The National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics (NACDA) announced today that NACDA Past President and Ohio State Vice President and Wolfe Foundation Endowed Athletics Director Gene Smith, has been selected by the NACDA Officers and Executive Committee to be the recipient of the 50th James J. Corbett Memorial Award, the highest honor one can achieve in collegiate athletics administration. Smith served as NACDA President in 1994-95. He will be honored at the James J. Corbett Awards Luncheon on Wednesday, June 15 in conjunction with the 2016 NACDA Convention in Dallas, Texas. The Corbett Award is presented annually to the collegiate administrator who “through the years has most typified Corbett’s devotion to intercollegiate athletics and worked unceasingly for its betterment.” Corbett, athletics director at Louisiana State University, was NACDA’s first president in 1965. Additionally, Smith will receive an honorary degree from the Sports Management Institute (SMI), an educational institute sponsored by NACDA and the universities of Georgia, Michigan, North Carolina, Notre Dame, Southern California and Texas. –Read More
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