Kevin R. Haslam is an American university administrator and former

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coach. He is the vice president of advancement and the executive director of the UNA Foundation at the

University of North Alabama The University of North Alabama (UNA) is a public university in Florence, Alabama. It is the state's oldest public university. Occupying a campus in a residential section of Florence, UNA is located within a four-city area that also includes ...

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, a position he has held since 2019. Haslam also served as the interim

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 and ...

at North Alabama from June to August 2021. Haslam served as the head football coach at

Wayne State College Wayne State College is a public college in Wayne, Nebraska. It is part of the Nebraska State College System and enrolls 4,202 students. The college opened as a public normal school in 1910 after the state purchased the private Nebraska Normal Co ...

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from 1997 to 1999 and the

University of Saint Mary The University of Saint Mary (USM) is a private Catholic university in Leavenworth, Kansas, United States. It is sponsored by the Sisters of Charity of Leavenworth, who established it in 1923 as Saint Mary College. Though it was originally a s ...

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from 2000 to 2001. He was also the athletic director at Saint Mary during the same time period and at

MacMurray College MacMurray College was a private college in Jacksonville, Illinois. Its enrollment in fall 2015 was 570. Founded in 1846, the college closed in May 2020. History Although founded in 1846 by a group of Methodist clergymen as the Illinois Confer ...

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from 2005 to 2007.

Coaching career

Assistant coaching

Haslam got started in collegiate coaching as the

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Nebraska Wesleyan University Nebraska Wesleyan University (NWU) is a private Methodist-affiliated university in Lincoln, Nebraska. It was founded in 1887 by Nebraska Methodists. As of 2017, it has approximately 2,100 students including 1,500 full-time students and 300 ...

from 1994 to 1996.

Wayne State College

Haslam's first head coaching position was at

. Haslam took over for the 1997 season and resigned after the conclusion of the 1999 season; Wayne State lost their final game, 71–30, to

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. The Wayne State football had a record of 7–25 under his command.

University of Saint Mary

Haslam was the first head football coach for the

, and he held that position for two seasons, from 2000 until he resigned 2001. The least successful football coach at the school, his record at St. Marys of 1–17 ranks him last in total wins and winning percentage. He also served as the school's

during that same time period.

Eastern Arizona

Haslam resigned from Saint Mary's to become the head football coach at

Eastern Arizona College Eastern Arizona College (EAC), is a community college in Graham County, Arizona. The main campus is in Thatcher, with satellite locations in Gila County, and Greenlee County. It is the oldest community college in Arizona and the only community ...

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, a two-year college, from 2001 until the end of the 2004 season.

Athletics administration

MacMurray

Haslam took over the position of

after the NCAA imposed the second-ever

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(under new criteria) on a collegiate athletic program. MacMurray's men's tennis team was banned from outside competition for two years through the 2006–07 academic year. The team also was banned from postseason competition for the 2007–08 and 2008–09 academic years.

Arizona State

In 2007, Haslam became the Assistant Athletic Director of Annual Giving at

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where he also completes several front-office activities.

Education

Haslam earned a

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degree from

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and completed a

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in education Wayne State College.MAC Alumni Spotlight
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Head coaching record

College

References

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