Samantha K. Huge is the former director of athletics for the

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. She previously served as an associate athletic director at

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from 2014 to 2017, as a deputy athletic director at the

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from 2009 to 2014, as an associate athletic director at

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from 2006 to 2009, and as an assistant athletic director at

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from 2002 to 2006. Huge attended college at Gordon College, where she played on the school's women's basketball team. Huge was named athletic director at the

on March 14, 2017. Huge fired Men's Basketball Coach

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in March of 2019 after a 14-17 season, although William & Mary will continue paying Shaver's contract through June 2024. Samantha Huge hired Coach Dane Fischer in April 2019 as the new Men's Basketball Coach. The William & Mary Men's Basketball Team went on to have a 5-27 record under Coach

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for the 2021-2022 season. On October 6, 2020, Huge resigned amid controversy after having cut seven athletic programs and being caught

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much of a public email from a similar

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press release during the announcement of the program cuts.

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