Norwood Teague

Norwood Teague is a Director at Sockwell Partners as well as the Event Director for Business North Carolina's annual #MFGCON and #CEOSummit. Teague's business experiences can be viewed on his LinkedIn Profile

Teague (born 1965)[1][2] is the former athletic director at the University of Minnesota.

Early career

Teague graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC) in 1988 with a B.A. in political science and later earned a master's degree in sports administration from Ohio University in 1992.[3][1] At UNC, Teague was a member of Pi Kappa Alpha. He then worked in the athletics departments at the University of Virginia from 1993 to 1998, Arizona State University from 1999 to 2001, and as the associate athletic director for marketing and promotions at North Carolina from 2001 to 2006.[4][5] In July 2006, Teague was hired as the athletics director at Virginia Commonwealth University.[6]

University of Minnesota

On April 22, 2012, Teague was announced as the sole finalist to succeed Joel Maturi as the University of Minnesota athletics director.[3] He was hired, pending approval by the board of regents, and introduced at a press conference by President Eric W. Kaler the next day.[7] He took over for Joel Maturi as the Gophers' athletics director on June 18, 2012.[8]

He resigned suddenly on August 7, 2015, admitting sexual harassment incidents involving non-student University employees.[9]

References
  1. "Bachelors of Arts". Annual Commencement of the One Hundred Ninety Ninth Year of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. May 8, 1988. p. 8.
  2. "Norwood Teague". VCU Profiles. Virginia Commonwealth University. August 2006. Retrieved August 9, 2015. Teague, 40, earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science and communication from the University of North Carolina in 1988.
  3. "Norwood Teague". University of Minnesota. Archived from the original on June 26, 2015.CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  4. http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/unc/genrel/auto_pdf/2001_uncdirectory.pdf
  5. https://web.archive.org/web/20060512183312/http://tarheelblue.cstv.com/school-bio/unc-school-bio-directory.html
  6. http://vcuathletics.com/information/directory/bios/Teague_Norwood
  7. http://www1.umn.edu/news/news-releases/2012/UR_CONTENT_383551.html
  8. http://www.twincities.com/twins/ci_20583329/shooter-now-minnesota-twins-see-new-and-improved
  9. Durkin, Mike. "Norwood Teague resigns as Gophers athletics director". startribune.com. StarTribune. Retrieved 16 December 2016.
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