R. GREG WAGGONER, ED. D.P.O. Box 264

Gunnison, CO 81230(970) 765-6325(cell)

drgregwaggoner@gmail.com

PERSONAL PROFILE Highly knowledgeable and experienced leader with demonstrated sustained success at a high level that is actively engaged and

networked professionally at the local, regional and national levels. Uniquely skilled administrator with multiple dimensions possessing demonstrated success, experience, skills and perspectives in

teaching (former tenured associate professor), coaching and athletic administration, whom possesses a doctorate degree in sport administration with superior leadership skills

Exceedingly accountable individual including fiscal responsibility and compliance with institutional, departmental, NCAA and conference rules, regulations, missions, visions and Title IX.

Demonstrated values regarding diversity, inclusion, gender equity, fairness and balance Superior people skills and outstanding external relations skills Active community leader

CORE COMPETENCIES Excellent Organizational Leadership/Management Skills. Proven successful experience leading/directing/managing all operations

and services of a 13 sport program with 350 student-athletes including program development and evaluation, event management (including championship events), contracts, scheduling, travel, academic oversight, NCAA and conference compliance, policy development, recruiting, student-athlete development, personnel management, facility development and operations, equipment and laundry, sports medicine, summer camps, sports information, marketing, promotions, public relations, media relations, alumni relations, booster relations, fund-raising, development, working with community groups and other external outreach activities. These operations also include:

o Personnel Management including policy development, recruiting, hiring, orientation, supervision, evaluation, termination, conflict management, corrective action, due process, mentoring and developing for a full-time staff of 24 and many more part-time staff.

o Strategic Planning, implementation and facilitation o Budget and Finance--sterling record of fiscal responsibility and efficiency managing an annual budget of $4 Million,

which includes a disproportionate amount generated from private/enterprise revenue.o Superior skills and knowledge in sport law, legal liability and policy development/enforcemento Skilled and experienced in working with oversight boards such as the university governing board, foundation and booster

boards, campus faculty oversight boards, student-government and Student-Athlete Advisory Council.o Ability to develop a culture of sensitivity to diversity and inclusion, and knowledge, understanding, and appreciating

Title IX Complianceo Successful and proven team builder creating synergy, consensus and collaboration among the faculty and staff, across

campus, among external constituencies and as a leader with national professional organizations and committeeso Remarkable experience, skills and commitment in creating a culture aimed at “Building the Champion Leaders of

Tomorrow”. These activities include emphasis of academics, external engagement, community engagement, community service, and life-skill and leadership development, as well as a highly competitive environment.

o Distinctive demonstrated ability to develop highly competitive athletic programs with moderate resourceso Student Affairs and conduct proceedings, as well as policy development, problem solving, student-athlete and parent

relationso Premium demonstrated success, skills and experience regarding external relations, which includes fund-raising, capital

campaigns, development work (including direct solicitation), alumni relations, annual campaigns, marketing, special events, corporate sponsorships, and capital construction projects while fostering creative entrepreneurship

Distinctive ability to multi-task, work under pressure and meet deadlines Superior written and oral communication skills

EXPERIENCE2000 to Present Owner and President of Rocky Mountain Consulting Services, Gunnison, CO1994 – May/June, 2014 Athletic Director, Director of Development (2004-May, 2014), Associate Professor of Exercise and Sport

Science (tenured) (July, 1985-June, 2014), Western State Colorado University, Gunnison, CO 1985-1997 Head Wrestling Coach, Associate Professor/Assistant Professor/ Instructor of Exercise and Sport Science

(tenured), Western State Colorado University, Gunnison, CO (‘85-’87 – Assistant Football coach – defensive line and special teams coordinator)

ATHLETIC ADMINISTRATION HIGHLIGHTS May, 1994 – May, 2014 Annual Evaluations: In 29 years of full-time service to Western State Colorado University (1985-2014) as a professor, coach and

athletic director (20 years as A.D.), all annual evaluations were at the “Excellent/Outstanding” level except two that were at the “Commendable” level.

Context of accomplishments: Conducted during a very dynamic period in higher education and intercollegiate athletics in general, but even more-so in Colorado and at the institution served. This took place in a state with over ten years of draconian budget cuts in higher education, and during a time when the institution changed membership from the NAIA to the NCAA D-II and experienced enrollment challenges, as well as a conference that has expanded multiple times since 1992.

General Athletic Program Accomplishments 1994-2014 was collectively the most successful period in Mountaineer Athletic history at Western State Colorado University:

o 11 NCAA II National team championshipso 97 NCAA II National “Top Ten” team finishes o 32 Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference (RMAC) team championships o Western State has placed in the “Top 44” of the Director’s Cup for NCAA D-II in each of the first 19 straight years of the

existence of the contest and in the “Top 25 in all, but one year. Western State is only one of four NCAA D-II institutions (out of over 300) to achieve this feat. Western State placed 5th three times and has 10 “Top 12” finishes. All sport programs at Western are responsible for these accomplishments and all but two sport programs have scored points for this contest multiple times through 2012 (two new sport programs added in 2012 are not included).

o 71 Individual National Championso 575 Individual All-Americans o Nearly every sport program has equaled or exceeded all-time performances since 1994, and most of them have exceeded all-

time performances multiple times. For those sport programs that have not exceeded all-time performances they have equaled or exceeded performance benchmarks higher than at any time in several decades.

o Two former Western State student-athletes were honored by the NCAA Division II for the 2013 40th Anniversary Team. Western State was one of three institutions to have two student-athletes selected. These athletes were also among many Western State athletes selected to the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference (RMAC) “All-Century” team celebrating 100 years in 2011. These two athletes were also Olympians and professional athletes; both came through Western during tenure as A.D. and one of them was recruited and coached by Waggoner

o Western State received a NCAA D-II Game Environment Award for 2010o Western State regularly placed high in the conference “Sportsmanship Cup” competitiono ACADEMICS—Western State student-athletes maintain higher graduation rates than the general student body and the

difference between the student-athlete and the general student body graduation rate is nearly double the average in the NCAA D-II for the past 14 + years. Produced 11 CoSIDA Academic All-Americans

o Strategic Planning---extensive experience with strategic planning at many levels including departmental, institutional, conference and national professional organizations. Personally facilitated strategic planning through personal consulting company. As an officer of the Division II Athletic Directors Association-- engaged with the development of the NCAA Division II Strategic Plan. This includes co-authoring the Model Division II Athletic Department Best Practices document. Past member of the RMAC Strategic Planning Committee

o Produced numerous program evaluation and feasibility studies

Facility Upgrades State and Private Funded Over $37 Million in athletic facility improvements have been realized since 1994 (State and Private funds).

o $30 Million, 140 sq. ft. Indoor Track Field House/Student Recreation Center completed in February, 2014. This facility received a LEED Gold Certification. This includes a competition track, 6,000 square foot intercollegiate weight room, coaches’ offices and meeting complex for football, cross-country/track and field and other sport programs, as well as a student recreation center

Created the first program plan, design plans and model for this facility in the early 1990’s, and was the campus lead working with architects and contractors upgrading several subsequent program plans for this facility.

Served as a key member of the “Active Life-style Village Committee in 2005 that raised the level awareness and need for this facility, as well as added the student fitness center component to the program plan.

Served as a key role in the strategy development, education and execution of a student referendum that passed in 2010 in order to fund this facility.

Served as point person that worked directly with the architects to re-draft at least three different program plans from 2005 to 2010 when the referendum was passed to fund this project.

Served as a key member of the Executive Committee that worked directly with the architects and contractors throughout the final design, construction and the completion of the facility--opened in February, 2014.

Led the effort to design a stadium improvement project in Mountaineer Bowl, as well as authored and developed the Case Statement that was unanimously approved by the Western State Board of Trustees in February, 2013. This is an $8 Million

privately funded project. Lead prospector/solicitor for funding this project working in communication with the Executive Director of the Western State Foundation. Lead in working with architects and general contractor to develop plans and budget.

Led the effort to work with an architect to design the proposal for two turf fields complete with lighting and ancillary developments, which was under serious consideration by the administration as of 2014. Total cost of $1.4 Million.

Served as the lead (with support and collaboration with the Executive Director of the Western State Foundation and the President) in successfully raising the vast majority of private funds (including grants) to build a $750,000 expanded 8-lane outdoor track completed in 2005.

Intricately involved in the development of the program plan, and obtaining funding for the Paul Wright Gymnasium addition and renovation (a $5.2 Million Dollar state-funded project completed in July, 1998). Led the Athletic Department, in collaboration with the Department of Kinesiology and Recreation and other campus constituencies, through the design and construction process. Was a lead in working with the architect, general contractor and facility services.

Led the entire effort from conceptualization to obtaining private funding to design and construction, for the Mountaineer Sports Hall of Fame Room and endowed scholarship fund for $130,000—completed 1999

Collaborated with Facility Services for the construction of the new soccer facility with improvements exceeding $100,000—completed in 2012.

Played a key role in a successful community organization project regarding a $1.6 Million building project completed in, 2014 that was 100% privately funded and has unique “green” features. Currently serve as a board member for the past three years (2012-15) for a local community organization called “Six Points of Gunnison”, which serves the population of adult developmentally disabled, and they operate a thrift store (this is the organization that this building will serve). Currently serving as a member of the Capital Campaign Committee, Building Committee and Membership Committee.

Fund-Raising, Marketing & Promotions/External Relations (in an isolated rural community of 6,000 people and a public institution of 2,100) Serve as the primary lead on nearly all intercollegiate athletic fund-raising as the “Director of Athletics and Director of

Development”. These efforts resulted in an increase in fund-raising of over 1,000 percent. The annual private and enterprise revenues produced exceed $1 Million, and the total private/enterprise revenues produced during my tenure as A.D. was approximately $20 Million

The private/enterprise resources raised annually represent between 33% and 48% of the total annual athletic budget, which is more than double the NCAA D-II average

Directly led most all athletic related development and marketing activities including capital campaigns, corporate partnership campaigns, special events, planned giving, endowments, grant writing, booster activities, annual fund drive, etc. Athletic fund endowments were nearly doubled

Highly experienced in cold calls, networking, cultivating, servicing and capital campaign, corporate sponsorship, program planning, annual fund-drives, thank-a-thons, tailgate events, alumni reunions and many other external affairs initiatives

Facilitated the initiatives to increase media and external constituency exposure through a variety of avenues including upgraded technology. This includes hard-copy and electronic athletic alumni and sport specific newsletters, radio, television (in a limited market), web-site, web-streaming, live blogging, twitter and other social media avenues. Efforts also included implementing rebranding and licensing initiatives

Conceptualized, implemented and served as the lead in starting the corporate sponsorship program for Western State Athletics in 1996. Continued to serve as the lead in identification, prospecting, solicitation, contracting, contract execution, and servicing corporate sponsors through 2014 including title sponsors for special events (see bullet below)

Conceptualized, implemented and started several special events and upgraded others including the Mountaineer Sports Hall of Fame (1995), Mountaineer Rendezvous (1995), Crab Feed/Auction Dinner (2002) and golf tournament upgrades. Created an annual alumni reunion called the Reverse Raffle (1993) and a home tournament (1990) for the wrestling program prior to becoming the director of athletics. All of these events are still successful and active

Led the initiative to endow the letter jacket fund and created an annual letter jacket presentation ceremony, which includes the family of the endowment donor (1996)

Served as the Chair of the Mountaineer Sports Hall of Fame 1995-2014 Led planning and implementation for the first ever Western State football game in history to be broadcast live on national

television in 2008 including collaboration with alumni affairs, student affairs, the foundation, band, cheer and dance and admissions

Led the campus-wide initiative to develop a “Homecoming on the Road”/”Bowl Game” atmosphere football game for alumni cultivation/development and recruiting benefits called the “Colorado Classic”, which took place in 2007 and 08.

Developed or assisted in developing numerous successful sport specific fund-raisers including two Reverse Raffle Dinners, a Mountain Air Marathon, golf tournament, helped obtain private sport specific banquet funding and more

Presented policies, plans and strategies that were successfully implemented that led to increasing summer athletic camp participation and revenue by approximately 1,000%, as well as significant augmentation of coaches’ salaries

As an officer of the NCAA Division II Athletic Director’s Association, personally solicited and obtained a multi-year contract for the largest corporate partner in the history of the D2 ADA. Corporate partner growth for the D2 ADA continued throughout presidential term and beyond.

Led the Western Athletic department through two re-branding initiatives Assisted the conference office in successfully obtaining a U.S. Olympic grant Also see private fund-raising successes and experiences described in the “Facility Upgrades State and Private Funded” section

above

Gender Equity and Diversity Achievements Added two women’s sport programs beginning fall, 2012 (soccer and swimming/diving) Restructured organizationally and reconstructed job descriptions for gender equity compliance and added the position of Senior

Woman Administrator (SWA) and a female athletic trainer –both in 2006 Hired the first ever minority head coaches (multiple) at Western State including:

o First ever Indian head football coach in collegiate football history (first generation American, as parents immigrated from India)

o First ever African American Head Coach in Western State history (Women’s Basketball)First ever female head coach of a male sport program. Making History: Hired a female Men’s and Women’s Cross-Country Coach in the summer of 2007. Her Men’s Cross-Country team won the NCAA Regional Championship and tied for 2nd in the NCAA D-II National Championships. She was named “NCAA D-II Regional and NCAA D-II National Men’s Cross-Country Coach of the Year”. This is the first time in the history of collegiate athletics in all levels and in all sports that a woman was named the national coach of the year for coaching a male sport program. In the

o Fall of 2011, she earned her second “Men’s Cross-Country National Coach of the Year” honor, as her team won the national championship in Men’s Cross-Country.

First ever female President of the MAA (booster club)—late 1990’s. This individual also was the Director of Library Services for Western State at the time.

Increased staffing, scholarships, recruiting budgets, operational budgets, built facilities and added women sport programs resulting in Title IX/ Gender Equity compliance

In 2006, Western State produced a “NCAA Woman of the Year” finalist Served as a mentor for the NCAA Division II National Athletic Director’s Association Women and Minority Mentor program for

the class of 2012-13 Participated in multiple Title IX workshops Participated in the RMAC Diversity workshop for the A.D. Council, 2010 As the President of the Division II Athletic Directors Association:

o Participated in the “invitation only” NCAA Division II Minority and Inclusion Summit in December, 2011o Launched the D2 ADA Mentor program in 2010-11 for athletic directors with focus on women and minorities

Honored the first ever female for the Division II Life-time Achievement Award in 2011 The first female D2 ADA President was successor effective June, 2012 and a second female officer was brought on to the

Executive Committee in 2013.

Professional/Community/Leadership/Affiliations and Life Skill Development Served as the President of the Division II Athletic Director’s Association 2010-12 and served as an officer and/or board member

for 12 years. As president, the following initiatives were among the accomplishments: o Record membership each year I served as president. 2011-12 membership was 255 out of 300 NCAA D-II institutionso Attained record fiscal solvency for the organizationo Launching of the Division II Mentor program for athletic directors with special focus on women and minoritieso Significantly increased the “voice” of the Division II Athletic Director through building strong relationships with significant

Division II governing and constituency groups and individuals, which allowed survey strategies of our membership regarding important Division II issues to be efficiently and appropriately considered in a timely fashion. This resulted in increased activity and involvement from the D2 ADA membership and board of directors through the launching of several initiatives and task force groups

o Presented and moderated multiple sessions at the 2011 and 2012 NACDA Conventions.o Honored the first ever female for the Division II Life-time Achievement Award o Continued to honor thousands of Division II student-athletes with academic achievement awardso Hosted two D2 ADA Officer Strategic Planning Retreats in August, 2010 and again in August, 2011o The following additional association accomplishments were among those that took place during my time as a board member

in which I played a strong role: Co-authored the Model Division II Athletics Department Best Practices document. Personally identified and cultivated the largest corporate sponsor in the history of the D2 ADA and played a key role in

identifying, cultivating and signing several other D2 ADA corporate sponsors.

Member of the National Association for Collegiate Directors of Athletics (NACDA) Executive Committee 2007-2011 Served as a mentor for the NCAA Division II National Athletic Director’s Association Women and Minority Mentor program for

the class of 2012-13 Past member of the NCAA Wrestling Committee (2002-06) and Chair of the NCAA D-II Wrestling Committee (2004-06).

Played a key role in obtaining forward movement of several initiatives that benefited student-athletes and membership including increasing championship per diem for Division II and improving championship events for D-I and D-II

Past presenter and panelist at NACDA Conventions, as well as NACMA Conventions and the NACMA 25-Year Anniversary celebration film

Directly facilitated, emphasized and modeled while building a culture for the Western State Athletic Department resulting in exponential growth in community service, community engagement, life skill development, which coupled with student-athlete academic and competitive demands facilitates an environment to “Build the Champion Leaders of Tomorrow”

Became “Mental First Aid Training” Certified in 2013 and facilitated certification for most of the athletic staff in 2014. Community Affiliations

o Member of the 1971 GHS Football Memorial Foundation Board, Mountaineer Athletic Association, BPOE 1623 Elks Lodge, Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation and the Board of Directors for Six Points (Developmentally Disabled Adults Program) and member of the Capital Campaign, Building and Membership subcommittees

o Personally honored as the “2012 Six Points Board Member of the Year” o Western State Athletic Department honored as the “2012 Six Points Community Organization of the Year”o Past member of the “Citizens for a Gunnison Community Center” Committee (successfully obtain voter approval for funding

a new community recreation center, and this effort had failed twice before), past member of the Gunnison Valley Hospital Community Assessment Task Force, past member of the Gunnison High School Sports Complex Committee, past member of both the Gunnison High School Booster Club and the Gunnison Dusters Wrestling Club (inaugural member and co-creator), past member of the Western State Alumni Board

PROFESSIONAL SPEAKING Numerous presentations, panel and moderator experience with professional organizations’ national conventions. Owner/President of Rocky Mountain Consulting Services. Conducted numerous seminars, presentations and provided services

regarding Strategic Planning, Leadership, Team Building, Motivational, Mental Game, Liability/Sport Law, Title IX, Fund-Raising, NCAA Initial Eligibility Standards, Contemporary Issues in Coaching, and Marketing Student-Athletes to Colleges, Parent Relations, Mental Coaching, and other selected topics.

Numerous keynote speaker addresses for commencements, sports banquets, etc.

COACHING EXPERIENCE 18 years of highly successful wrestling coach experience at both high school and collegiate levels, three years of successful

collegiate assistant football experience, and 13 years as the director of a nationally acclaimed summer camp—Rocky Mountain Wrestling Camp. Head Coach/Team Leader for 1989 NAIA Cultural Exchange Team to Germany. Collegiate Wrestling Coaching experience includes the NCAA D-I, D-II and NAIA levels. Some of these successes include two RMAC Championships, two Colorado Collegiate Championships and five National “Top-10” Team finishes.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE 12 years of successful teaching experience including three years at the high school level and over nine years at the university

level. Courses taught included upper level administration, organization, statistics and research, theory and methods classes. Also taught freshman level classes for integrating into college, as well as served as an academic advisor, freshman orientation academic advisory and served on campus academic committees.

Tenured Associate Professor of Exercise and Sport Science at Western State Colorado

PUBLICATION EXPERIENCE Perceptions of Student-Athlete Graduation Rates as an Evaluation Criteria for Head Football Coaches.” Sport Marketing

Quarterly (1993), v 2, n 1, pp. 27, 30-34 “Selected Institutional Persistence Predictors of NCAA Division I-A Football Student Athletes” {Dissertation} (1994) Walker, Marcia L. and Stotlar, David K. (1997), Sport Facility Management, Jones and Bartlett Inc. Co-Author of Chapter 13,

Indoor Sports and Activity Areas (Mat Rooms) “D-II ADA Corner, Understanding and Celebrating Academic Success”, Athletics Administration (2011), v46, n. 1, p. 38

EDUCATION Ed. D. – 1994 University of Northern Colorado. Sport Administration M.A. – 1981, Western State Colorado University. Secondary Education B.A. – 1980, Western State Colorado University. Major: Physical Education; Minor: Business Administration, Secondary

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