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Jim Herlihy
enters his first full year as the
Director of Athletics at the University
of Montevallo. He was named to the
position by UM President Philip Williams
in December of 2007. Herlihy is
responsible for leading an athletic
program which currently sponsors 10
sports with over 160 student-athletes
and a staff of 25. He becomes the
seventh athletic director in Montevallo
athletic history.
Herlihy came to UM
from Florida Gulf Coast University,
where he had served as Assistant
Athletic Director for Business and
External Relations. At FGCU he had
oversight responsibilities for budgets
and business operations, marketing and
promotions, sports information, athletic
facilities, and served as the sport
administrator for men’s and women’s
golf, men’s and women’s cross country,
and men’s soccer. During his three and
one half-year tenure, FGCU transitioned
into full membership into NCAA Division
II and began the reclassification
process into Division I.
Herlihy spent over
a decade in major league baseball with
both the Philadelphia Phillies and Texas
Rangers organizations. He served in
marketing and management roles with
Philadelphia, including serving as the
General Manager of Florida Operations
and 7,500-seat Jack Russell Stadium as
well as General Manager of the
Clearwater Phillies franchise in the
Florida State League. Herlihy served
three years as the Director of Florida
Operations for Texas, overseeing an
82-acre complex that featured 5 ½
fields, including a 5,300-seat stadium,
and over 80 employees for major league
spring training, minor league spring
training, minor league business
operations, two minor league affiliates
and fall instructional league. He also
served a stint on the Board of Directors
for the Florida State League.
He has also served
as the assistant general manager with
the Nashville Sounds minor league
baseball franchise and as the inaugural
executive director of the Turner Civic
Center complex in Southwest Florida.
Prior to his baseball career, he served
as the Sports Information Director at
Bates College in Lewiston, Maine and as
an assistant SID at Plymouth State
University in New Hampshire.
Herlihy graduated
from Plymouth State with a Bachelor of
Science degree in Physical Education in
1988. He is completing his Master of
Arts degree in Public Administration.
Herlihy and his
wife Peggy have two children; Elizabeth
and TJ. |
