Dick Schultz (born September 5, 1929) is an American retired sports coach and administrator. He served as the head

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coach at the

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from 1963 to 1970 and at the school's head men's basketball coach from 1970 to 1974. Schultz was the

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from 1976 to 1981 and the

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from 1981 to 1987. He was as the executive director of the

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(NCAA) from 1988 to 1993 and the

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(USOC) from 1995 to 2000.

Biography

Schultz is a native of Kellogg, Iowa. After graduation from Central College in

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, in 1950, Schultz began his coaching career at Humboldt High School in

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. He turned down a chance to play baseball for the

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organization in order to teach and coach. Over a ten-year period, Schultz taught biology and served as an assistant football, and head baseball and basketball coach.

Coaching career

In 1960, Schultz was hired as an assistant baseball and men's basketball coach at the

. Schultz had a 129–106 record in 7 1/2 seasons as baseball coach. In 1970, when

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abruptly left the Iowa basketball program for Oregon State, Schultz was made the men's head basketball coach. Schultz had a 41–55 mark in four seasons as Iowa's basketball coach before being replaced by

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Athletic director

From 1976 to 1981, Schultz was athletic director at

, where he hired a new football coach (

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) and worked toward financial self-sufficiency for his department. Schultz became the athletic director at the

in 1981 and held that position until 1987.

NCAA Executive Director

In 1987, he succeeded Walter Byers to become the second executive director of the NCAA. During his five-year tenure he helped to strengthened the organization's integrity and reform by opening lines of communication with member colleges. In 1993, irregularities were discovered at the University of Virginia, some that occurred when he served as athletic director. Although cleared of all charges and receiving a vote of confidence from the membership board, Schultz thought it was appropriate to resign.

USOC Executive Director

In 1995, he accepted the position as executive director of the

(USOC), where he served until 2000.

Personal life

In 2003, he became the 174th inductee into the Des Moines Sunday Register's Iowa Sports Hall of Fame. Schultz lives in Colorado Springs, Colorado.

Head coaching record

College basketball

References

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