Curtis J. Hammeke is an American university sports administrator and former college baseball player and coach. Hammeke is currently the director of athletics at

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. Prior to his current position, Hammeke served as an athletic director at a high school and two colleges, as well as the baseball coach for Fort Hays State prior to that.

Career

Early career

Hammeke, a

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native, played baseball for

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from 1981 to 1982, and finished his collegiate baseball career at

from 1983 to 1984. Two years after graduating from Fort Hays State, Hammeke began his career in athletics in 1987 as the Barton Cougars baseball assistant coach and Sports Information Director.

Fort Hays State University

In 1992, Hammeke was hired as the head coach at his alma mater, Fort Hays State Tigers baseball, as well as an assistant athletic director. During his five seasons as the head coach, Hammeke led the Tigers to an overall record of , winning the

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regular season and tournament championships in 1995.

Three jobs in eight years

Following a successful five seasons as a head coach, Hammeke became the

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director of athletics, a position he held from 1996 to 1998. In 1998, Hammeke left his Great Bend to become

Butler Community College Butler Community College (BCC) is a public community college in El Dorado, Kansas. Campus There are a number of branch campuses throughout the area, in Andover, Council Grove, Marion, McConnell, Rose Hill, and a number of distance-learnin ...

's director of athletics. Hammeke was responsible for hiring the

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winningest football coach, Troy Morrell, who won three out of seven national championship appearances, and 12 conference championships. In 2003, Hammeke left Butler CC to become the athletics director at Newman University in

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Return to Fort Hays State as AD

In May, 2004, Hammeke was named Fort Hays State University's athletics director. During his time as the athletic director,

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has seen numerous renovations – including an artificial field – along with an indoor training facility. Hammeke has hired several successful coaches at Fort Hays State including head Tiger football coach, Chris Brown, and head women's basketball coach, Tony Hobson.

Head coach record

References

External links

Fort Hays State profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Hammeke, Curtis Living people American men's basketball coaches Fort Hays State Tigers baseball players Fort Hays State Tigers baseball coaches Fort Hays State Tigers athletic directors Newman Jets athletic directors People from Barton County, Kansas Year of birth missing (living people)