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Salisbury University (SU) is pleased to accept applications for the Director of Athletics and Campus Recreation.

With an impressive record of 22 team and 24 individual NCAA championships and many conference titles, SU’s Sea Gull Athletics program is widely known as one of the most prominent in Division III. Reporting directly to the President of the University, the Athletic Director will oversee 21 varsity athletic teams, including baseball, field hockey, football, softball, women’s volleyball, men’s and women’s basketball, men’s and women’s cross country, men’s and women’s lacrosse, men’s and women’s soccer, men’s and women’s swimming, men’s and women’s tennis, and men’s and women’s track and field. Men’s and women’s golf are slated to begin in fall 2024.

Teams play across three conferences: Football and men’s and women’s swimming are in the New Jersey Athletic Conference, Men’s lacrosse is in the Coastal Lacrosse Conference, while all other sports play in the Coast-to-Coast Athletic Conference, of which SU was a founding member. An elite coaching squad includes a former MLB World Series champion and the all-time winningest coach in NCAA men’s lacrosse history, a field hockey coach with more than 500 career wins, several athletics and coaches’ association Hall of Fame members, and more than a dozen others at the top of their games. Student-athletes follow in that tradition of greatness, with many placed on All-American, All-Conference, and All-Academic lists each year.

SU has invested millions of dollars into new athletics facilities since 2016, serving baseball, field hockey, football, men’s and women’s lacrosse, men’s and women’s soccer, softball, men’s and women’s tennis, and men’s and women’s track and field. This includes Sea Gull Stadium, lauded as one of the top Division III stadiums in the nation. The campus also is home to a recently renovated pool, as well as a gymnasium that supports both basketball and volleyball. Supporting all teams is a Sports Information Office that boasts its own in-house broadcast and streaming service, Sea Gull Sports Network.

The successful candidate also will oversee SU’s exciting Campus Recreation Program, with facilities including two physical activities and fitness centers. Also part of Campus Recreation are the intramurals program and club sports including cheerleading, equestrian, gymnastics, field hockey, ice hockey, lacrosse, rugby, soccer, Ultimate, and weightlifting. This year, the cheerleading program won a NCA National Championship while ice hockey recently made an appearance in their championship tournament.

One of 12 institutions in the University System of Maryland, SU is highly regarded throughout Maryland and beyond, boasting a warm and friendly community where individuals are seen, heard, supported and challenged. Offering 47 undergraduate and 17 graduate programs, SU is extraordinarily well served by highly effective administrators, and dedicated faculty and staff, who foster rich opportunities for more than 7,100 students and celebrate the successes of 60,000+ alumni.

For nearly a century, SU has been committed to meeting the emerging needs of students and families, the surrounding community, the state, and the nation, earning acclaim for more than 25 years from national publications including U.S. News & World Report, Forbes, Money, Kiplinger’s Personal Finance, Washington Monthly, and The Princeton Review (which twice has named SU’s Patricia R. Guerrieri Academic Commons among the nation’s best college libraries).