DEPARTMENT OF ATHLETICS ANNUAL REPORT 2012-2013 2012-13 COVERS_AthleticsAnnualReport-FINAL.indd 2 6/28/2013 12:32:46 PM 3 INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETICS 2012-13 COVERS_AthleticsAnnualReport-FINAL.indd 3 6/28/2013 12:32:49 PM CONTENTS A Letter from the Director …………………………………………………………………… 2 Men’s Tennis ………………………………………………………………………………44 Intercollegiate Athletics Committee ……………………………………………………… 3 Women’s Tennis …………………………………………………………………………46 Remembering Mal Moore ……………………………………………………………………… 4 Volleyball …………………………………………………………………………………48 National Championship Teams ………………………………………………………… 6-11 Athletic Honors ………………………………………………………………………………… 50 Football ……………………………………………………………………………………… 8 2012 Olympics …………………………………………………………………………………… 55 Men’s Golf …………………………………………………………………………………10 Academic Support …………………………………………………………………………… 56 SEC Championship Teams ………………………………………………………………12-15 Academic Honors ……………………………………………………………………………… 58 Football ……………………………………………………………………………………13 Student Welfare ………………………………………………………………………………… 64 Men’s Golf ………………………………………………………………………………… 14 Comunity Outreach …………………………………………………………………………… 66 Women’s Tennis …………………………………………………………………………15 Facilities ………………………………………………………………………………………… 68 Individual Sport Highlights …………………………………………………………… 16-49 Attendance ……………………………………………………………………………………… 70 Baseball ……………………………………………………………………………………16 Marketing and Licensing …………………………………………………………………… 71 Men’s Basketball ………………………………………………………………………18 Media-Athletics Communications ……………………………………………………… 72 Women’s Basketball ……………………………………………………………………20 RollTide.com …………………………………………………………………………………… 74 Cross Country ……………………………………………………………………………22 The Total Program: All Sports Rankings ……………………………………………… 75 Football ……………………………………………………………………………………24 Equity ……………………………………………………………………………………………… 76 Men’s Golf …………………………………………………………………………………26 Compliance ……………………………………………………………………………………… 78 Women’s Golf ……………………………………………………………………………28 Staffing …………………………………………………………………………………………… 79 Gymnastics ………………………………………………………………………………30 Crimson Tide Foundation …………………………………………………………………… 80 Indoor Track and Field ……………………………………………………………… 32 A-Club Alumni Association ………………………………………………………………… 82 Outdoor Track and Field ……………………………………………………………… 34 2013-14 Head Coaches ……………………………………………………………………… 84 Rowing ………………………………………………………………………………………36 Soccer ………………………………………………………………………………………38 Softball ……………………………………………………………………………………40 Swimming and Diving ………………………………………………………………… 42 ANNUAL REPORT 2012-2013 1 2012-13 Athletic Annual Report DRAFT.indd 1 6/28/2013 3:26:19 PM To all who follow and cheer on the Alabama Crimson Tide - It is as exciting a time to be a part of The University of Alabama Athletics Department as any in our storied history. We À nished the fall semester with a Á ourish when our football team, which included 17 graduates before the 2013 BCS National Championship Game even got underway, won the Crimson Tide’s 15th national football title, bettering Notre Dame by a score of 42-14. It was our third BCS title in four years, continuing one of the most impressive runs in the modern era. As the year progressed, we added to our championship tally when the men’s and women’s golf teams joined the football team as Southeastern Conference Champions. Then in May, we roared to a 4-1 win over Illinois to win the Crimson Tide’s À rst NCAA Men’s Golf Championship. Those teams were not alone in their success. Our gymnastics, softball and women’s golf teams followed up NCAA Championship seasons in 2012 with top-10 national À nishes in 2013, À nishing third, 10th and seventh, respectively. Our men’s track and À eld team closed out the 2012-13 season just a half point out of the top-10 in 11th place, its highest À nish at the NCAA Outdoor Championships in more than a decade. While Alabama is certainly competing at the highest level with eight national team titles over the last four years that success isn’t limited to athletics. The Crimson Tide has been just as impressive academically, earning impressive marks in the NCAA’s most recent Academic Progress Report and Graduation Success Rate and ranking À fth nationally in terms of Academic All-America honors since 2000, just behind Stanford and well ahead of every other school in the SEC. As we move forward, our success in all facets of the collegiate experience - built on the bedrock of our unparalleled tradition - will be guided by the following tenants: • We will recruit and develop student-athletes to compete at the highest levels in intercollegiate athletics • We will educate and prepare our student-athletes to compete at the highest levels in life after graduation • We will accomplish all this with honor and integrity In this way, everyone associated with Alabama athletics will be striving to continue the legacy of service to this University and its athletics department that the late Mal Moore brought to the more than 50 years he played, coached and led the Crimson Tide. His undeniable love for all things Alabama and his unwavering commitment to its success is a shining example us all. It is because of Mal’s vision, dedication and drive that our student-athletes compete, train, study and learn every day in incredible facilities - from Bryant-Denny Stadium and Coleman Coliseum, to the completely renovated Sam Bailey Track and Field Stadium which came online in the fall and the state-of-the-art strength and conditioning facility that connects the Mal M. Moore Athletic Facility to the Hank Crisp Indoor Facility, which opened in the spring. And it is because of Mal’s tremendous heart and unwavering pride, as well as the example and leadership of championship coaches like Wallace Wade, Frank Thomas, Paul Bryant, Sarah Patterson, Gene Stallings, Mic Potter, Patrick Murphy, Jay Seawell and Nick Saban, that the standard for excellence is set so high at Alabama. Because The University of Alabama and its athletics department are far more than what you see on our À elds and courts when the bright lights shine, I hope you’ll take the time to peruse our 2012-13 Annual Report for a deeper, more comprehensive look at what goes into making the Crimson Tide all that it is and why this department and its tradition of excellence is so special to so many. As we enjoy the fruits of our labor, it is important that we stay focused on the hard work, determination and drive that have led us to this point in our history. And though we are so very proud of what we have accomplished, we are not satisÀ ed. So as we move forward, my challenge to everyone associated with the Crimson Tide is to stay hungry and continue to work every day to compete at a championship level in all we do. To build on our current level of excellence will not be easy, but as Coach Bryant once said, “The price of victory is high, but so are the rewards.” RRolloll Tide,Tidide, Bill BBattleattle Director of Athletics University of Alabama 2 INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETICS 2012-13 Athletic Annual Report DRAFT.indd 2 6/28/2013 3:26:41 PM INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETICS COMMITTEE DUTIES REPORTING CHANNEL: Dr. Judy Bonner, President The Intercollegiate Athletics Committee assists the President Membership Title, Department Term of The University of Alabama in the formulation of policy for Kevin Whitaker Associate Dean, Engineering 2014 intercollegiate athletics. In carrying out its duties, the committee Reuben W. Cook Assistant Professor, Sport Management, HES 2013 provides oversight for all aspects of the intercollegiate athletics Melondie Carter Associate Professor, Nursing 2014 program. Oversight shall include but not be limited to: the Athletic Steven Ritchie Chemical/Biological Engineering 2013 Department’s mission statement; periodic review of the Student- Lance Kinney Associate Professor, Advertising and Public Relations 2015 Athlete Handbook and Compliance Manual; review of policies and procedures related to ensuring compliance with NCAA Faculty Senate Representative and SEC rules and regulations; academic services, admissions Rona Donahoe Professor, Geological Sciences proÀ les and graduation rates; À nancial affairs; gender equity and equal opportunity policies and practices; coach/student-athlete Professional Staff Assembly Representative relationships and discipline; competitive event scheduling; student- Darrell Hargreaves Coordinator of Intramural Sports, University Recreation athlete exit interviews; and general reputation of the athletics program. OCT Staff Assembly Representative Dianne Gilbert Assistant Registrar, C&BA COMPOSITION The committee, appointed by the President, shall consist of 18 Retired Faculty/Staff Member voting members: a total of six faculty, including the Faculty Senate Sharon Shelton Representative and the Faculty Athletics Representative (who shall serve as chair), a Professional Staff Assembly representative, Community Member an OCT Staff Assembly representative, a retired faculty/staff Tommy Moore representative, two student athlete representatives (one male and one female), and eight ex-ofÀ cio members: Director of Alumni Ex-OfÀ cio Affairs, Member of the Board of Trustees, President of the Faculty John England Member, Board of Trustees Senate, President of the SGA, Vice President for Student Affairs, Steve Miller President, Faculty Senate Associate Provost, member of the Tuscaloosa community, and Vice Mark Nelson Vice President, Student Affairs President for Financial Affairs. The four non-designated faculty Hank Lazer Associate Provost, Academic Affairs positions will be nominated by the CUC and serve three-year terms. Lynda