Janet Cone
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Born | Summerville, South Carolina, U.S. | December 7, 1955
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High school | Summerville High School |
Janet Cone (born December 7, 1955) is an American college athletic director for the UNC Asheville Bulldogs, a position she has held since 2004. In 2015, she became a member of the National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I men's basketball committee. She has also been a women's basketball coach for several teams, including Saint Leo University, Western Carolina University, Mars Hill College and Samford University, as well as an AD for some of those.[1]
Background
Cone was born in
Coaching and executive career
From 1986 to 1990, Cone was head coach of both the Mars Hill College volleyball and women's basketball teams. She was head coach of the women's basketball team at Western Carolina University (1990–1993). At Saint Leo University, she was head women’s basketball coach and volleyball coach, before becoming assistant director of athletics. In 1996, Cone became the first head coach of the Samford Bulldogs women's basketball team. After five years, she was appointed associate athletics director. Since 2004, she has been athletics director for UNC Asheville.[1][4]
While at UNCA, Cone has managed to get its women's golf program into the 2016 NCAA Division I, only the second sport added since 2010. She also revived the women's swimming program in 2012, the first time that the UNCA athletics department had added a sport in 20 years.[1]
In 2013, Cone was one of only 28 directors of athletics to be named as Under Armour AD of the Year by the
See also
References
- ^ a b c d e "Bulldogs Athletics Bio: Janet Cone". uncabulldogs.com. Archived from the original on September 5, 2015. Retrieved November 6, 2015.
- ^ "60-Year Celebration For Cone Family". southernloggintimesmagazine.com. June 2014. Retrieved November 6, 2015.
- ^ Sapakoff, Gene (March 13, 2014). "Sapakoff: Summerville's Janet Cone will build NCAA brackets". postandcourier.com. Retrieved November 6, 2015.
- ^ "Administration: Janet Cone". administration.unca.edu. Retrieved November 6, 2015.
- ^ Under Armour AD of the Year Award: Past Winners Archived 2016-08-04 at the Wayback Machine (PDF)