DeLoss Dodds
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DeLoss Dodds is the current men's athletic director
of The University of Texas at Austin
. During his tenure beginning in the fall of 1981, Texas has claimed 13 National Championships and 103 conference titles through September 29, 2011.
. He is married to Mary Ann Chamberlain and they have three children, Doug, Deidre, and Debra. Dodds is a graduate of Kansas State University
, where he was also a conference champion in the quarter mile in 1959. Prior to taking his current position at Texas, he was the athletic director for the Kansas State Wildcats
for five years, from 1977 to 1981. Prior to that, Dodds was head track coach at Kansas State, a position he held from 1963 to 1976, during which time his teams captured six Big Eight Conference
championships.
Dodds was hired in 1981 and is in his 30th year as the University of Texas' athletic director. During his tenure he has helped Texas through many major events, including the 2010 conference realignment frenzy and $380 million in athletic facility upgrades. Among all NCAA FBS athletic directors, Dodds is the seventh highest paid athletic director with a salary of $627,109 per year.
Over the years Dodds has won many awards, and earned many achievements including:
Athletic director
An athletic director is an administrator at many American colleges and universities, as well as in larger high schools and middle schools, who oversees the work of coaches and related staff involved in intercollegiate or interscholastic athletic programs...
of The University of Texas at Austin
University of Texas at Austin
The University of Texas at Austin is a state research university located in Austin, Texas, USA, and is the flagship institution of the The University of Texas System. Founded in 1883, its campus is located approximately from the Texas State Capitol in Austin...
. During his tenure beginning in the fall of 1981, Texas has claimed 13 National Championships and 103 conference titles through September 29, 2011.
Biography
Dodds was born August 8, 1939 in Riley, KansasRiley, Kansas
Riley is a city in Riley County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city population was TBD. It is part of the Manhattan, Kansas Metropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:Riley is located at...
. He is married to Mary Ann Chamberlain and they have three children, Doug, Deidre, and Debra. Dodds is a graduate of Kansas State University
Kansas State University
Kansas State University, commonly shortened to K-State, is an institution of higher learning located in Manhattan, Kansas, in the United States...
, where he was also a conference champion in the quarter mile in 1959. Prior to taking his current position at Texas, he was the athletic director for the Kansas State Wildcats
Kansas State Wildcats
Kansas State University's athletic teams are called the Wildcats. The official color of the teams is Royal Purple, making Kansas State one of very few schools that have only one official color; white and silver are generally used as complementary colors.Kansas State participates in...
for five years, from 1977 to 1981. Prior to that, Dodds was head track coach at Kansas State, a position he held from 1963 to 1976, during which time his teams captured six Big Eight Conference
Big Eight Conference
The Big Eight Conference, a former NCAA-affiliated Division I-A college athletic association that sponsored football, was formed in January 1907 as the Missouri Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Association by its charter member schools: the University of Kansas, University of Missouri, University...
championships.
Dodds was hired in 1981 and is in his 30th year as the University of Texas' athletic director. During his tenure he has helped Texas through many major events, including the 2010 conference realignment frenzy and $380 million in athletic facility upgrades. Among all NCAA FBS athletic directors, Dodds is the seventh highest paid athletic director with a salary of $627,109 per year.
Over the years Dodds has won many awards, and earned many achievements including:
- 2011 Athletic Director of the Year
- National Football Foundation and College Hall of Fame's John L. Toner Award in December 2006
- Inducted in the United State Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association Hall of Fame in 2006
- Inducted into the Drake Relays Coaches Hall of Fame in 1989
- Inducted into Kansas State Athletic Hall of Fame in 1995
- Inducted into the Texas Sports Hall of Fame in 2006