Bob Bowlsby Season HOF

Athletics Director: 1991-2006

Became the University of Iowa’s 10th men’s athletics director in June, 1991, serving in the position from 1991-2006… named the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics (NACDA) Central Regional Athletic Director of the Year and Sports Business Journal National Athletics Director of the Year in 2001-02… appointed to the 15-member United States Commission on Opportunities in Athletics by President George W. Bush in 2002-03… served as President of the Division I-A Athletic Directors’ Association from 2002-03 and had a five-year term on the NCAA Division I Basketball Tournament Committee from 2001-05… was the chair of the NCAA Tournament and Selection Committee for the 2004 Final Four in San Antonio and 2005 Final Four in St. Louis… directed the merger of the Iowa men’s and women’s athletics programs into a single unit in 2000, supervising 24 sports… hired Kirk Ferentz to replace Hayden Fry as Iowa’s head football coach and Tom Brands as the Hawkeye wrestling coach… oversaw the planning, construction and renovation of more than $100 million in campus projects, including the $87 million project at Kinnick Stadium… served as the director of athletics at Northern Iowa (1983-91) and Stanford (2006-2012) and was the Big 12 Conference Commissioner from 2012-2022… native of Waterloo, Iowa… earned his master’s degree from the University of Iowa in 1978.