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BMOC: The man who doesn’t make excuses

(Wake Forest Athletics Director Ron) Wellman will soon complete his 17th year as the director of athletics at Wake Forest University. The university’s teams have flourished under him, winning conference and national championships while generally exceeding expectations for the smallest school in the Atlantic Coast Conference and one of the smallest to play major-college football. […]

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NC State’s AD views his program as home to athletes not good enough to get scholarships from SEC schools

Tuesday we ran a damning numbers-centric entry regarding Lee Fowler’s Athletics Department. Today, we thought we would just throw out a few interesting items and insight that evolve more from recent off-the-field developments. “The Mind of Lee Fowler” One of SFN’s all-time greatest entries was written over four years ago by Michael Byrne. The essay […]

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On the Cheap: NC State’s Athletic Budget vs. the ACC

Sometimes it helps to see things in black and white, spreadsheet style.  From Forbes.com, here’s a listing of ACC school athletic department budgets and the salaries of each Athletic Director: ================= ATLANTIC COAST CONFERENCE ================= ————————————————————— Athletic Yrs at No. of Dept. Guaranteed School Director School Teams Budget Base ————————————————————— Georgia Tech Dan Radakovich 3 […]

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