Jim Jarrett (born July 1938) is an American former college athletics administrator. He was the

athletic director An athletic director (commonly "athletics director" or "AD") is an administrator at many American clubs or institutions, such as colleges and universities, as well as in larger high schools and middle schools, who oversees the work of coaches a ...

Old Dominion University Old Dominion University (ODU) is a Public university, public research university in Norfolk, Virginia, United States. Established in 1930 as the two-year Norfolk Division of the College of William & Mary, it began by educating people with fewer ...

for 40 years, from 1970 to 2010. He attended

Southern Illinois University Southern Illinois University is a system of public universities in the southern region of the U.S. state of Illinois. Its headquarters is in Carbondale, Illinois. Board of trustees The university is governed by the nine member SIU Board of T ...

on a tennis scholarship and later received a Ph.D. from

Florida State University Florida State University (FSU or Florida State) is a Public university, public research university in Tallahassee, Florida, United States. It is a senior member of the State University System of Florida and a preeminent university in the s ...

. He was first hired by Old Dominion as an associate professor in the physical education department. During his tenure, Old Dominion teams won 28 national championships, including women's basketball championships in 1979, 1980, and

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, and field hockey championships in 1982, 1983, 1984, 1988, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1998, and 2000.

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