SALISBURY UNIVERSITY

Salisbury University President Dr. Janet Dudley-Eshbach announced Wednesday morning that beginning August 1 Dr. Gerry DiBartolo will assume the role of interim athletic director over the course of the next two years. DiBartolo has been at Salisbury since 1979 and took the role of head men’s soccer coach in 1982. Since 2008 DiBartolo has served as assistant athletic director. He has been a faculty member in the Perdue School of Business since 1979 serving in the roles of instructor, assistant and currently associate professor. DiBartolo will coach the men’s soccer team this fall, as planned. He will take the interim athletic director role upon the departure of Dr. Michael Vienna who will leave the University at the end of July, closing 26 years with the University.