Search committee formed to find new UNCW Athletics Director

WILMINGTON, NC (NEWS RELEASE) – The University of North Carolina Wilmington today announced a 10-person search committee to screen and interview candidates for the position of Athletics Director.

Bill Carr, Carr Sports Associates, Inc. has been selected to assist in the search and selection process. One of the premier executive search and consultant firms in intercollegiate athletics, Carr Sports Associates, Inc. has worked with colleges and universities in North Carolina and with numerous institutions in the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA).

Members of the search committee include:

David Swain, Board of Trustees (Chair)

Dr. John Morrison, Chair, Athletics Council

Dr. Sue Combs, Faculty Athletics Representative

Jenny Garrity, Head Women’s Tennis Coach

Mark Scalf, Head Baseball Coach

Chris Glendenning, Board of Visitors and Seahawk Club

Jim Ballantine, Seahawk Club

Jason Wheeler, Alumni Board

Wendell Murphy, Community Representative

Margaret Weller-Stargell, Community Representative

“I have asked this committee and the firm to conduct a thorough national search to find the right person to lead our athletics department,” said Chancellor Rosemary DePaolo. She also expressed how thrilled she was that David Swain agreed to lead the search effort to find a new Athletics Director. “David brings immense integrity, thoughtfulness, and attention to detail to the search process. He will be working with a recognized and experienced search consultant and a stellar committee to identify the right person to be our athletics director. I want to thank all members of the committee for agreeing to help with this important search.”

“I am pleased to have been asked by the chancellor to assist the university in this critical search,” commented David Swain. I understand fully how essential it is to find exactly the right person to ensure that our athletics program is the best it can be in the future. I look forward to working with this outstanding committee and the search firm in identifying great candidates for us to consider and ultimately recommending the best candidate for UNCW.”

“I know how important athletics can be for a university, and what great athletics leadership can do to help energize the campus and the community,” stated committee member Wendell Murphy. “UNCW deserves to have a proven leader with outstanding management and communication skills to lead its athletics program to greater success.”

Interested candidates should submit letter of application and curriculum vitae via to the university via http://hrsearch.uncw.edu. Online applications with MS Word or Adobe PDF attachments are specifically preferred.

Nominations and questions regarding the search process should be directed to Bill Carr via email at csauncw@gmail.com.