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"What attracted
me most were the
people and the
good
leadership
. . . "
The
diversity of the USD community allows
students to participate In
sports
or rally their
team on to victory.
department
Ever wonder who is respon- ,
sible for athletics at USD? The
answer is Tom Iannacone, Di·
rector of Athletics. Beginning
his third year at USD, he has
already began making his
mark here. In the past two
years he has authorized addi–
tional scholarship assistance,
expanded the weight facility,
computerized the Sports Cen-
ter, renovated the gymnasi-
um, and installed a new pool
deck. With experience behind
him, future additions to the
University might include an
entire new sports center.
Overall, his job is quite de–
manding. He must manage all
administrative and organiza–
tional aspects of the
intramural, recrea-
tion and intercolle-
giate programs at
USD. To add to his
responsibilities, he
must manage the
budget, all person–
nel, programs and
facilities.
Do you feel he has
too much to do al–
ready? Fortunately
he has two assis–
tants. Dan Yourg
and Regina Sullivan
bring to USD not
only administrative
Tom Iannacone
Director or Athletics
partment. While receiving his
bachelors at the University of
Wisconsin, he was the nose
guard for the football team. Re·
gina is responsible for special
projects and oversees the other
eight men's and women's
sports, including the
women's basketball
program. Her back-
ground includes as–
sisting in the overall
organization of last
seasons "NCAA
Women's Final
Four." An athlete
herself, she was an
All-Ivy
League selec–
tion in basketball
while a student at
Yale.
Skills, but were also
"Academics
comes first -
a
t
h
I
e
t
e s
t
h e
m -
we won·t compromise on
The future for ath–
letics is promising
for USD. Although ,
athletics is making
greats strides, do
not expect that it will
become the priority.
selves. Dan is re-
th
at."
sponsible for seven of the
men's and women's sports at
USD. Along with this, he is the
NCAA compliance coordina·
tor for the entire athletics de-
One motto will always remain
when decisions are made for
athletics, academics comes be–
fore athletics.