| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | (1929-09-05)September 5, 1929 (age 96) |
| Playing career | |
| Football | |
| c. 1950 | Central (IA) |
| Basketball | |
| c. 1950 | Central (IA) |
| Baseball | |
| c. 1950 | Central (IA) |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Basketball | |
| 1960–1970 | Iowa (assistant) |
| 1970–1974 | Iowa |
| Baseball | |
| 1961–1962 | Iowa (assistant) |
| 1963–1970 | Iowa |
| Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
| 1976–1981 | Cornell |
| 1981–1987 | Virginia |
| 1988–1993 | NCAA (president) |
| 1995–2000 | USOC (executive director) |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 41–55 (college basketball) 129–106 (college baseball) |
Dick Schultz (born September 5, 1929) is an American retired sports coach and administrator. He served as the headbaseball coach at theUniversity of Iowa from 1963 to 1970 and as the school's head men's basketball coach from 1970 to 1974. Schultz was theathletic director atCornell University from 1976 to 1981 and theUniversity of Virginia from 1981 to 1987. He was as the executive director of theNational Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) from 1988 to 1993 and theUnited States Olympic Committee (USOC) from 1995 to 2000.
Schultz is a native ofKellogg, Iowa. After graduation fromCentral College inPella, Iowa, in 1950, Schultz began his coaching career atHumboldt High School inHumboldt, Iowa. He turned down a chance to play baseball for theSt. Louis Browns organization in order to teach and coach. Over a ten-year period, Schultz taught biology and served as an assistant football, and head baseball and basketball coach.
In 1960, Schultz was hired as an assistant baseball and men's basketball coach at theUniversity of Iowa. Schultz had a 129–106 record in 7 1/2 seasons as baseball coach. In 1970, whenRalph Miller abruptly left theIowa basketball program for Oregon State, Schultz was made the men's head basketball coach. Schultz had a 41–55 mark in four seasons as Iowa's basketball coach before being replaced byLute Olson.
From 1976 to 1981, Schultz was athletic director atCornell University, where he hired a new football coach (Bob Blackman) and worked toward financial self-sufficiency for his department.[1] Schultz became the athletic director at theUniversity of Virginia in 1981 and held that position until 1987.
In 1987, he succeededWalter Byers to become the second executive director of theNational Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). During his five-year tenure, he helped to strengthened the organization's integrity and reform by opening lines of communication with member colleges. In 1993, irregularities were discovered at the University of Virginia, some that occurred when he served as athletic director. Although cleared of all charges and receiving a vote of confidence from the membership board, Schultz thought it was appropriate to resign.[2]
In 1995, he accepted the position as executive director of theUnited States Olympic Committee (USOC), where he served until 2000.[3]
In 2003, he became the 174th inductee into the Des Moines Sunday Register's Iowa Sports Hall of Fame. Schultz lives inColorado Springs, Colorado.
| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Iowa Hawkeyes(Big Ten Conference)(1970–1974) | |||||||||
| 1970–71 | Iowa | 9–15 | 4–10 | T–7th | |||||
| 1971–72 | Iowa | 11–13 | 5–9 | T–8th | |||||
| 1972–73 | Iowa | 13–11 | 6–8 | T–6th | |||||
| 1973–74 | Iowa | 8–16 | 5–9 | 7th | |||||
| Iowa: | 41–55 | 20–36 | |||||||
| Total: | 41–55 | ||||||||