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September 2010, Sports Facilities
South Alabama Puts Former AD on the Map
Former University of South Alabama Director of Athletics Joe Gottfried was honored last week when the school's Board of Trustees passed a resolution authorizing the naming of a street on campus in his honor.
Gottfried came to the school as an assistant athletic director in 1981 and was promoted to athletic director in 1984. Under his direction, Jaguar Athletics experienced success in competition as well as the classroom, and he had a profound impact not only on the school's architecture with the development and improvement of numerous athletic facilities, but also on the community with the school's addition of the football program in December 2007 - Gottfried was one of the key people involved in the process to make the sport the university's 17th program. South Alabama is a member of the Sun Belt Conference. To read more, click here.