Hartman Television Nevarez held the position of Assistant AD for Compli- Prior to coming to OU, Phillips served as Associate Show in 1986 and was a color commentator on the ance and Legal Affairs at the University of California, Athletics Director at Florida State University, where he Wildcat Basketball Network from 1984-91. Berkeley, where she managed the compliance efforts for was responsible for developing and managing budgets all 29 varsity intercollegiate sports. totaling $46 million. Phillips also oversaw ticket sales Mossman began his career as the sports editor at the and operations, leading the implementation of a quality Pratt, Kan., Daily Tribune, winning two Kansas Press Nevarez has a J.D. from Boalt Hall School of Law from service initiative, and he coordinated the integration of Association awards while at the newspaper. the University of California and is a graduate of the the program’s ticketing, marketing and media relations NCAA Fellows Program. Nevarez just completed her components. He has served on the media staff for four bowl games, fifth year as an adjunct faculty member for the University two NCAA Men’s Final Fours and nine men’s basketball of San Francisco Sport Management master’s program He coordinated the formulation and execution of the regionals and subregionals. He has been media where she taught sport law. Nevarez received her department’s online strategy and led an information coordinator at two NCAA women’s basketball regionals. undergraduate degree from the University of Massa- technology team that was recognized nationally for its Several of his publications have won awards from the chusetts, where she played for the women’s basketball innovations. College Sports Information Directors of America and he team. has supervised a number of other CoSIDA publication Additionally, Phillips administered the Seminole men’s award winners. His 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005 and and women’s tennis programs and managed 16 NCAA 2006 Sooner bowl guides were judged best in the nation postseason baseball tournaments and the NCAA among all postseason guides. Women’s Tennis National Championships. He served on the ACC Finance Committee and was vice chair of the A graduate of Southwestern College in Winfield, Kan., ACC Men’s Tennis Committee. The Bartow, Fla., native Mossman lettered in basketball from 1978-81. He graduated with a bachelor‘s degree in accounting and earned his bachelor’s degree in 1981 and completed a master’s degree in business, both from Florida State. a master’s degree in mass communications at Kansas He also earned a master’s degree in sports administra- State in 1989. tion from the United States Sports Academy.

Mossman, who also teaches a sports public relations Phillips and his wife Deanna have a son, Payton, and a course at OU, has two sons: Scott and Matthew. daughter, Kathryn.

1977 | 1978 | 1991 | 2002 | 2003 | 2005 | 2006NATIONAL CHAMPIONS 85 universityathletics administration stephanie rempe matt trantham Dr. Connie Dillon Sr. Associate A.D. Associate A.D. Faculty Athletics Representative Senior Woman Administrator Event Management

Stephanie Rempe joined the University of Oklahoma Matt Trantham joined the Sooner staff in July 1999 as director of Serving as Faculty Athletics Representative for the Athletics Department staff as an associate director of promotions. He was promoted to assistant director of athletics University of Oklahoma, Connie Dillon is familiar with athletics and the senior woman administrator in July of for event management in August 2004, then was promoted to the department’s commitment to student-athletes and its associate director of athletics in June 2006. In that role, he will 2003 after spending five years in the same capacity at role in shaping Big 12 and NCAA policies, having served oversee the activities of the event management and be the the University of Texas at El Paso. She was promoted to sports administrator for soccer and gameday staff. He also will on the Athletics Council for many years. senior associate AD in 2006. serve as the department’s liaison with postseason championship events hosted on behalf of the Big 12 and the NCAA. Dillon, a professor and director of the Research Center At OU, Rempe is responsible for the oversight of men’s for Continuing Professional and Higher Education at the basketball, softball, volleyball, men’s and women’s The promotion expands the role Trantham previously had with University of Oklahoma since July 1998, was named to gymnastics and wrestling. the department. As director of promotions, he coordinated the the position of Faculty Athletics Representative in the marketing and promotional activities for OU’s 20 sports. He summer of 2005 following the retirement of long-time helped develop programs that led to record-setting attendance Rempe plays an active role with the Student-Athlete figures and directed gameday operations. He managed the Pre- representative Dan Gibbens. Dillon, whose career at OU Advisory Board and worked to create OU’s inaugural mier Partners Program which was responsible for $1.2 million in began initially in 1977, received her master’s degree in National Girls and Women in Sports annual celebration annual revenues and collaborated with Sooner Sports Proper- public administration from OU in 1975 and earned her in February 2004. ties to implement sponsorship and multi-media opportunities Ph.D. in education technology from OU in 1980. that produced annual revenue in excess of $2 million. He was She served as the department’s liaison for the produc- directly involved in cultivating and developing relationships on She has worked for the Congressional Research campus with students, faculty and staff and conducted several tion of the 2004 Self Study Report for the NCAA Service of the Library of Congress, the Oklahoma programs that fostered community relations. He served as the Certification Plan. department’s primary liaison with the University Bands and was State Regents for Higher Education and has held responsible for restructuring the spirit program to streamline academic positions at Montana State University and the At UTEP, Rempe oversaw volleyball, women’s coaching and administrative responsibilities. University of Oklahoma. She also served as the director basketball, rifle, women’s golf, softball, men’s and of media services and telecommunications at Cameron women’s indoor and outdoor track and field and cross Additionally, he served as tournament director for the 2002 University. country, women’s tennis, women’s soccer, cheerleaders, Big 12 Wrestling Championship and the 2001 Big 12 Women’s Gymnastics Championship. He coordinated marketing and football internal operations, the NCAA Champs/Lifeskills Since returning to OU in 1988, Dillon has served as promotions efforts related to the 2000 and 2004 NCAA Baseball Program, sports medicine center and the strength and regionals, the 2000-2002 NCAA Softball regionals, the 2001- chair of both the Norman campus Faculty Senate and conditioning program. 2003 NCAA Women’s Basketbal first and second round games, the OU Athletics Council. She served in the Faculty the 2004 NCAA Women’s Basketball Regional and the 2002 Senate for eight years and has been a member of the Rempe functioned as the liaison between the WAC, NCAA Men’s Gymnastics Championship. Athletics Council and NCAA certification committees NCAA and UTEP in conjunction with the athletics since 1992. She has received the UOSA Outstanding director and faculty athletics representative. She served Trantham joined the Sooner staff after working five years with Professor Award and served on many search commit- the professional teams in Washington, D.C. He began his career on the WAC Council, the WAC Legislative Review Com- tees for academic and athletic appointments. with the Washington Redskins, working one season in game op- mittee, the WAC Basketball Task Force and the WAC erations. He then became an event coordinator and sports man- Student-Athlete Opportunity Fund Committee and was a agement intern with the Washington Bullets of the NBA. After 10 She is a well-published author in the field of distance member of the NCAA Peer Review Team. months in that position, he went to work for Washington Sports learning and received the Elizabeth Powell Award for and Entertainment in sales, marketing and promotions of the excellence in research in educational telecommunica- As a senior staff member, she assisted in developing Washington Wizards of the NBA and the Capitals of the NHL. In tions. She has served on a number of scholarly juries, and presenting a balanced athletics budget and main- that position, he was responsible for selling season tickets and panels, and professional committees creating game night sponsorships packages while maintaining taining the athletics department strategic plan. Rempe and creating new client relationships. He was selected to serve assisted with each athletics arena’s facility enhance- on the Promotions Cabinet in 1996-97 and 1997-98. A native Oklahoman, she and her husband, Dave, have ments and functioned as the liaison between the athlet- one daughter, Jenny, age 19. ics department staff, the architects and the contractors He was promoted to assistant director of game operations in for the construction of the 65,000-square-foot Larry K. May of 1998. In that position, he worked with the Wizards, the Durham Sports Center. Capitals and the Mystics of the WNBA. He was responsible for event presentation for each of those teams and served as the lead representative for the teams with the MCI Center on facility Prior to her time at UTEP, Rempe spent three years at related matters. He developed and implemented game night for- The University of Arizona, her alma mater, serving as a mats and was responsible for special events associated with the senior program coordinator. teams. He scheduled halftime entertainment for the three teams and was responsible for the supervision of the mascots during A recipient of a bachelor’s degree in business adminis- game and at all public appearances. He also was selected for a tration from Arizona, Rempe later earned her master’s third term on the Promtions Cabinet. degree from U of A in sports administration. She was a Trantham earned his B.S. degree in business management from four-year letterwinner on the Arizona volleyball team. In Centenary College in Shreveport in 1990 and added a M.S. in 2004, she was inducted into the Santa Barbara Athletics sports management from the United States Sports Academy in Round Table Hall of Fame. 1998. He is a member of the National Association of Collegiate Marketing Administrators and serves as a representative on the Norman Convention and Visitors Bureau sports committee.

Trantham and his wife, Kristen — a native Oklahoman who has a master’s degree in speech pathology from the OU Health Sciences Center, have one son, Will.

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deren boyd Tim george billy ray johnson Assistant A.D. Assistant A.D. Assistant A.D. Development Marketing & Promotions Ticket Operations

greg tipton Dr. nicki moore merv johnson Assistant A.D. Assistant A.D. Special Assistant to the Athletics Director Equipment Operations Psychological Resources

joe washington OU Athletics Department Phone Directory Executive Director/Varsity O Association Unless otherwise noted, numbers are (405) 325 + four-digit extension Special Assistant to the Athletics Director

Academics & Student Life...... 8265 Marketing...... 7811 Administration...... 8200 Media Relations...... 8231 Baseball...... 8354 Medical Training...... 8332 Basketball, Men’s...... 4732 O-Club...... 8224 Basketball, Women’s...... 8322 Publications...... 8367 Business & Finance...... 8440 Soccer...... 8296 Compliance ...... 8561 Softball...... 8361 24 Hour Hotline...... 6479 SoonerSports.com...... 4274 Development & Sooner Club...... 8000 Sooner Sports Properties...... 2148 Toll Free...... (866) 766-6372 SoonerVision...... 8261 Equipment...... 8379 Spirit 8366 Events & Operations...... 8235 Strength & Conditioning...... 8330 Facilities...... 8290 Tennis, Men’s...... 8362 Football...... 2345 Tennis, Women’s...... 8325 Graphic Design...... 8223 Ticket Office...... 2424 Golf, Men’s...... 8342 Toll Free...... (800) 456-4668 Golf, Women’s...... 8343 Track & Field...... 8361 Gymnastics, Men’s...... 8341 Volleyball...... 8364 Gymnastics, Women’s...... 8333 Wrestling...... 8209

1977 | 1978 | 1991 | 2002 | 2003 | 2005 | 2006NATIONAL CHAMPIONS 87 universitymedia iNFORMATION OKLAHOMA athletics media relations kenny mossman Sr. Associate A.D./Communications | Football The University of Oklahoma Athletics Media Relations Office is located in (405) 325-3281 | [email protected] the northwest corner on the second floor of Gaylord Family - Oklahoma Memorial Stadium. mike houck Director...... Kenny Mossman Associate Media Relations Director | Men’s Basketball Men’s Gymnastics Contact...... Brian Dude (405) 325-8227 | [email protected] Office Phone...... (405) 325-8413 Cell Phone...... (405) 990-4140 E-mail...... [email protected] jared thompson Web Site...... www.SoonerSports.com Associate Media Relations Director | Women’s Basketball Mailing Address...... OU Athletics Media Relations (405) 325-3671 | [email protected] 180 W. Brooks Suite 2525 Norman, OK 73019 craig moran Assistant Media Relations Director | Baseball, Soccer Practice policy (405) 325-6449 | [email protected]

Practices are held at the Sam Viersen Center, directly north and across the street (Imhoff) from the Lloyd Noble Center. Practices are normally open jessica summers to the public. However, media who wish to attend must obtain clearance Assistant Media Relations Director | Softball, Volleyball from Brian Dude in the Athletics Media Relations Office prior to the start of (405) 325-8372 | [email protected] practice. Practice generally runs from 1:30-5 p.m. The best time to conduct interviews is immediately following practice. david bassity Credentials Assistant Media Relations Director | Track & Field, Cross Country (405) 325-8314 | [email protected] Media credentials for University of Oklahoma home meets at the Howard McCasland Field House or Lloyd Noble Center should be requested at least brian dude one day prior to the event. All requests should be directed to Brian Dude in Media Relations Graduate Assistant | Men’s Gymnastics the OU Athletics Media Relations Office at (405) 325-8413 or by e-mail to [email protected]. (405) 325-8413 | [email protected]

INTerview policies phillip rogers Media Relations Graduate Assistant | Women’s Gymnastics, Men’s Golf Post-meet interviews will take place on the main floor of the McCasland Field (405) 325-8349 | [email protected] House or Lloyd Noble Center after head coach Mark Williams dismisses his athletes. Official score sheets will be available at the scorer’s table. MPSF member schools media relations contacts Non-event interviews with University of Oklahoma gymnasts and coaches must be arranged through Brian Dude in the OU Athletics Media Relations Office. All requests should be made at least 24 hours in advance of the Air Force Contact...... Valerie Perkin desired interview time. Phone...... (719) 333-8286 Fax...... (719) 333-3798 Mountain pacific sports federation media relations E-mail...... [email protected] California Contact...... Anna Oleson-Wheeler Executive Director...... Al Beaird Phone...... (510) 643-5846 Gymnastics Contact...... Darren Preston Fax...... (719) 333-3798 Office Phone...... (530) 669-7600 E-mail...... [email protected] E-mail...... [email protected] Web Site...... www.mpsports.org Nebraska Contact...... Jess Schwager Mailing Address...... Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Phone...... (402) 472-2263 800 S. Broadway Fax...... (402) 472-2005 Suite 102 E-mail...... [email protected] Walnut Creek, CA 94596 Stanford Contact...... Jeane Goff Phone...... (650) 723-4418 Fax...... (650) 725-2957 E-mail...... [email protected]

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6Oklahoma City

Driving directions 6Norman

From Will Rogers Airport (Oklahoma City): Travel west on Interstate 44. Stay in lane to where I-240 begins. Exit right on to I-35 South (4A). Exit off the State Highway 9 interchange (108B). Travel east approximately two miles until reaching the Jenkins Avenue interchange and turn left. Travel northbound until first traffic light, which is Imhoff Street. Make a left turn on Imhoff. Lloyd Noble Center will be on the left and the Sam Viersen Gymnas- tics Center will be on the right. To reach the Howard McCasland Field House, continue north on Jenkins past Lindsey Street. The Field House is located just North of the Gaylord Family - Oklahoma Memorial Stadium.

From Dallas-Ft. Worth Area: Travel north on Interstate 35. Exit off the State Highway 9 interchange (108B). Travel east approximately two miles until reaching the Jenkins Avenue interchange and turn left. Travel northbound until first traffic light, which is Imhoff Street. Make a left turn on Imhoff. Lloyd Noble Center will be on the left and the Sam Viersen Gymnastics Center will be on the right. To reach the Howard McCasland Field House, continue north on Jenkins past Lindsey Street. The Field House is located just North of the Gaylord Family - Oklahoma Memorial Stadium.

Return to OKC Airport: Drive I-35 north from Norman to I-240 west. Follow I-240 west to I-44 (I-240 automatically merges with I-44 just west of May Avenue). Take Exit 116B, Airport Road, exit on the left. Follow Airport Road west to Meridian Ave. Take the Meridian Avenue southbound exit and follow Meridian south approximately one mile to the airport.

1977 | 1978 | 1991 | 2002 | 2003 | 2005 | 2006NATIONAL CHAMPIONS 89 universitysoonersports.com

The University of Oklahoma, in conjunction with its multimedia rights partner, Sooner Sports Properties, recently signed on to become the latest partner in CSTV’s industry leading Online Network. CSTV operates Oklahoma’s official athletics Web site, providing Sooner fans with the most in-depth coverage and interactive content of Oklahoma sports that has ever been available.

The new and improved Web site, SoonerSports.com, launched on July 1, 2007.

The OU Athletics Department and CSTV committed considerable research, planning and design resources in developing the new SoonerSports.com. OU is recognized as a leader in intercollegiate athletics and its official site follows in that tradition.

For many, the site serves as the front door to the Sooner experience. SoonerSports.com also provides an integral link between OU student- athletes, their families, coaches, Oklahoma students, fans, prospective student-athletes, alumni, media, donors, corporate partners, the University and peer institutions in the Big 12 Conference and the NCAA.

The new site strengthens Oklahoma’s commitment in bringing its fans the most extensive coverage of the Sooners direct from Norman. By utilizing the latest technology, including webcasts, podcasts, RSS feeds, wireless services and more, OU presents fans with unprecedented opportunities to access official Sooner news, features and multimedia.

In addition to Oklahoma All-Access, CSTV will launch a custom Web site with a variety of online features including an e-commerce store, photo galleries and CSTV’s exclusive GameTrackerTM technology, which allows fans to follow live simulated game action, details and full play-by-play of their favorite Sooner sports. SoonerSports.com will also receive CSTV’s industry- leading online and new media solutions, including access to new distribution platforms such as CSTV2Go mobile and podcasting.

Sooner Sports Properties is a division of Learfield Sports, which administers multimedia rights for nearly 35 collegiate institutions and associations including fellow Big 12 members Colorado, Iowa State, Kansas State, Missouri and Texas A&M. The Dallas-based company also secures marketing partnerships for the Black Coaches Association (BCA) and provides exclusive sports programming to more than 1,000 radio stations throughout the country.

Additionally, Team Services, LLC, a Learfield Sports company, specializes in venue naming rights, marketing research and sales consultation.

CSTV Networks, Inc., now part of the CBS Corporation, is the leading digital and cable programming company dedicated to college sports. Connecting more fans to more college sports than any other company, its many platforms for programming distribution include CSTV: College Sports TV, televising regular-season and championship events for 35 men’s and women’s college sports; CSTV.com and its network of more than 215 official athletic sites; CSTV All Access, broadband services providing live audio and video of more than 10,000 events annually; as well as satellite television and radio, in-flight entertainment, wireless networks and more. Further information is available at www.CSTV.com. SOONersportsmedia.com

The OU Athletics Department provides an innovative service for media covering the Sooners. Log on to SoonerSportsMedia.com and download high-resolution action photos, mug shots, official OU logos, online credentials and more.

Visit the site to request an account for access.

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