2013 baseball Media Guide - GoHofstra.com
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HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY DIRECTOR OF ATHLETICS<br />
jeffrey a. Hathaway<br />
vice president and director of Athletics<br />
Hofstra University President Stuart<br />
Rabinowitz announced on May 15,<br />
2012, that the University had hired<br />
Jeffrey A. Hathaway, formerly the director of<br />
athletics for the University of Connecticut and<br />
the outgoing chairman of the NCAA Division<br />
I Men’s Basketball Committee, as Hofstra<br />
University’s new vice president and director of<br />
athletics.<br />
“In collegiate athletics, the name Jeff Hathaway<br />
means success on any number of levels: in<br />
the classroom, on the playing field, in the<br />
boardroom, with donors and the media. Most<br />
importantly, Jeff’s focus on excellence, ethics,<br />
leadership and academics will allow the Hofstra<br />
Pride athletics program to move to the next<br />
level of excellence,” said Rabinowitz. “His<br />
tenure at the University of Connecticut was<br />
one of unprecedented growth, and under his<br />
leadership, we look forward to ushering in a<br />
new era of Hofstra Pride athletic success.”<br />
“I am excited to join the Hofstra University<br />
<strong>com</strong>munity and to have the opportunity to<br />
provide leadership and serve the studentathletes,<br />
coaches and staff in this outstanding<br />
athletics program,” <strong>com</strong>mented Hathaway. “I<br />
particularly would like to thank President Stuart<br />
Rabinowitz for allowing me to be<strong>com</strong>e part<br />
of the Hofstra University family. Throughout<br />
my career I have been part of programs that<br />
have <strong>com</strong>peted against Hofstra and I have<br />
seen firsthand the success the Pride has had<br />
over the years. My primary focus will be on<br />
the academic achievement of our studentathletes<br />
and providing them the opportunity to<br />
participate and achieve in their academic and<br />
athletic endeavors as we prepare them for their<br />
lives after graduation from Hofstra.”<br />
Hathaway guided the University of Connecticut<br />
(UConn) Division of Athletics through an<br />
unprecedented period of academic and athletic<br />
achievement during his eight years as director<br />
of athletics from 2003 to 2011. At the same<br />
time, he became an influential leader for college<br />
athletics on both the national and conference<br />
level.<br />
Hathaway played a vital role in UConn’s success<br />
story for nearly 20 years as he was the executive<br />
associate director of athletics at the school from<br />
1990 to 2001. In his two years away from the<br />
Storrs campus, Hathaway enjoyed a successful<br />
tenure as the director of athletics at Colorado<br />
State University from 2001 to 2003.<br />
During Hathaway’s career, he has always made<br />
the academic success of student-athletes a top<br />
priority. In the classroom, more than 50% of<br />
UConn’s 650 student-athletes achieved a 3.0<br />
“B-or better” semester grade point average<br />
during the spring and/or fall semesters of the<br />
2010 calendar year, including 16 who earned a<br />
perfect 4.0 grade point average. In addition, the<br />
Division of Athletics consistently maintained<br />
a 99 percent academic retention rate among its<br />
student-athletes.<br />
The University of Connecticut was saluted for<br />
its <strong>com</strong>munity service efforts by the National<br />
Consortium for Academics and Sports (NCAS)<br />
three times under Hathaway’s watch for its<br />
<strong>com</strong>munity service efforts. UConn was also<br />
honored by the NCAS in 2006 and 2007 for<br />
its efforts to assist former student-athletes in<br />
earning their college degree.<br />
Hathaway’s leadership positions have extended<br />
beyond the campus. He recently <strong>com</strong>pleted a<br />
five-year term as a member of the prestigious<br />
NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Committee,<br />
representing the BIG EAST Conference,<br />
serving as chair in 2011-12. As a member<br />
of the 10-person <strong>com</strong>mittee, Hathaway took<br />
part in the selection and administration of the<br />
NCAA Men’s Basketball Championship and<br />
the administration of the CBS/Turner television<br />
contract.<br />
During his tenure at both Colorado State<br />
and UConn, he was a member of the NCAA<br />
Division I Championships/Competition<br />
Cabinet. On the conference level, Hathaway was<br />
the chair of the BIG EAST Athletic Directors<br />
Executive Committee through November<br />
of 2009. He is also past chairman of the<br />
BIG EAST Championship and Competition<br />
Committee as well as the league’s Finance<br />
Committee, and also served on the Television<br />
Committee. Hathaway is a past member of the<br />
Division I-A Athletic Directors Association<br />
Board of Trustees and the Executive Committee<br />
of the National Association of Collegiate<br />
Directors of Athletics (NACDA). In 2004 The<br />
Sporting News named Hathaway to its “Power<br />
100 List” - <strong>com</strong>prised of the 100 most powerful<br />
people in sports.<br />
During his time at the University of<br />
Connecticut, private fundraising averaged more<br />
than $13 million a year. Hathaway was also<br />
responsible negotiating several key revenue and<br />
partnership agreements, securing major gifts,<br />
and guiding the building of two LEED certified<br />
athletic facilities, UConn’s first, which received<br />
recognition from the University and from the<br />
Connecticut Real Estate Exchange.<br />
Hathaway led a head coaching staff that is one<br />
of the most experienced in the country. At the<br />
conclusion of Hathaway’s tenure, UConn had<br />
12 head coaches that had been in their current<br />
position 10 or more years as of the 2010-11<br />
academic year.<br />
In Hathaway’s final year with UConn, the<br />
Huskies experienced great athletic success.<br />
The men’s basketball team won its third NCAA<br />
Division I Championship while the football<br />
team played in the Tostitos Fiesta Bowl. In<br />
addition, the women’s basketball team played in<br />
the NCAA Final Four for the fourth consecutive<br />
season and set a college basketball record for<br />
most consecutive wins with 90. The UConn<br />
<strong>baseball</strong> team made history with its first-ever<br />
appearance in NCAA Super Regional play. The<br />
men’s soccer, women’s soccer and field hockey<br />
teams participated in NCAA tournaments while<br />
representatives from men’s and women’s track<br />
and field and women’s diving also took part in<br />
NCAA action.<br />
Hathaway originally came to Connecticut in<br />
November of 1990 as senior associate athletic<br />
director. In that role, he oversaw the day-today<br />
operations of the Division of Athletics and<br />
served as a program administrator for several<br />
sports.<br />
During Hathaway’s tenure at Colorado<br />
State, he oversaw a 15-sport program – nine<br />
women’s teams and six men’s. Hathaway was<br />
an extremely successful fundraiser during his<br />
time in Fort Collins. The school drew national<br />
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