Kevin White (athletic director)
Biographical details | |
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Born | Amityville, New York, U.S. | September 25, 1950
Alma mater | Saint Joseph's College (BA) Central Michigan University (MA) Southern Illinois University (PhD) |
Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
1982–1987 | Loras |
1987–1991 | Maine |
1991–1996 | Tulane |
1996–2000 | Arizona State |
2000–2008 | Notre Dame |
2008–2021 | Duke |
Kevin Michael White (born September 25, 1950)[1] is an American college administrator who is the former athletic director at Duke University. He held this position from May 30, 2008 until his retirement on September 1, 2021. White succeeded Joe Alleva as the Blue Devils' AD when Alleva accepted the same position at Louisiana State University.
He held similar positions at the University of Notre Dame, Arizona State University, Tulane University, the University of Maine, and Loras College.
Early life and education
White was born in
Teaching and coaching careers
High school
White is a career educator, having started as a high school teacher at Gulf High School, in New Port Richey, Florida. While at Gulf High, he coached cross country and track and assisted with the football and wrestling programs.
College
Holding a
As a coach, White served at Southeast Missouri State University (1981–1982) as the head track and field coach, and as assistant track and field and cross country coach at Central Michigan University (1976–1980). While at Loras College he originated the National Catholic Basketball Tournament.
Administrative career and controversies
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Notre Dame's flagship football program struggled during White's tenure. Notre Dame football teams have started 0–3 only two times in the school's history: in 2001 (the season after White negotiated an extension of coach Bob Davie's contract) and 2007 (two seasons after White gave coach Charlie Weis a 10-year contract extension, which Notre Dame was paying off six seasons after Weis's 2009 firing).[2]
White is also responsible for the hiring of George O'Leary[3] (who was fired a week later after falsifying his resume) and Tyrone Willingham (who started 8–0 but finished 13–15, with eight of those losses coming by 22 points or more, more than any coach in school history). White is also responsible for the hiring and retaining of Duke women's basketball coach Joanne P. McCallie (even after McCallie was investigated by Duke for the mistreatment of players and assistant coaches).[4]
Family
White and his wife Jane have five children, three sons and two daughters. Four of their children work in college athletics:
Hall of fame inductee
White was inducted into the Suffolk Sports Hall of Fame on Long Island in the Athletic Directors Category with the Class of 2006.
References
- ^ "Loras College Announces 2012 Commencement Speaker: Kevin M. White, Ph.D." Loras College. Archived from the original on February 21, 2012. Retrieved October 6, 2014.
- ^ Cherner, Reid.Erin go blah: Irish faithful wonder what went wrong, "USA Today", September 18, 2007. Retrieved on September 20, 2007.
- ^ Hansen, Eric. Is blindsided AD White next to sit in hot seat at Notre Dame?[permanent dead link], "Irish Sports Report", December 16, 2004. Retrieved on November 8, 2007.
- ^ Keely, Laura (May 8, 2016). "After investigation, Joanne P. McCallie to remain Duke women's basketball coach". newsobserver.
- ^ a b Dellenger, Ross (January 21, 2021). "Danny White and the First Family of College Athletic Directors". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved January 21, 2021.
- ^ "Florida Atlantic hires Brian White as athletic director". The Washington Post. March 3, 2018.[dead link]
- ^ Schiffer, Alex (January 5, 2018). "The Missouri-Florida matchup is hard on this college sports family". The Kansas City Star.