Norwood Teague (born 1965) is the former athletic director at the
University of Minnesota
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.
Early career
Teague graduated from the
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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(UNC) in 1988 with a
B.A.
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in political science and later earned a master's degree in sports administration from
Ohio University
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in 1992.
At UNC, Teague was a member of
Pi Kappa Alpha
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. He then worked in the athletics departments at the
University of Virginia
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from 1993 to 1998,
Arizona State University
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from 1999 to 2001, and as the associate athletic director for marketing and promotions at
North Carolina
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from 2001 to 2006. In July 2006, Teague was hired as the athletics director at
Virginia Commonwealth University
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.
University of Minnesota
On April 22, 2012, Teague was announced as the sole finalist to succeed
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as the
University of Minnesota
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athletics director.
He was hired, pending approval by the board of regents, and introduced at a press conference by President
Eric W. Kaler
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From 2011 to 2019, Kaler was president of the Uni ...
the next day. He took over for
Joel Maturi Joel or Yoel is a name meaning "Yahweh Is God" and may refer to:
* Joel (given name), origin of the name including a list of people with the first name.
* Joel (surname), a surname
* Joel (footballer, born 1904), Joel de Oliveira Monteiro, Brazili ...
as the
Gophers' athletics director on June 18, 2012.
He resigned suddenly on August 7, 2015, admitting sexual harassment incidents involving non-student University employees. He was replaced by
Mark Coyle
Mark Coyle (born 1969) is the 23rd Athletics director, director of athletics at the University of Minnesota, replacing Norwood Teague. He resigned as the athletics director at Syracuse University in May 2016 after spending only 11 months with the ...
in May 2016.
References
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1966 births
Living people
VCU Rams athletic directors
Minnesota Golden Gophers athletic directors
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill alumni
Ohio University alumni
Sportspeople from Raleigh, North Carolina