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Inside Iowa State
October 20, 2000

Three interview for A.D. post

by Debra Gibson
Three finalists were on campus this week to interview for the director of intercollegiate athletics position, following a two-month search process.

The candidates, named last week, are Paul Griffin, director of intercollegiate athletics at the University of Southern Florida, Tampa; David Martin, senior associate athletic director and chief operations officer at Oklahoma State University, Stillwater; and Bruce Van De Velde, senior associate athletic director at University of Oklahoma, Norman. Both Martin and Van De Velde are Iowa State graduates.

Griffin and Martin visited Ames earlier this week. Van De Velde is here Friday, Oct. 20. An open forum will be held from 1:30 to 2:15 p.m. in 210 Beardshear.

The men were chosen from an initial pool of 24 candidates. The new director will succeed Gene Smith, who left Iowa State in August to become athletic director at Arizona State University, Tempe. Elaine Hieber, senior associate athletics director and senior women's administrator, is the interim director of athletics.

Griffin has served in his current position since 1986, and worked previously as athletic director at Jacksonville University in Florida and Roanoke College in Salem, Va.

Martin has been on the Oklahoma State athletic staff since 1983, serving twice as its interim athletic director, as well as interim Big 12 commissioner. He was a member of the ISU wrestling team that won the 1970 NCAA Championship, and was an individual champion at 158 pounds.

Prior to joining the Oklahoma athletic staff last year, Van De Velde worked in athletics administration at Utah State, University of Missouri, Kansas State, Tulane University and the University of Iowa.

James Melsa, ISU College of Engineering dean, chairs the 22- member athletic director search committee, which was assisted by the executive search firm of Carr Sports Associates of Gainesville, Fla. The committee's goal is to have a new director named by Nov. 1.



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