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Post by Bornthrilla on Aug 11, 2008 13:09:37 GMT -5
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Post by Aggie E on Aug 11, 2008 13:11:15 GMT -5
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Post by Bornthrilla on Aug 11, 2008 13:59:02 GMT -5
Wheeler stated that one of his top plans for bringing in more revenue for the department was to the try and turn the WSSU and Central FB games into our own version of the Florida Classic.
He said he has already met with one the chief artchitects of the Florida Classic who shared his blueprint with him. Wheeler mentioned that he envisions this game being held in a neutral site with the profit split 50/50.
Personally, I think Central should always get a 40/60 cut and WSSU should be happy with 25/75. But that's just me.
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Post by krazykev on Aug 11, 2008 14:11:01 GMT -5
Congrats to Wheeler
Aggie Pride!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Post by captaggie on Aug 11, 2008 14:11:07 GMT -5
Congratulations Wheeler!
Should not have taken 9 months to hire him.
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Post by Bornthrilla on Aug 11, 2008 15:35:10 GMT -5
BROWN NAMED NORTH CAROLINA A&T DIRECTOR OF ATHLETICS Brown is a member of the N.C. A&T Sports Hall of Fame
GREENSBORO, N.C., August 11, 2008 – North Carolina A&T State University Chancellor Stanley F. Battle announced the hiring of Wheeler Brown as the school’s new director of intercollegiate athletics at a press conference held at the Bryan Fitness and Wellness Center Monday afternoon.
Brown has served as the interim director of athletics since last November. Before taking over the role of interim AD, he served as the department’s associate athletics director for internal affairs and compliance for five years.
During his time as associate athletics director, Brown was one of only 12 applicants selected to participate in the NCAA Fellows Program. The program pairs minorities and women who are striving toward being director of athletics at Division I institutions with an executive Division I director of athletics mentor. Brown was the only person in the program from a historically black college or university. Today, he is one of the program’s success stories.
“We had an outstanding pool of highly qualified candidates,’’ said Battle. “However, Mr. Brown brings tremendous energy, experience and leadership to the position. He is an alumnus of the university and the appropriate person for the job at this time.”
Brown graduated from N.C. A&T in 1979 with a degree in health and physical education. Before graduating, he competed for four years as an offensive tackle for the Aggies football team. He was a part of N.C. A&T’s first MEAC football championship in 1975. The Baltimore native earned first-team All-MEAC honors in 1978. Twenty five years later, he was inducted into the N.C. A&T Hall of Fame.
“It is always an honor to come back and serve your alma mater in any capacity,’’ said Brown. “To be named athletics director is a little more special because I am a product of North Carolina A&T athletics. I really want to build our future on the strong traditions of the past.”
Brown began his professional career as a teacher and coach at C.L. Harper High School in Atlanta. Five years later he became the head men’s basketball coach at Howard Community College in Columbia, Md. In 10 seasons, he compiled a 191-110 record.
The foundation for his ascension to director of athletics began in 1996 when he accepted a position as an assistant athletics director and assistant men’s basketball coach at Wheeling and Jesuit University. He spent five years there before being hired as an associate athletics director at Bowie State University in 2001. A year later, he returned to his alma mater as an associate athletics director.
“From the first day I stepped on campus,’’ said Brown. “I fell in love with the school. “It wasn’t called Aggie Pride back then, but you had people on campus ready to preach to you about the importance of being an Aggie. We have to restore the attitude in our student-athletes that once you become an Aggie, you’ve become something special.” -www.ncataggies.com-
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Post by AggieGroove on Aug 11, 2008 19:19:40 GMT -5
Congrats....Wheeler! We known each other for years...makes me feel good as we are moving in the right direction! You're old school with the music!
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Post by Bornthrilla on Aug 11, 2008 22:26:22 GMT -5
Don't forget, Wheeler is from B'more.
They love that club music up there.
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Post by pitbull on Aug 11, 2008 22:56:19 GMT -5
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Post by Bornthrilla on Aug 12, 2008 11:00:45 GMT -5
Thanks, Pit.
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Post by Bornthrilla on Aug 12, 2008 11:01:39 GMT -5
Brown promoted to ADTuesday, August 12 (updated 8:09 am) By Rob Daniels Staff Writer
GREENSBORO -- There are some subtleties to Wheeler Brown, a friendly sort with the frame of a bear. But Monday, the former Aggie football player spoke like an offensive lineman, not a diplomat.
"My No. 1 goal would be for us to get our swagger back," said Brown, who was named athletics director at his alma mater on a full-time basis Monday. "There was a time when we were kings. If you wanted a championship, you had to come through Greensboro to get it, and you had to fight like hell to get it. We're going back to those days. That's it."
Brown, who had been AD on an interim basis since Dee Todd was reassigned in November 2007, is familiar with the full spectrum. As a player in 1975, he helped the Aggies win their first MEAC football championship. As an alumnus in the 1980s, he watched from afar as the men's basketball program ruled the league as thoroughly as any Division I school has owned its conference in 40 years.
Today, the football program enters 2008 on a 27-game losing streak. No A&T team has won a league title in three years. Only Morgan State, which is on a 10-year across-the-board drought, has a longer active streak of futility in the MEAC.
Brown knows this. Still, he jumped at the chance to return to his alma mater as an associate AD in 2002 and hasn't wavered since.
"I know I can find a helping hand here," he said. "Going back to Dr. (Ronald) McNair to Elvin Bethea, if you sit down and talk with them, they will tell you they all went through the same thing when times were a little tough around here. You couldn't get a good meal or there was something wrong with the (dorm) room or the classroom. But there was always somebody there to lend a hand, to pull you up, to straighten you up and get you going in the direction you needed to go."
Chancellor Stanley F. Battle said a search committee conducted a thorough process, but didn't feel compelled to look outside the university. He said Brown has signed a three-year contract. Financial terms were not immediately disclosed.
"We really had an outstanding pool of finalists for this position," said Battle, who took over his post a little more than a year ago. "But Mr. Brown continued to rise. This was his moment, his occasion, his opportunity to demonstrate what he can do as a leader for our institution."
Friends and associates filled a meeting room at the Bryan Fitness and Wellness Center for Monday's announcement. They included Jim Toon, the assistant coach who recruited Brown from Baltimore to A&T more than three decades earlier.
"Excellent selection," said Jerry Eaves, the A&T men's basketball coach. "He's a man who can be followed. He's trustworthy. He has worked his way to this position. He knows the needs of the coaches, and he is the man for the job. It's not going to turn into rainbows in the sky. He knows it's a process."
Brown will be in charge of a department that reported total expenses of $6.3 million for the 2007-08 school. A&T's per-athlete spending is above the Football Championship Subdivision average, but its sports sponsorship is close to the NCAA minimums for Division I membership. In 2007-08, the university nominally fielded 15 sports, but the women's swimming team didn't compete in enough contests to count toward that number officially. That left A&T right at the cutoff marks in overall teams (14), men's teams (six) and women's teams (eight.)
Even at 15, the Aggies have two fewer teams than the average Historically Black College or University at the FCS level.
Brown suggested it's not feasible to fund more sports; the best course of action, he said, is to enhance what is in place.
To that end, he said he will explore a model similar to the partnership between Bethune-Cookman and Florida A&M, each of which netted $1.4 million from their meeting in the Florida Classic last season. If it works, A&T would combine with Winston-Salem State and N.C. Central and would play each team at a neutral site every year. If successful, a well-marketed Classic would generate annual revenue for A&T and would be a better deal than alternating the games on campuses, Brown said. He couldn't immediately estimate the attendance necessary to make the venture worthwhile.
He said he will emphasize personal outreach in seeking contributions from alumni. The way to Brown's heart is through one's wallet, and the new boss says he knows how to find it.
"We need you," he said. "We need your dollars and we need your support. Aggie Pride starts at the hip, not at the lip."
There are some encouraging signs. In the Fiscal Year ending June 30, 2007, the Victory Club, an offshoot of the Aggie Club, reported $242,334 in contributions to the university -- a ninefold increase from the $27,334 reported only two years earlier. Total assets, listed at $74,517 in 2005, now exceed $1 million.
"I've been handed the keys to a Rolls Royce," Brown said. "Now all I have to do is find a way to put gas in it."
Contact Rob Daniels at 373-7028 or rob.daniels@news-record.com
WHEELER BROWN Born: May 9, 1956 in Baltimore PLAYING HONORS 1975: MEMBER OF A&T'S FIRST MEAC CHAMPIONSHIP FOOTBALL SQUAD 1978: ALL-MEAC SELECTION 1979: GRADUATES FROM A&T 1998: INDUCTED INTO A&T SPORTS HALL OF FAME COACHING 1986-96: HEAD BASKETBALL COACH, HOWARD (MD.) COMMUNITY COLLEGE (191-110 RECORD) ADMINISTRATION 1996-2001: ASSISTANT AD, WHEELING (W.VA.) JESUIT UNIVERSITY 2001-02: ASSISTANT AD, BOWIE (MD.) STATE UNIVERSITY 2002-07: ASSOCIATE AD, N.C. A&T 2007-08: INTERIM AD, N.C. A&T MONDAY: PROMOTED TO AD
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Post by Bigboy on Aug 12, 2008 11:16:56 GMT -5
Looks as if the Victory Club is contributing more than some thought they were!!!!!
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Post by looseends on Aug 12, 2008 20:33:02 GMT -5
There are some encouraging signs. In the Fiscal Year ending June 30, 2007, the Victory Club, an offshoot of the Aggie Club, reported $242,334 in contributions to the university -- a ninefold increase from the $27,334 reported only two years earlier. Total assets, listed at $74,517 in 2005, now exceed $1 million.
When did the Victory Club become an "offshoot" of the Aggie Club?
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Post by @ProfBellamy on Aug 13, 2008 12:28:25 GMT -5
Okay, with Wheeler as the new AD, who is taking over the duties of the Associate AD???
Is anyone familar with Earl Hilton, he's currently over Budget and Personnel in Student Affairs, but I've learned that he was initially in Athletics dealing with Compliance.
Any insight into the restaffing of Athletics yet???
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Post by Bornthrilla on Aug 13, 2008 12:31:13 GMT -5
Go back and look at the video from the press conference. Wheeler discussed how he was currently in the process of restaffing the department.
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