DannyHoke Posted May 3, 2021 Report Share Posted May 3, 2021 The University of Akron has selected Charles Guthrie as the new Director of Athletics. Guthrie comes from Wisconsin-Green Bay where he's been the AD since 2017. Prior to Green Bay, Guthrie completed three and a half years as Director of Athletics at SF State. Guthrie arrived in San Francisco after serving as the Director of Athletics at Clark College. Prior to Clark, Guthrie served as Associate Director of Athletics for California State University, Los Angeles (CSULA), supporting the overall planning, direction and management of the CSULA intercollegiate athletic program. Guthrie came to CSULA from Cal State University, San Marcos (CSUSM), where he served as Director of Alumni and Parent Relations beginning in December 2004. Guthrie previously spent four years as Associate Athletic Director External Relations at University of California, San Diego (UCSD), where he developed and implemented the marketing, alumni and ticket programs for Triton athletics. A 2004 graduate of the NCAA Fellows Leadership Development Program, Guthrie served as Director of Marketing, Tickets and Recreation Gym Memberships for the department of athletics at Columbia University in New York City prior to joining the UCSD staff. Guthrie also worked in athletics at Colgate University and the Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference (ECAC). The Albany, N.Y., native earned his B.S. in Political Science from Syracuse University and M.S. in Education Administration and Policy Studies from the University of Albany. If you are keeping count, Guthrie has not worked with a college football program in more than a decade. https://greenbayphoenix.com/staff-directory/charles-guthrie/126 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DannyHoke Posted May 3, 2021 Author Report Share Posted May 3, 2021 https://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/story/sports/2021/05/03/uwgb-athletic-director-charles-guthrie-expected-take-akron-opening/4930071001/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
72 Roo Posted May 4, 2021 Report Share Posted May 4, 2021 4 hours ago, DannyHoke said: https://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/story/sports/2021/05/03/uwgb-athletic-director-charles-guthrie-expected-take-akron-opening/4930071001/ Let me get this straight. We have our greatest single problem in athletics with the football program. It affects all of athletics. The president says he is committed to maintaining and developing a top level D1 MAC program. So he demonstrates that commitment by hiring an AD who has absolutely no experience, expertise or success in D1 football. Brilliant! We have not had an AD who knows how to competently build an athletic program since Mac Rhoades. Either Gary Miller is incompetent (probably) or the board of trustees have told him to prepare to scrap football. Either way there is no hope to build a better football program with this hire. If Miller feels this guy can learn on the job, then he has very little regard for our athletics. You can't make this s**t up that goes on at Akron. A culture of incompetence. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DannyHoke Posted May 4, 2021 Author Report Share Posted May 4, 2021 Akron paid $100,000 to Collegiate Sports Associates to hire a guy as AD who has no football experience. https://collegiatesportsassociates.com/ 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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