Norwood Teague (born 1965) is the former athletic director at the

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Early career

Teague graduated from the

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(UNC) in 1988 with a B.A. in political science and later earned a master's degree in sports administration from

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in 1992. At UNC, Teague was a member of

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. He then worked in the athletics departments at the

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from 1993 to 1998,

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from 1999 to 2001, and as the associate athletic director for marketing and promotions at

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from 2001 to 2006. In July 2006, Teague was hired as the athletics director at

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University of Minnesota

On April 22, 2012, Teague was announced as the sole finalist to succeed

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as the

athletics director. He was hired, pending approval by the board of regents, and introduced at a press conference by President Eric W. Kaler the next day. He took over for

as the Gophers' athletics director on June 18, 2012. He resigned suddenly on August 7, 2015, admitting sexual harassment incidents involving non-student University employees. He was replaced by

Mark Coyle Mark Coyle (born 1969) is the 23rd director of athletics at the University of Minnesota, replacing Norwood Teague. He resigned as the athletics director at Syracuse University in May 2016 after spending only 11 months with the Syracuse Orange. ...

in May 2016.

References

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