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“Play to Win”. Presenter: Tom Bowen Director of Athletics University of Memphis. College Football Playoff Athletic Directors Advisory Council in 2014 Athletic Directors Advisory Board of the BCS in 2013. Named the Director of Athletics at the University of Memphis in Spring of 2012
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“Play to Win” Presenter: Tom Bowen Director of Athletics University of Memphis
College Football Playoff Athletic Directors Advisory Council in 2014 • Athletic Directors Advisory Board of the BCS in 2013. • Named the Director of Athletics at the University of Memphis in Spring of 2012 • Served as Director of Athletics at San Jose State University from 2004 – 2012 • Director of Community Affairs and Executive the 49ers Foundation of the San Francisco Foundation • One of eight FBS Athletic Directors to serve on the 24 member NCAA Div. I Football Issues Committee • In 2009, named 1 of 12 to serve as a mentor to aspiring women and ethnic minority athletic administrators in the NCAA Fellows Leadership Program. • Named as one of the Top 25 Most Powerful Sport Figures in San Jose Mercury News • Served on the San Jose Sports Authority Career Highlights of leadership
Core Values • What it means to be a “Culture of Champions” • How to begin the change of culture. Journey = Together 2012 – Present
“My life is more important than my work, and my work is more than my job”
“I am more afraid of 100 sheep led by one lion, than 100 lions led by one sheep!”
“It is “teamwork” that propels an organization - not the random crash of individual egos.”
“Nothing is impossible. Impossible is not a fact, but an opinion and impossible is temporary!”
The future is Now! Go Tigers Go! Football Practice Facility
The future is Now! Go Tigers Go! Basketball Facility