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Arthur Moats - JMU83 - 02-28-2017 03:05 PM
Graduation speaker May 5th.
My two will have had Lindsay Czarniak and Arthur as their speakers. Makes graduation a little more special.
RE: Arthur Moats - PhillyDuke - 02-28-2017 03:12 PM
I hope Jim Acosta is coming soon...he's a little busy right now though!
RE: Arthur Moats - JMUTrippster - 02-28-2017 03:35 PM
(02-28-2017 03:12 PM)PhillyDuke Wrote: I hope Jim Acosta is coming soon...he's a little busy right now though!
Saw him speak last year at the Alumni Dinner - really good speaker, but yea he's busy (unless he gets kicked out completely of all Trump speeches!)
RE: Arthur Moats - jmuroadwarrior - 02-28-2017 06:51 PM
(02-28-2017 03:05 PM)JMU83 Wrote: Graduation speaker May 5th.
My two will have had Lindsay Czarniak and Arthur as their speakers. Makes graduation a little more special.
Arthur is building his resume for his post football career and a future gig as President of JMU.
RE: Arthur Moats - HyperDuke - 02-28-2017 07:57 PM
Forget President, Arthur Moats as JMU AD would be amazing!
RE: Arthur Moats - Whitdragn - 02-28-2017 09:55 PM
Guess i'll be attending my first undergrad commencement since mine in 2004!
RE: Arthur Moats - Hart Foundation - 03-01-2017 02:53 PM
(02-28-2017 07:57 PM)HyperDuke Wrote: Forget President, Arthur Moats as JMU AD would be amazing!
Which makes me think we aren't that far from a new AD based on Bourne's age. You have to have lots of energy to run a department that is almost 7 days a week depending on the time of year.
Would Whit Babcock consider leaving Tech and come home to guide the JMU program? Pay decrease for sure. Following in his father's legacy who was AD in the early 90's could be attractive or possibly a turn off depending on his perspective.
The experiences he is building now could help tremendously at JMU if they decide to elevate the football program to FBS.
His Va Tech contract is through 2020.
RE: Arthur Moats - Potomac - 03-01-2017 03:07 PM
So who all have been the athletic directors at JMU? Can anyone provide year ranges?
Dean Ehlers
Brad Babcock
Dom Lemish
Jeff Bourne (1999-Present)
RE: Arthur Moats - JMU_71 - 03-02-2017 08:32 AM
Brad Babcock was never an AD (unless he was briefly the acting AD before Lemish got the job). He was only an Associate AD.
Ehlers
Lemish
Bourne
RE: Arthur Moats - JMUETC - 03-02-2017 09:01 AM
(03-01-2017 02:53 PM)Hart Foundation Wrote:(02-28-2017 07:57 PM)HyperDuke Wrote: Forget President, Arthur Moats as JMU AD would be amazing!
Which makes me think we aren't that far from a new AD based on Bourne's age. You have to have lots of energy to run a department that is almost 7 days a week depending on the time of year.
Would Whit Babcock consider leaving Tech and come home to guide the JMU program? Pay decrease for sure. Following in his father's legacy who was AD in the early 90's could be attractive or possibly a turn off depending on his perspective.
The experiences he is building now could help tremendously at JMU if they decide to elevate the football program to FBS.
His Va Tech contract is through 2020.
Whit makes at least 3X what Bourne makes. Don't see him coming back to JMU unless it ends bad at Tech.
Brad was an associate AD back in 90's through 2003 I think.
RE: Arthur Moats - Potomac - 03-02-2017 09:04 AM
(03-02-2017 08:32 AM)JMU_71 Wrote: Brad Babcock was never an AD (unless he was briefly the acting AD before Lemish got the job). He was only an Associate AD.
Ehlers
Lemish
Bourne
It was Ehlers from the early 70s until the early 90s. Lemish throughout most of the 90s and then Bourne since 1999?
20 something years of Dean Ehlers is a good chunk of time. Jeff is approaching that milestone too.
RE: Arthur Moats - JMU_71 - 03-02-2017 03:32 PM
(03-02-2017 09:04 AM)Potomac Wrote:(03-02-2017 08:32 AM)JMU_71 Wrote: Brad Babcock was never an AD (unless he was briefly the acting AD before Lemish got the job). He was only an Associate AD.
Ehlers
Lemish
Bourne
It was Ehlers from the early 70s until the early 90s. Lemish throughout most of the 90s and then Bourne since 1999?
20 something years of Dean Ehlers is a good chunk of time. Jeff is approaching that milestone too.
Yeah, I know Lemish started in Spring 1994. I think he was gone by late 1998. We didn't have an AD when Mickey was hired in March 1999. Dr. Tom Martin was the acting AD at the time and he led the hiring of Mickey. Bourne came on very soon thereafter.
RE: Arthur Moats - Hart Foundation - 03-02-2017 05:26 PM
Got it. For some reason I though Babcock was the AD when I was in school. Perhaps he was just more visible at sporting events or my memory is just completely shot.
Just for my reference, what was an associate AD back then? Sport specific?
Whenever JMU goes FBS you would think they would have to pay the new AD accordingly. There would still be a gap with Tech but not as much as there is now.
RE: Arthur Moats - JMU_71 - 03-02-2017 05:43 PM
(03-02-2017 05:26 PM)Hart Foundation Wrote: Got it. For some reason I though Babcock was the AD when I was in school. Perhaps he was just more visible at sporting events or my memory is just completely shot.
Just for my reference, what was an associate AD back then? Sport specific?
Whenever JMU goes FBS you would think they would have to pay the new AD accordingly. There would still be a gap with Tech but not as much as there is now.
I'm not entirely sure. I think your speculation is correct that associate ADs oversaw different sports. I base that on the fact that, first, Babcock was always around the football team. Second, when I went in for my exit interview (after senior eligibility exhausted ), it was conducted by Lemish and Babcock. All the other seniors that year met with both of them as well--2 on 1.
RE: Arthur Moats - Dignan - 03-03-2017 01:27 AM
(03-02-2017 03:32 PM)JMU_71 Wrote:(03-02-2017 09:04 AM)Potomac Wrote:(03-02-2017 08:32 AM)JMU_71 Wrote: Brad Babcock was never an AD (unless he was briefly the acting AD before Lemish got the job). He was only an Associate AD.
Ehlers
Lemish
Bourne
It was Ehlers from the early 70s until the early 90s. Lemish throughout most of the 90s and then Bourne since 1999?
20 something years of Dean Ehlers is a good chunk of time. Jeff is approaching that milestone too.
Yeah, I know Lemish started in Spring 1994. I think he was gone by late 1998. We didn't have an AD when Mickey was hired in March 1999. Dr. Tom Martin was the acting AD at the time and he led the hiring of Mickey. Bourne came on very soon thereafter.
So I was completely in the Lemish period. Started in 94 and graduated in 98. Had no idea who the AD was at the time.