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FOOTBALL 2009
PRESIDENT RICHARD JEWELL
Dr. Dick Jewell is a 1967
graduate of Grove City College
as well as a graduate of
the University of Michigan
Law School. He begins his
seventh year as Grove City
College’s eighth President.
Prior to joining the College,
Jewell had a long private sector
career as both a trial and
corporate attorney as well as
being a shareholder and director
of the nation’s largest
forensic accounting firm.
He also directed the applied research operations of the
University of Pittsburgh, reporting to the Chancellor.
Prior to becoming President in September 2003, Jewell
had a 40-year relationship with the College as a student,
national alumni president and longtime Trustee.
Jewell graduated cum laude from Grove City with high
honors in political science.
ATHLETIC DIRECTOR DON LYLE
Dr. Don Lyle is in his eighth
year as athletic director at
Grove City College.
Lyle is Chairman of the Department
Physical Education
and Athletics and Athletic
Director.
In that role, Lyle oversees
the College’s intricate fitness
and wellness program,
its developing exercise science
minor and Grove
City’s 19-sport varsity athletics
program.
Lyle coached Grove City’s men’s soccer team from 1972-
2005. As head coach, he led the Wolverines to six postseason
berths, including a pair of trips to the NCAA Championship
Tournament.
In 2005, his final season as head coach, Lyle guided Grove
City to its first-ever outright Presidents’ Athletic Conference
title and a trip to the finals of the Eastern College
Athletic Conference Southern Championship Tournament.
He earned the PAC’s Coach of the Year award that year.
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In addition, he captained the 1967 swimming and diving
team and was a two-time Penn-Ohio College diving champion.
He was editor-in-chief of The Collegian, the College’s newspaper,
president of the Student Government Association
and earned Grove City College’s Omicron Delta Kappa
Senior Man of the Year award in 1967.
Jewell was inducted into the College’s Swimming and
Diving Hall of Fame in 1989 and received the College’s
Distinguished Alumni Service Award in 2001. He was first
elected to the College’s Board of Trustees in 1974 and
just prior to his selection as President, he served on the
Executive Committee and chaired the Board’s Development
Committee.
He also served as co-chairman of the College’s capital
campaign. Jewell currently holds faculty rank in the business
department as professor of business law and public
policy.
A veteran, Jewell served in the U.S. Army from 1969-1971.
Jewell and his wife Dayl, a retired PNC Bank vice president,
have an adult daughter, Jessica.
Lyle also directed Grove City to a share of the PAC men’s
soccer title in 1996 as Grove City went 16-2. The Wolverines
set a school record for victories in a season and
won their first ECAC title.
Lyle-coached teams also advanced to post-season play
in 1976, 1980 and 2000. In 34 years as head coach, he
compiled a 277-206-37 record. The College inducted him
into its Men’s Soccer Hall of Fame in October 2006.
Lyle also started the women’s softball program at Grove
City, posting a 91-61 (.599) record from 1980-88 as head
coach. He remains the program’s all-time wins leader. Lyle
then spent nine years as baseball coach at Grove City.
In addition to his academic duties as department chair,
Lyle is a professor of physical education. He is also chairman
of the Grove City College Athletic Hall of Fame Selection
Committee.
A native of Calcutta, Ohio, Lyle earned his bachelor of
arts degree from Muskingum College in 1971. He also
earned his master’s degree in education from Miami of
Ohio. Lyle received his doctorate from Indiana University
of Pennsylvania.
Lyle and his wife Barbara live in Pine Township. They have
three adult children and eight grandchildren.
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