Athletic Director Posting

The job description for the Dartmouth athletic director's position has been posted here. Nothing really surprising but those of you with some institutional knowledge might find it interesting that under the Education heading it says, "Master's degree or the equivalent level of education and experience."

As for a timeline, the PDF says, "Confidential review of materials will begin immediately and continue until the appointment is made. It is preferred, however, that all nominations and applications be submitted prior to July 8, 2010."

Joe Asch over at Dartblog has a column under the headline, "Do You Want to Be Dartmouth's AD?"

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Fargo offensive lineman Connor McGovern, a 6-foot-4, 275-pound player called the prize of the North Dakota recruiting class, has Dartmouth, Brown and Harvard among his final eight schools according to this story. A Fargo-Moorhead newspaper blog says he plans to attend camp at all three Ivy League schools.

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As you know – or would if you visit this electronic neighborhood regularly – Dartmouth football is scheduled to play host to Butler in 2012 and to play the Bulldogs at Indianapolis the next year. For a look at how the Butler football program is doing in the shadow of a basketball team that came within a shot of winning the national championship a few months ago, click here. Craig Haley's story on The Sports Network site is headlined, Madness at Butler in the fall, too. ...

In the FCS notes at the end of the article Craig writes that Maine fullback Jared Turcotte will be back in action this fall after missing last year with a sports hernia. Turcotte, you may recall, was widely reported to have had his heart set on Dartmouth (link) before ending up at Maine. He was selected a preseason All-America before being hurt last year and has once again shown up on preseason All-America lists this spring.

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A blog post in January noted that Dr. Fred Radke '73 had been elected to the Maine Sports Hall of Fame. Now a surgeon in Portland, the former defensive end was the only sophomore starter on the legendary 1970 team. He started three games the next fall before being sidelined by a knee and returned to start as a senior in '72. His Dartmouth teams had a combined record of 24-2-1 and 18-2-1 in the Ivy League. (Thanks for the help ;-)

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And finally, the rain held off on our visit to Colgate yesterday and as an added bonus I stumbled into 'Gate athletic director Dave Roach outside Huntington Gym. It's always a pleasure to visit with Dave and we had a good chuckle about the irony of That Certain Senior being in Hamilton next fall while I'm out in Lewisburg, Pa. Speaking of TCS, the hard choice is made and I'll be missing my Little League playoff game tonight to see her play in the Granite State Games softball event at Plymouth State University. Barring a huge upset, our LL team will move on but this will be the final softball game for you-know-who unless she is chosen to the New Hampshire team that will play against Maine and can fit it into her busy summer schedule as a counselor at an overnight camp.