Lin Dawson named GSU athletic director
By: GSU Sports Information
Issue date: 11/13/08 Section: Front
After a five-year stint at North Carolina State, Dawson spent one year as the chief operating officer with the National Consortium for Academics and Sports at Disney's Wide World of Sports in Orlando (NCAS). Dawson helped spread the organization's mission to over 200 member institutions of creating a better society by focusing on educational attainment and using the power and appeal of sport to positively affect social change.
In June of 2000, Dawson assumed the position of director of athletics at North Carolina Central University. He wiped out the department's seven-year debt in a span of two years with a $1.2 million impact that was generated through fundraising ventures and cost saving measures. Along with his fundraising skills, Dawson improved the department's playing and training facilities (Olympic Sports weight room) along with re-establishing NCCU's Letter Winner Award Program and All-Sports Recognition Reception.
Following his tenure at North Carolina Central, Dawson spent three years at Virginia Commonwealth University as an adjunct professor in the school's graduate Sports Management Program and associate athletic director/associate director of the VCU Sports Center. Dawson served as the administrator for the baseball, soccer and track programs which included fiscal management, fundraising and staff development.
In January of 2007, Dawson entered the private sector and served as the chief spiritual officer for The Lin Dawson Organization, LLC (LDO). As CSO of the organization, Dawson provides organizational development consulting that's balanced by a broad academic background, practical management and executive level applications.
He has worked with several Fortune 500 corporations in the areas of organizational design and development, executive coaching, teambuilding, and leadership diversity.
As one of the first practitioners in the country to design and implement leadership diversity programs for collegiate athletic programs and professional sports, Dawson has also helped over 40 major universities and professional sports organizations such as the National Basketball Association (NBA) and Major League Soccer (MLS) to launch successful diversity initiatives.
In June of 2000, Dawson assumed the position of director of athletics at North Carolina Central University. He wiped out the department's seven-year debt in a span of two years with a $1.2 million impact that was generated through fundraising ventures and cost saving measures. Along with his fundraising skills, Dawson improved the department's playing and training facilities (Olympic Sports weight room) along with re-establishing NCCU's Letter Winner Award Program and All-Sports Recognition Reception.
Following his tenure at North Carolina Central, Dawson spent three years at Virginia Commonwealth University as an adjunct professor in the school's graduate Sports Management Program and associate athletic director/associate director of the VCU Sports Center. Dawson served as the administrator for the baseball, soccer and track programs which included fiscal management, fundraising and staff development.
In January of 2007, Dawson entered the private sector and served as the chief spiritual officer for The Lin Dawson Organization, LLC (LDO). As CSO of the organization, Dawson provides organizational development consulting that's balanced by a broad academic background, practical management and executive level applications.
He has worked with several Fortune 500 corporations in the areas of organizational design and development, executive coaching, teambuilding, and leadership diversity.
As one of the first practitioners in the country to design and implement leadership diversity programs for collegiate athletic programs and professional sports, Dawson has also helped over 40 major universities and professional sports organizations such as the National Basketball Association (NBA) and Major League Soccer (MLS) to launch successful diversity initiatives.
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