Colgate

ANAHEIM, Calif. (6/21/10) – Colgate University director of athletics Dave Roach has been named the 2009-10 Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) Northeast Region Under Armour Athletic Director of the Year by the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics (NACDA).

Roach will be presented with the award at the James J. Corbett Awards Luncheon on June 24, at the NACDA Convention in Anaheim, Calif.

“This award really goes to Colgate athletics and our tremendous staff and excellent coaches,” stated Roach. “I have been truly blessed to work with a group of educators who are dedicated and committed to the Colgate mission.”

Under Roach’s watch, Colgate has made tremendous strides to meet the rapidly changing world of Division I athletics. First, he oversaw the realignment of the administrative staff, which provides the leadership support for all aspects of the division.

Among his accomplishments at Colgate, Roach initiated an agreement with Daktronics Sports Marketing to enhance Colgate’s athletic scoreboards and overall look of athletic venues; coordinated the development of a new logo and mascot; created the Raider Academic Honor Roll honoring student-athletes who receive a GPA of 3.25 or higher per semester; upgraded the department’s ticket office including online ticket sales and season ticket plans for football, soccer, hockey, basketball and lacrosse; enhanced the corporate sponsorship program; and signed an agreement with Time Warner Sports to televise selected athletic events, including the entire home football schedule.

A strong leader in the community, Roach was the driving force behind the athletic department’s adoption program with Hamilton Elementary School, where each team adopts a classroom. This program places the athletes and coaches in a role model position with the children of the community. Roach also began the monthly Colgate Athletic Council luncheons where the community has the opportunity to hear from both student-athletes and coaches.

Academically, the school recently had 14 teams receive Public Recognition Awards from the NCAA. Public Recognition Awards go to teams that have APR scores in the top-10 percent of all squads in their respective sports nationally. For the 2008-09 school year, Colgate had 18 perfect scores of 1,000 and nine perfect multi-year APR scores based on data from the 2005-2006 through 2008-2009 school years.

During his six-year tenure at Colgate, the Raiders have placed 12 teams in NCAA tournaments, captured 15 Patriot League titles and one ECACHL regular-season championship. During the 2008-09 campaign, Colgate won four Patriot League championships for the second year in a row.

In July of 2009, Roach was elected first vice-president of the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics.