Kent L. Weiser (born April 25, 1959) is an American university sports administrator and former college golf coach. Weiser served the

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 ...

for

Emporia State University Emporia State University (Emporia State or ESU) is a public university in Emporia, Kansas, United States. Established in March 1863 as the Kansas State Normal School, Emporia State is the third-oldest public university in the state of Kansas. E ...

, a

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sports program in Emporia, Kansas, 1999 to 2022. Previously, Weiser was the associate athletics director at

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Early years

Weiser was born in

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and attended

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. After high school, Wesier attended the

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(KU) where he graduated with a bachelor's in psychology and a master's of science in sports administration.

Career

After graduating from the University of Kansas, Weiser became the director of athletic ticketing in 1981 and in 1985, Weiser became KU's first athletic marketing director. In 1984, Weiser took over the women's golf program at Kansas, a position he held for four years. After seven years eight years in Lawrence, Weiser became the associate athletic director of development at

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in 1989. From 1993 to 1999, Weiser worked for

as the associate athletics director for external affairs.

Emporia State

In 1999, Weiser was hired as the Emporia State Athletics Director, beginning August 8. During his time at Emporia State, Weiser has created a women's soccer program, and has updated athletics facilities for the football in 2005 and 2016, softball, and

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teams. Also, Weiser has hired Emporia State's first coach from China – Bing Xu for Volleyball in 2005 – and Shaun Vandiver, Emporia State's first African-American coach. As a result, Weiser won the diversity award at Emporia State in 2015. Weiser retired in March 2022, though his official last day was July 1, 2022.

References

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