Southern Illinois University - Obelisk Yearbook (Carbondale, IL)

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T I TERVIEW New guy I harge my by DARCI ALLEN aking the change from Washing- ton State University to Southern Illinois University has not been that difficult for SIU's new athletic di- rector lim Livengood. Livengood said the two schools are a lot alike. They are the same size, have a beautiful campus and tremendous facilities. University President Albert Somit an- nounced the appointment October 18. A search for a new athletic director had been underway since late August when Lew Hartzog, men's athletic director, retired. Livengood had been at WSU for five years, coordinating fund-raising and re- cruiting, supervising sports information and promotions, and running ticket sales and the marketing operations. The goal of every administrator in athletics is to become an athletic direc- tor, said Livengood. I will be very busy learning my way around Carbondale and getting to know the ropes of SIU. Livengood found out about the open- ing for an athletic director at SIU through George Ravelling, the athletic director at the University of Iowa. He called and said, 'Hey lim, I think there's a position open at Southern Illinois you'd be inter- ested in, ' Livengood said. Dean Stuck, special assistant to the president in charge of athletics, said Livengood himself will play a large part in shaping the future organization and scope of SIU's athletics. Livengood said he wants the name Saluki known, be it state or nation- wide. He plans to accomplish this by applying marketing techniques and hav- ing special promotions. Livengood said he has enjoyed his job at SIU so far. It's like being a fresh- man and being expected to perform like a senior, he added. Livengood coached high school foot- ball and basketball and directed athletics in the Ephrata iWashingtonl school dis- trict from 1972 to 1980. Before that, he coached at Oroville iWashingtonI High School for three years. During his 12 years of coaching in the high schools, his teams set school records for most wins. While in high school, Livengood was named all-state in both football and basketball and went on to play football at Brigham Young University. He received a bachelors degree from BYU. He has a fifth year degree in edu- cational administration from Central Washington University and an associates degree from Everett IWashingtonI junior College. He is married and has a 12-year-old daughter and a 9-year-old son. Sports 123