The UNM Board of Regents, during their regular meeting on Monday, approved of Acting President David Harris' recommendation of Paul Krebs as UNM's 12th director of athletics. Afterward, Harris announced the appointment of Krebs, currently the athletics director at Bowling Green State University, at press conference held at the Student Union Building. Krebs will succeed Rudy Davalos who has been UNM's athletics director for the past 13 years.
Photo: Paul Krebs is expected to become UNM's 12th director of athletics.
A news conference is also scheduled tomorrow at 1:30 p.m., in Ballroom C of the UNM Student Union Building when the candidate will be introduced.
Krebs would replace Rudy Davalos, who announced his retirement last October after more than 13 years at the University.
Krebs, 49, has 25 years of athletics administration experience, including the past seven years as director of athletics at Bowling Green. He has also held the title of Assistant Vice President for Student Affairs at BGSU since 2003.
"In an exceptional field of applicants, Paul was the strongest candidate," said Harris. "We were especially impressed with the emphasis he places on academic performance and the overall integration of the student-athlete into campus life.”
Harris acknowledged the 21-member search committee, headed by Regents' President Jamie Koch, for their time, diligence and evaluation.
"It was a long and comprehensive process and they handled it expeditiously." said Harris.
Krebs began his professional career in collegiate athletics as the Assistant Ticket Director at the University of Oklahoma in 1981. He was promoted to Ticket Director in 1983.
Krebs began a 14-year tenure at The Ohio State University in 1985, serving as the Ticket Director. He was named Assistant Athletics Director in 1987, Assistant Athletics Director of Administration in 1991 and Senior Associate Athletics Director in 1993.
Krebs' wife, Marjori, is an instructor in the Bowling Green College of Education and Human Development. She is currently pursuing her doctorate in Leadership Studies at BGSU. They have two children, a daughter, Taylor, 16, and a son, Jacob, 12. The Canfield, Ohio, native earned a bachelor's degree in Business from BGSU in 1978 and a master's degree in Athletic Administration from Ohio State in 1981.
Contact: Greg Remington, (505) 925-5525; e-mail: gregrem@unm.edu
Posted by scarr at March 13, 2006 02:45 PM