“PLAY TO WIN”Presenter: Tom BowenDirector of Athletics

University of Memphis

• College Football Playoff Athletic Directors Advisory Council in 2014

• Athletic Directors Advisory Board of the BCS in 2013.

• Named the Director of Athletics at the University of Memphis in Spring of 2012

• Served as Director of Athletics at San Jose State University from 2004 – 2012

• Director of Community Affairs and Executive the 49ers Foundation of the San Francisco Foundation

• One of eight FBS Athletic Directors to serve on the 24 member NCAA Div. I Football Issues Committee

• In 2009, named 1 of 12 to serve as a mentor to aspiring women and ethnic minority athletic administrators in the NCAA Fellows Leadership Program.

• Named as one of the Top 25 Most Powerful Sport Figures in San Jose Mercury News

• Served on the San Jose Sports Authority

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS OF LEADERSHIP

• Core Values

• What it means to be a “Culture of Champions”

– How to begin the change of culture.

JOURNEY = TOGETHER2012 – PRESENT

“My life is more important than my work, and my work is more than

my job”

“I am more afraid of 100 sheep led by one lion, than

100 lions led by one sheep!”

“You cannot teach talent and talent is never enough!”

“It is “teamwork” that propels an organization - not the random

crash of individual egos.”

“Nothing is impossible. Impossible is not a fact, but an

opinion and impossible is temporary!”

THE FUTURE IS NOW! GO TIGERS GO!

Football Practice Facility

THE FUTURE IS NOW! GO TIGERS GO!

Basketball Facility