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Kevin McHugh, the Director of Athletics
at
The
College of New Jersey, has been selected to join the National Collegiate
Athletic Association (NCAA) Division III Management Council. McHugh was
nominated and selected to serve on the Council following the resignation
of council member Connee Zotos of Drew University. McHugh will fulfill the
remaining year of Zotos’ term and is eligible for reelection for a full
four-year term at the end of the one-year appointment.
“I am very pleased and honored to have been selected to serve on the NCAA
Management Council and I realize that I have some big shoes to fill.”
McHugh said of his appointment. “I trust that with my 25+ years in
collegiate athletic administration, including more than a decade of
participation on various NCAA committees, I will be able to contribute to
the Council and to the Division III membership.”
Now in his 18th year at The College of New Jersey, Kevin McHugh serves as
the Executive Director for Student Development and Campus Programs. In
this role, he heads the Department of Athletics, comprising the nationally
successful 21-sport intercollegiate program as well as the intramurals,
club sport and recreation programs along with the Department of Campus
Activities which includes the College's 180+ student organizations.
McHugh draws upon 26 years of administrative experience at three
institutions. From 1979-83, he served as an operations and facilities
manager at Yale University. For the following four years he was an
assistant athletic director at Bowling Green State University in Ohio,
where he had responsibility for day-to-day departmental operations and
administrative support of all revenue sports. In addition to directing
TCNJ’s athletic programs and student organizations, McHugh oversees a
large summer camp offering, and the management of the athletic facilities
complex. During his tenure as athletic director, TCNJ has hosted NCAA
national championships in wrestling, women’s lacrosse Divisions I and III,
softball, men’s soccer, field hockey, and women’s tennis, in addition to
numerous Division III regional tournaments and a variety of special
events.
McHugh, a native of Wharton, NJ, is a 1978 graduate of Columbia
University, where he starred four years as a varsity wrestler. He twice
served as team captain and was named All-Ivy League on two occasions as a
134-pound grappler. During his collegiate career, he won 75 matches, was
named Columbia’s Most Outstanding Wrestler his last two years, and was
honored as an All-American by National Mat News. From 1994-1997, he served
as the chair of the NCAA Division I Wrestling Committee after serving as a
Division III representative on the Wrestling Committee the previous two
years. At the 1999 NCAA Division III Wrestling Championships, he was
inducted into the NWCA Division III Wrestling Hall of Fame as a
contributor to the sport. In addition, he is a past-president of the New
Jersey Athletic Conference and President-Elect of the Collegiate Athletic
Administrators of New Jersey. Newly elected to the NCAA Management Council
and completing his final year as a member of the NCAA Division III men’s
basketball committee, he was a candidate for the 2002 NACDA Athletic
Director of the Year.
Also a letterman on Columbia University’s lightweight football team,
McHugh went on to graduate study at the University of Massachusetts.
While at U. Mass, he served as an assistant coach for the wrestling team
and as a junior varsity coach for football. McHugh holds a Bachelor of
Arts degree in Latin American Studies from Columbia. At the University of
Massachusetts, he earned a Master of Science degree in Sport Management.
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