Leahy Returns To UNO Athletics
May 7, 2009 | General
OMAHA, Neb. – UNO Director of Athletics #Trev Alberts announced today that former Athletic Director Don Leahy# will return to the program as Associate Athletic Director. Leahy will serve in a part-time, advisory role.
“We are excited that someone of Don's stature in the community is going to lend his vast experience to Maverick athletics,” said Alberts. “He guided UNO through an era of great change and achievement, and I think he can help us write that next chapter of success.”
A native Omahan, Leahy was UNO's athletic director from 1974-85 and returned from 1995-1997. In between, he also served as the athletic director at Creighton University from 1985-1990.
Leahy is a graduate of Marquette University where he was one of the top collegiate quarterbacks in the nation and played in the Blue-Grey Game in 1951.
He was a coach, teacher and administrator at Omaha's Creighton Prep High School from 1952-1972. He led the school's football team to eight state championships in his 17 seasons as head football coach.
Leahy was the director of coliseum activities at Ak-Sar-Ben in Omaha from 1972-1974 before becoming UNO's athletic director.
Under Leahy, the Mavericks enjoyed their most prominent success on and off the playing field. He guided the program into NCAA Division II and the North Central Conference.
He holds a bachelor's degree from Marquette and a master's degree from Creighton. He is a member of the UNO Athletic Hall of Fame, the Nebraska High School Hall of Fame and the NCC Hall of Fame.
“We are excited that someone of Don's stature in the community is going to lend his vast experience to Maverick athletics,” said Alberts. “He guided UNO through an era of great change and achievement, and I think he can help us write that next chapter of success.”
A native Omahan, Leahy was UNO's athletic director from 1974-85 and returned from 1995-1997. In between, he also served as the athletic director at Creighton University from 1985-1990.
Leahy is a graduate of Marquette University where he was one of the top collegiate quarterbacks in the nation and played in the Blue-Grey Game in 1951.
He was a coach, teacher and administrator at Omaha's Creighton Prep High School from 1952-1972. He led the school's football team to eight state championships in his 17 seasons as head football coach.
Leahy was the director of coliseum activities at Ak-Sar-Ben in Omaha from 1972-1974 before becoming UNO's athletic director.
Under Leahy, the Mavericks enjoyed their most prominent success on and off the playing field. He guided the program into NCAA Division II and the North Central Conference.
He holds a bachelor's degree from Marquette and a master's degree from Creighton. He is a member of the UNO Athletic Hall of Fame, the Nebraska High School Hall of Fame and the NCC Hall of Fame.
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