Playing career | |
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1966–1969 | Auburn |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
?–? | Auburn (assistant) |
Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
1977–1981 | Auburn (administrative assistant) |
1981–1982 | Vanderbilt (assistant AD) |
1982–1998 | Georgia (associate AD) |
1998–2002 | Ole Miss |
2003–2004 | Eastern Kentucky |
2008–2011 | Southeast Missouri State |
John Shafer is a former American college athletics administrator. He served as athletic director at the University of Mississippi from 1998 to 2002, [1] [2] at Eastern Kentucky University from 2003 to 2004, [3] and at Southeast Missouri State University from 2008 to 2011. [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] Shafer attended college at Auburn University, where he played on the school's baseball team. [9] Shafer announced his retirement from collegiate athletic administration on June 16, 2011. [10] [11]
Mississippi County is a county located in the Bootheel of the U.S. state of Missouri, with its eastern border formed by the Mississippi River. As of the 2020 census, the population was 12,577. The largest city and county seat is Charleston. The county was officially organized on February 14, 1845, and was named after the Mississippi River.
Southeast Missouri State University is a public university in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. In addition to the main campus, the university has four regional campuses offering full degree programs and a secondary campus housing the Holland College of Arts and Media. The university is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission.
The Battle of Cape Girardeau was a military demonstration of the American Civil War, occurring on April 26, 1863 in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. The conflict was part of the pursuit of US Brigadier General John McNeil through Southeast Missouri by Confederate Brigadier General John S. Marmaduke. Though the conflict to this day is known as a battle, it was a relatively small engagement whose primary importance was as the turning point that brought General Marmaduke's second Missouri raid to an end.
Southeast Hospital is a private, not-for-profit hospital located in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. Southeast Missouri Hospital first opened in 1928 and has grown into a regional medical complex serving over 600,000 people in 22 counties in Southeast Missouri and Southern Illinois. In 2007, the hospital had 269 licensed beds, 11,487 admissions and employed over 2,000 people.
The Kentucky Wildcats football program represents the University of Kentucky in the sport of American football. The Wildcats compete in the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and the Eastern Division of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). The Wildcats play their home games at Kroger Field in Lexington, Kentucky and are led by head coach Mark Stoops.
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Richard Milan Godlove was an American football and basketball coach and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at Ottawa University in Ottawa, Kansas from 1936 to 1942 and Washburn University in Topeka, Kansas from 1946 to 1968, compiling a career college football coaching record of 104–55–10. In 1964, he was inducted into the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics Hall of Fame and served as the third president of the organization.
Neal Evans Boyd was an American classical singer, who developed a passion for opera music after being enthralled with the performances of the Three Tenors. Despite being raised in conditions of poverty within the U.S. state of Missouri, he achieved a degree in music and eventually entered the third season of America's Got Talent, winning that year's competition. In addition to music, he also became involved in politics and conducted performances at many state-wide events across Missouri.
The Southeast Missouri State Redhawks are the athletic teams of Southeast Missouri State University (SEMO), located in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, United States. The Redhawks athletic program is a member of the Ohio Valley Conference (OVC) and competes at the NCAA Division I level including the Football Championship Subdivision. The SEMO mascot is Rowdy the Redhawk and the school colors are red and black.
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A special election for Missouri's 8th congressional district was held on June 4, 2013, following the resignation of Jo Ann Emerson on January 22, 2013, to head the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association. The Republican and Democratic parties selected their own nominees without a primary.
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Mark Alnutt is the current director of athletics for the University at Buffalo. He previously served as athletic director for Southeast Missouri State University, and as assistant athletic director for the University of Memphis and the University of Missouri. Alnutt attended college at the University of Missouri, where he was a three-year letterman on the Missouri Tigers football team, playing linebacker and tight end. Alnutt was named athletic director at the University at Buffalo on March 21, 2018. On May 27, 2021, Alnutt and the University at Buffalo signed a new five-year contract for him to remain as vice president and director of athletics through May 2026.
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