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The College of New Jersey
athletic director, Kevin McHugh has been selected to serve as the Vice
Chair of the 2007 National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division
III Management Council.
In January of 2005, McHugh was selected to join the NCAA Division III
Management Council and filled an interim vacancy replacing Connee Zotos of
Drew University, who resigned at the close of the 2005 Convention. McHugh
fulfilled the remaining year of her term and was reelected for a full
four-year term at the end of the one-year appointment.
Now in his 21st year at The College of New Jersey, 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 20-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 29 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.
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.
In 2005, McHugh was named one of the 25 winners of the 2004-2005
GeneralSports TURF Systems Athletic Directors of the Year Award as chosen
by the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics (NACDA).
In addition, to his AD of the Year honor, McHugh was also named to the
NACDA Executive Committee in 2005.
McHugh 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 a past President of the
Collegiate Athletic Administrators of New Jersey.
Elected to the NCAA Management Council in January of 2005, he has also
served as a member of the NCAA Division III men’s basketball committee.
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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