Posted by sjs81 on 4/4/2007, 9:20 pm, in reply to "Chuck Bell to return to SJSU?" --Previous Message--
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not in a bazillion years
: Oh, I do apologize for any heart attacks or
: off-the-chart bllod pressure readings the
: SUBJECT of my post may have caused. However,
: Chuck Bell is soon to be a free man yet
: again:
: DSU athletic director to step down
: Bell will leave once successor hired;
: national search begins
:
: The News Journal
: April 4, 2007
:
: Delaware State University has commenced a
: national search for an athletic director
: after announcing today that Chuck Bell will
: step down due to personal reasons.
:
: “While we hate to lose Chuck Bell as
: athletics director, his decision to step
: down is a clear reflection of the importance
: he places on his family," DSU president
: Allen Sessoms said in a press release.
:
: Bell, the historically black college's first
: white athletic director, was hired in July
: 2005. He came out of retirement after
: previously working as athletic director at
: San Jose State.
:
: During Bell's tenure, DSU installed new turf
: and lighting at Alumni Stadium, established
: a women’s equestrian team and upgraded four
: head coaching posts from part-time to
: full-time.
:
: Bell was involved in an effort to upgrade
: the football program from Division I-AA to
: Division I-A. But that effort has stalled
: amid difficulties building a new stadium on
: campus. Bell spoke out publicly about his
: frustrations with the lack of momentum for a
: new stadium and arena for the basketball
: teams.
:
: Bell has also been an outspoken critic of
: historically black college athletic
: conference, like the Mid-Eastern Athletic
: Conference in which DSU competes.
:
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