Julie Hermann

Julie Hermann is the athletic director at Rutgers University. Prior to her selection by Rutgers, she served as executive senior associate director of athletics for the University of Louisville.[1]

Coaching career and service

Hermann opened her collegiate coaching career with the Wyoming Cowgirls, where she spent two years helping them to the NCAA Tournament and a final eight finish.

In 1997, she was the assistant coach for USA Volleyball, helping the National Team to a silver medal.

Hermann has served on many community boards, including Frazier Rehab Institute, Metro Parks, Women 4 Women, YMCA, the Louisville Sports Commission, the Kentucky Sports Commission, the Commission on the Status of Women and the Center for Women and Families.[2]

Personal

As a student-athlete, Hermann was an All-Big Eight volleyball player at the University of Nebraska from 1981-84 when they won four conference championships, four tournament championships, appeared in four consecutive NCAA Tournaments and earned a pair of top five finishes. [3]

Hermann has served on the AVCA Hall of Fame selection committee and was the chair of the NCAA Division I Women's Volleyball Committee. She currently serves as president of the National Association of Collegiate Women's Administrators.[4]

On July 25, 2013, Hermann revealed she is lesbian.[5]

Controversy

She has been accused of verbally abusing players on the University of Tennessee volleyball team in 1996.[6]

In 1997, Hermann was also involved in a discrimination lawsuit against the University of Tennessee, in which the university's former assistant volleyball coach, Ginger Hineline, claimed Hermann fired her for becoming pregnant. Hineline was awarded $150,000.[7]

References

  1. ↑ "Rutgers Names Julie Hermann Director of Intercollegiate Athletics | Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey". Rutgers.edu. Retrieved 2013-06-12.
  2. ↑ "NACWAA Immediate Past President Hermann Named Rutgers AD". nacwaa.org. Retrieved 29 July 2013.
  3. ↑ http://www.gocards.com/school-bio/lou-hermann.html
  4. ↑ "AVCA Announces 2006 Hall of Fame Class". avca.org. Retrieved 29 July 2013.
  5. ↑ "New Rutgers Athletic Director Julie Hermann Reveals That She's Gay". CBS. Retrieved 25 July 2013.
  6. ↑ "Julie Hermann, Rutgers Athletic Director, Accused Of Abuse". Huffingtonpost.com. 26 May 2013. Retrieved 2013-06-12.
  7. ↑ "Rutgers' new athletic director faces fresh questions about her past". NJ.com. Retrieved 2014-04-08.