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Nov 6, 2006 1:01:10 AM



Centennial moments, 1993-94

The following events helped shape the NCAA from 1993 to 1994.

1993 (May 11) — Richard Schultz announces his resignation as executive director after an independent fact-finder’s report that he had knowledge of improper loans to student-athletes while he was the athletics director at the University of Virginia.

1993 (May 16) — Lander University wins the first of eight straight Division II Men’s Tennis Championships team titles under coach Joe Cabri.

1993 (November 5) — Cedric Dempsey of the University of Arizona is selected to succeed Schultz as executive director (the title was changed to "president" after the 1997 restructuring).

1993 (December 11) — Mount Union College wins the first of seven Division III Football Championships between 1993 and 2002 under coach Larry Kehres.

1994 (January) — Division I commissioners create an NCAA membership restructuring proposal, prompting the appointment of three division-specific restructuring task forces.

1994 (January 11) — The Black Coaches Association threatens to boycott men’s basketball games in response to Division I’s defeat of a proposal to increase scholarships from 13 to 14; the boycott is averted when the NCAA and BCA agree January 14 to Justice Department arbitration.

1994 (March 17-19) — Travis Miller of the University of California, San Diego, becomes the first participant in the Division III Men’s Swimming and Diving Championships to win nine career individual titles.

1994 (November 13) — Franklin Pierce College wins the first of five Division II Women’s Soccer Championships during a six-year period beginning in 1994 (two under coach Mark Krikorian and three under coach Jeff Bailey).

1994 (December) — NCAA and CBS agree to a $1.725 billion, eight-year television contract; ESPN agrees to expand its coverage of the Division I Women’s Basketball Championship.


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