Tim O'Connell enters his 17th year with Athletics and was promoted to his current position in July, 1998. Prior to that, he served as Business Manager for Intercollegiate Athletics & Manager of the University of Dayton Arena upon joining the University in January, 1995. He is primarily responsible for the oversight of the Division's 8 Athletics facilities including the University of Dayton Arena, the Athletics/Arena Ticket Office, and the Men's Basketball Charter Travel program. Beginning with the addition of the Donoher Basketball Center to the U.D. Arena in 1997-98, O'Connell has served as the project manager for all of the major Athletics' construction and renovation projects. This includes the U.D. Arena, Arena Administrative Suite, Arena Parking Lot Complex, Time Warner Cable Stadium, Jerry Von Mohr Football Practice Field, softball field, and Athletics Practice Facility projects. He currently oversees the renovation of the Cronin Athletics Center. Tim also was the University's project liaison for the Courtyard by the Marriott at the University of Dayton construction and continues as the business liaison with that Concord Hospitality/University of Dayton co-owned property. In addition to his regular responsibilities, O'Connell has served as Tournament Manager for all the Division's post-season basketball tournaments since 1998, and is scheduled to continue in the role through 2013. At which time, he will have coordinated over 80 NCAA, NIT, and A-10 basketball tournament games. Due to his expertise in this area, Tim has been periodically asked by the NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship staff to be part of peer panels that instruct new tournament managers. O'Connell currently serves on the University's Emergency Management Steering Committee, is the past chair the institution's Public Safety Advisory Committee, and has sat on a variety of other institutional committees. He was also a member of the NCAA Certification Fiscal Integrity Committee in 1995-96 and again in 2005-06. Tim currently serves as one of four grievance officers for the University and is the past coordinator of the Life Skills course for the 1st year Student Athletes. He is a graduate of the first Leadership UD cohort, a program designed to identify and develop up and coming leaders within the University of Dayton's faculty and administration. In 2007, Tim was awarded the distinguished Certified Facility Executive (CFE) designation from the International Association of Venue Managers (IAVM), and currently serves on IAVM's Certification, Universities, along with being the Vice Chair of the Universities Committee. He is the immediate past president of the NACDA affiliated Collegiate Event and Facility Management Association after serving on its board since 2007. Tim is also a recent recipient of the Dayton & Montgomery County Convention & Visitors Bureau's Community Ambassador award for his work in securing large public events to the community. Tim came to the University from the Cincinnati Reds, where had been for almost 12 years before leaving. During the majority of his time with the Reds, he served as Director of Stadium Operations (1986 - 1994), coordinating the facility operations for close to 700 Major League Baseball games, including the 1990 National League Playoffs and World Series and the 1988 All-Star Game. |
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