Sports News: Spring 1999

May 26, 1999

DULL RESIGNS DIRECTOR OF ATHLETICS POSITION AT MORAVIAN

BETHLEHEM, PA --- Moravian College has announced that Director of Athletics Richard M. Dull has resigned his position at the college effective June 25th to become the Director of Athletics at NCAA Division I California State University Northridge on July 1st.

"We have accepted Dick Dull’s resignation with regret, but we fully understand what an exciting opportunity awaits him at Cal State - Northridge," said Dr. Bettie Smolansky, interim academic dean of the faculty. "I have enjoyed working with him at Moravian and I wish him every success in his new position. The College is currently exploring various options for filling the athletic director position."

Dull became Moravian’s first-ever full-time director of athletics on May 18, 1998 after serving for three years as director of athletics at NCAA Division II University of Nebraska-Kearney. Dull last served as director of athletics on the NCAA Division I level in the 1980s when has was director of athletics at the University of Maryland from August 1981 to October 1986.

While at Moravian, Dull began seeking corporate sponsorships for the athletics department to raise money for Moravian’s 16 intercollegiate sports. He also worked on the committees for the Moravian College Golf Classic and the Moravian College Hall of Fame.