Current position | |
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Title | Athletic director |
Team | Loyola–Chicago |
Conference | Atlantic 10 Conference |
Biographical details | |
Alma mater | Bowling Green State University, Ohio University |
Playing career | |
1986–1988 | Rutgers |
1988–1990 | Bowling Green |
Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
2001–2006 | Eastern Michigan (associate AD) |
2006–2014 | St. Bonaventure |
2014–present | Loyola–Chicago |
Steve Watson is the current director of athletics for Loyola University Chicago. [1] [2] He previously served as athletic director at St. Bonaventure University from 2006 to 2014, [3] [4] [5] and as an associate athletic director at Eastern Michigan University from 2001 to 2006. Watson attended college at Rutgers University and Bowling Green State University, where he played on both school's college basketball teams. [6] Watson was named athletic director at Loyola University Chicago on November 12, 2014, and brought on his very close friend Kate Achter to be the new head women's basketball coach in 2016. [7] [8] [9] [10]
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