Coach and the College, The
Amidst the cheers, pride, tailgating and excitement of college athletics lurks for many Americans the discomforting sense that many colleges have abandoned their academic integrity and proper relationship between academics and athletics. Located on the rolling farmland of North Dakota sits Jamestown College, whose experience with athletics offers a stunningly different perspective of how athletics and academics can work together to promote the general well-being of the institution. "The Coach and the College" tells the story of how the amazing competitive success of teams coached by Rollie Greeno facilitated the recruitment to Jamestown College of hundreds of student-athletes who paid tuition and fees that, along with the crucial work of key administrators and dedicated employees and the financial generosity of a handful of alumni, kept the college open during the financially difficult 1980s and 1990s. To a significant extent, then, Jamestown College owes its ability to have created and to maintain a mutually beneficial relationship between athletics and the institution's academic mission.
by Robert D. Sawrey.
ISBN #978-0-911042-77-1.
Copyright 2013.
224 pages. Softcover.
Amidst the cheers, pride, tailgating and excitement of college athletics lurks for many Americans the discomforting sense that many colleges have abandoned their academic integrity and proper relationship between academics and athletics. Located on the rolling farmland of North Dakota sits Jamestown College, whose experience with athletics offers a stunningly different perspective of how athletics and academics can work together to promote the general well-being of the institution. "The Coach and the College" tells the story of how the amazing competitive success of teams coached by Rollie Greeno facilitated the recruitment to Jamestown College of hundreds of student-athletes who paid tuition and fees that, along with the crucial work of key administrators and dedicated employees and the financial generosity of a handful of alumni, kept the college open during the financially difficult 1980s and 1990s. To a significant extent, then, Jamestown College owes its ability to have created and to maintain a mutually beneficial relationship between athletics and the institution's academic mission.
A Native of South Dakota, Sawrey earned his PH. D in nineteenth and twentieth century U. S. history from University of Cincinnati. Since 1980 he has been on the faculty of the History Department at Marshall University.
ISBN: 978-0-911042-77-1
Page Count: 224
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