Bud Haidet is the former

athletic director An athletic director (commonly "athletics director" or "AD") is an administrator at many American clubs or institutions, such as colleges and universities, as well as in larger high schools and middle schools, who oversees the work of coaches an ...

at the

University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee The University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee (UW–Milwaukee, UWM, or Milwaukee) is a public urban research university in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. It is the largest university in the Milwaukee metropolitan area and a member of the University of Wiscon ...

, a position he held from 1990 until his retirement in 2009. Haidet's most significant contribution to Milwaukee athletics was moving the program to

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upon his hiring. He oversaw the department as the Panthers men's basketball team made the NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament for the first time in 2003, and two more times, in 2005 and 2006, including a Sweet Sixteen appearance in 2005.

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