Dr. Robert Baugh

Athletics Director and Dean, College of Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Athletics

Dr. Robert Baugh serves as Director of Athletics, as well as Dean of Eastem's College of Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Athletics, one of the University's nine academic colleges.

Baugh, former professor and chair of the EKU Department of Health Education, assumed the duties of acting dean in January of 1987. He also served a six month stint as Acting Director of Athletics during the 1990-91 school year prior to the appointment of Roy Kidd as athletics director. He has been at Eastern since 1970.

Prior to amvmg at EKU, Baugh taught four years at Austin Peay State University following a stint of high school teaching in University City, Missouri.

Baugh holds the bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees from Indiana University.

Baugh and his wife, Carol, reside in Richmond She is a professor in EKU's College of Allied Health and Nursing. He completed appointments August I, 1997, as a member of the NCAA Council, the NCAA Eligibility Committee and the NCAA Initial Eligibility Committee.

Blaser Assistant Director of Athletics for External Affairs

Betty Werner is completing her second year at EKU as Associate Director of Athletics for Internal Affairs. She is responsible for day-to-day athletics operations, including personnel , budgets, game management and compliance.

Werner served as an athletics director at Drake for 13 years, first as Director of Women's Athletics from 1974-79 During that time , she was also the head women's tennis coach In 1979 , she was appointed Associate Director ofAthletics for Men's and Women's Athletics and Senior Women's Administrator In .a ddition , she served on the inaugural NCAA Women's Basketball Committee ( 1981-86).

Prior to her tenure at Drake , she coached the men's tennis and women's basketball teams at Maryville College

Most recently , she coordinated conces~ion sales at the Colorado Rockies' Coors Field fornon-profit organizations , rai~ing mm e than $1 million for those organizations in 1995 She is also a ,nemb er of the NCAA Men's Tennis Regional Committee .

She received her bachelor' s degree from the University of Tulsa and her master's degree from the University ofMlssouri.

Mike Blaser is beginning his fourth year at Eastern, serving the University as Assistant Director of Athletics for External Affairs.

Blaser, 37, who received both his bachelor's ('84) and his master's ('86) degrees from EKU, worked two and one-half years in the marketing and promotions department at the University ofNevada Las Vegas , having served in 1994-95 as the Director of Athletics Marketing and Promotions.

Prior to his stint at UNL V, he was an assistant director of athletics marketing and promotions at the University of Louisville for two years after serving at U ofL the previous year as an athletics marketing assistant in sales His other athletics-related experience comes from stints with the Savannah Cardinals Class A baseball club as General Manager ( 1986-87) and with the Jacksonville Expos Class AA baseball team as Assistant General Manager ( 1987-89).

Blaser and his wife, Risa, have four children : Natalie (7), Mitchell (6) , Chase (4) and Brandon (I)