Nelson Bobb Position: Director of Athletics Institution: University of North Carolina Greensboro

Now in his 25th year as Director of Intercollegiate Athletics at North Carolina Greensboro (UNCG), Nelson E. Bobb has developed a nationally recognized program that has continually succeeded in competition as well as in the classroom.

Bobb is the primary architect of a program that now features 16 NCAA Division I teams, eight for men and eight for women. Earlier this summer, he was named to NACDA's NCAA Division I-AAA ADA Executive Committee as an at-large member.

When he arrived in July 1983, there were eight teams competing on the Division III level. The University authorized the shift to Division I in February 1987 and he guided the program through the unprecedented change in competitive status in just five years.

During his tenure, UNCG teams have won 36 conference tournament titles, 27 as an NCAA Division I member. They have also won 65 conference regular season titles, 39 of those since moving to NCAA Division I. Other recent program accomplishments include completing the NCAA certification process for Division I institutions twice and successfully transitioning the department's teams into Southern Conference membership.

Bobb has also served in various NCAA appointments during his tenure, including serving on one of the first NCAA Certification teams. From 1995-2000, he served on the Certification Team for four such events. This academic year, Bobb will serve on four Southern Conference committees. He has presented twice each to the NCAA Convention and the NACDA Convention.

Bobb, a native of Gahanna (Ohio), oversees a staff of more than 50 full and part-time employees with administrative divisions of administration and business, student welfare, facilities and operations and integrated public affairs within the department.

Before coming to UNCG, Bobb served as an assistant athletic director at Cornell University for five years. He also served as an assistant football coach at Cornell for nine seasons.

A 1970 graduate of Kent State with a bachelor's degree in education, Bobb also holds a master's degree in secondary education from Kent. As an undergraduate, he was a three-year letterwinner on the football team as an offensive guard and earned all-academic recognition from the Mid-American Conference as a junior. He was an all-conference choice his senior year.