The Capital Outlook newspaper in Tallahassee has reported that
Florida A&M's search for an athletic director is down to
five finalists. The original list contained 26 applicants.
Joe Ramsey, current assistant to President Fred Gainous in charge of athletics,
leads the list. Ramsey is a professor of physical education at FAMU and took
over as interim AD following the resignation of J.R.E. Lee in February. Ramsey
has been an assistant dean at FAMU and a department chair at FAMU, Valdosta
State and Florida Atlantic. He served as assistant AD at FAU from 1992-94.
The four other finalists are Lin Dawson, Eugene Marshall, Fritz Polite and
W. Curtis Williams.
Dawson is an instructor and consultant at Virginia Commonwealth University.
He was AD at North Carolina Central for three years and associate AD at N.C.
State for five years.
Marshall has been athletic director at Ramapo College of New Jersey since
1998. He came to Ramapo from the College of Staten Island (N.Y.) where he was
AD.
Polite is an assistant professor in the College of Business at Central Florida.
He also worked at Florida State directing am after-school mentoring program.
Williams is chairman of the Department of Health, Physical Education and Recreation
at Arkansas-Pine Bluff. Prior to coming to Pine Bluff four years ago, he served
as professor and/or AD at Alabama State, Albany State, Texas Southern, and
Elizabeth City State.
The eight-member search committee is headed by Dr. Ebenezer Oriaku, a professor
in the FAMU College of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences. Following interviews
with the candidates, the committee will narrow the list to three and submit
the names to Gainous for the final decision.
