Chet Gladchuk Jr.

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Chet Gladchuk Jr.
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Gladchuk in 2023
Current position
Title Athletic director
Team Navy
Conference Patriot League
Biographical details
Born1950 (age 73–74)
Playing career
1970–1972 Boston College
Position(s) Center
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
1978–1985 UMass (assistant AD)
1985–1988 Syracuse (associate AD)
1988–1990 Tulane
1990–1997 Boston College
1997–2001 Houston
2001–present Navy

Chester Stephen Gladchuk Jr. (born 1950) is an American college athletics administrator and former American football player and coach. He is currently the athletic director at the United States Naval Academy, a position he has held since 2001. During his tenure at the Naval Academy he has not only taken it to the most NCAA Division 1 Varsity Sports (36), but additionally he has amassed more wins than any other Athletic Director in NCAA History. Before the Academy Gladchuk served as the athletic director at Tulane University from 1988 to 1990, at Boston College from 1990 to 1997, and at the University of Houston from 1997 to 2001. Gladchuk attended Worcester Academy and then played college football at Boston College from 1970 to 1972. He coached high school football in New Hampton, New Hampshire before moving to the University of Massachusetts Amherst, where he worked as an assistant athletic director and earned a master's degree in sports administration. Gladchuck's father, Chet Gladchuk, also played college football at Boston College before playing professionally with the New York Giants of the National Football League (NFL) and the Montreal Alouettes of the Interprovincial Rugby Football Union, now part of the Canadian Football League (CFL). [1]

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Boston College

During Gladchuk's tenure at Boston College, the athletic department's budget grew from $800,000 to $4.4 million. [2]

Soon after becoming AD, Gladchuk hired Tom Coughlin to coach the football team. Coughlin left before the 1994 season to become head coach of the NFL's expansion Jacksonville Jaguars. Gladchuk replaced him with Dan Henning. [3] In 1996, Gladchuk investigated allegations of gambling by football players, which led to the school suspending 13 players. [2]

In 1992, men's hockey coach Len Ceglarski retired and Gladchuk promoted longtime assistant Steve Cedorchuk. During Cedorchuk's tenure as head coach, he promised more scholarships than the school could give. [4] Cedorchuk was forced out after two seasons and Gladchuk hired Mike Milbury to succeed him. [5] However, Milbury resigned before coaching a game due to "philosophical differences" with the athletic department. He was replaced by BC alum Jerry York, who led the Eagles to four NCAA Championships. [6] [7]

In 1997, men's basketball coach Jim O'Brien left BC for Ohio State after three of his recruits were rejected by the admissions department. [2]

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References

  1. ↑ "Tulane Names Gladchuk AD". Schenectady Gazette . Associated Press. March 22, 1988. p. 30. Retrieved May 16, 2014– via Google News.
  2. 1 2 3 "An Eagle flies south; Gladchuk leaves BC for Houston AD job". Telegram & Gazette. July 19, 1997.
  3. ↑ Blaudschun, Mark (June 14, 1994). "Gladchuk keeps on plugging". The Boston Globe.
  4. ↑ Madden, Michael (June 16, 1994). "Broken promises of aid put BC hockey in turmoil; Confusion, controversy surround scholarship program". The Boston Globe.
  5. ↑ Monahan, Bob (March 25, 1994). "Cedorchuk, BC hockey part ways". The Boston Globe.
  6. ↑ Monahan, Bob (June 16, 1994). "York handed hockey reins: BC taps alumnus to replace Milbury". The Boston Globe.
  7. ↑ Gentile, Megan (December 11, 2021). "Jerry York Inducted Into The U.S. Hockey Hall Of Fame". The Heights. Retrieved December 24, 2021.
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