Purple Pride
January 24th, 2007, 11:19 AM
Dr. Brad Teague, the athletic director at Delta State University the last four years, will be announced today as the new athletic director at the University of Central Arkansas.
Teague, who graduated from Delta State in 1992, will succeed John Thompson, who resigned last week after eight months on the job to return to football coaching as defensive coordinator at the University of Mississippi.
UCA President Lu Hardin, citing professional courtesy to a friend, declined any comment Tuesday night. Hardin and his wife, Mary, interviewed Teague and his wife, Gina, last weekend at Memphis.
Teague is poised to become UCA's third athletic director in less than a year and sixth in the last eight years. Citing his desire for more stability, President Hardin had mandated a four- or five-year commitment to UCA for anyone who sought the position.
After his initial interview with Teague, Hardin said that he was impressed and the two expected to talk further early this week. Hardin said no offer was made last weekend. But Hardin said that if Teague expressed serious interest in the job after further thought and upon further contact, then he would go on a "short, short" list.
Hardin said he was impressed with Teague's resume, which included a doctoral dissertation on fund-raising in athletics and his ability to increase funds to the DSU Foundation by about $250,000 in three years. He has also spearheaded several major construction projects at Delta State.
During Teague's tenure at the university, Delta State teams have won five Gulf South championships and one national title and the league's all-sports trophy in the men's division in the GSC. In 2005-06, 10 of the 13 sports teams at Delta State were national ranked and six competed in NCAA Division II playoffs. In the last three years, 226 athletes at Delta State have received academic honors.
Teague was an All-America pitcher for the Statesmen from 1988-92 and still ranks third on the school's all-time victories list with 29 and his 13 wins in 1992 ranks fifth all-time at the university.
He served as assistant director of the DSU Alumni Foundation for four years before moving to an assistant athletic director's position at Ole Miss. He served as associate director of the Ole Miss Loyalty Foundation until he returned to DSU as athletic director.
A native of Jackson, Miss., he is married to the former Gina Beach of Tunica. They have two sons, Parker (7) and Cooper (2) and a daughter, Berris (5). Teague is also related to Sam Teague and John Workman, both of whom have served as Methodist ministers in Conway.
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Teague, who graduated from Delta State in 1992, will succeed John Thompson, who resigned last week after eight months on the job to return to football coaching as defensive coordinator at the University of Mississippi.
UCA President Lu Hardin, citing professional courtesy to a friend, declined any comment Tuesday night. Hardin and his wife, Mary, interviewed Teague and his wife, Gina, last weekend at Memphis.
Teague is poised to become UCA's third athletic director in less than a year and sixth in the last eight years. Citing his desire for more stability, President Hardin had mandated a four- or five-year commitment to UCA for anyone who sought the position.
After his initial interview with Teague, Hardin said that he was impressed and the two expected to talk further early this week. Hardin said no offer was made last weekend. But Hardin said that if Teague expressed serious interest in the job after further thought and upon further contact, then he would go on a "short, short" list.
Hardin said he was impressed with Teague's resume, which included a doctoral dissertation on fund-raising in athletics and his ability to increase funds to the DSU Foundation by about $250,000 in three years. He has also spearheaded several major construction projects at Delta State.
During Teague's tenure at the university, Delta State teams have won five Gulf South championships and one national title and the league's all-sports trophy in the men's division in the GSC. In 2005-06, 10 of the 13 sports teams at Delta State were national ranked and six competed in NCAA Division II playoffs. In the last three years, 226 athletes at Delta State have received academic honors.
Teague was an All-America pitcher for the Statesmen from 1988-92 and still ranks third on the school's all-time victories list with 29 and his 13 wins in 1992 ranks fifth all-time at the university.
He served as assistant director of the DSU Alumni Foundation for four years before moving to an assistant athletic director's position at Ole Miss. He served as associate director of the Ole Miss Loyalty Foundation until he returned to DSU as athletic director.
A native of Jackson, Miss., he is married to the former Gina Beach of Tunica. They have two sons, Parker (7) and Cooper (2) and a daughter, Berris (5). Teague is also related to Sam Teague and John Workman, both of whom have served as Methodist ministers in Conway.
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