Tarleton State looking at FCS - Division I move
Posted: Thu Apr 02, 2015 9:36 am
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During an open forum held on the campus of Tarleton State University on Tuesday afternoon, President Dr. F. Dominic Dottavio, Vice-President Tye Minckler, Athletic Director and Head Men’s Basketball Coach Lonn Reisman, and Athletics Council Chair Dr. Robert Newby addressed the possibility of a move to NCAA Division I athletics. After the information was presented as unbiased as possible, an informal poll was taken of the 28 faculty and staff members present. All 28 members in the afternoon session felt the move was in the best interest of the university.
“We have no invitation yet to join a division one conference,” Dottavio said, “and that is that first thing that has to happen. This is truly an open-ended conversation and we want to hear from the campus community. This issue is not new for us. We had an opportunity in 2003 to make a change from Division II to Division I athletics.”
“In 2003 we tried to join the Southland and we were not accepted,” Reisman said “If they call again and we say no, we will probably not get a call again for a long, long time. I think that we are a major university already, and I think we are just as good if not better than Stephen F. Austin and Sam Houston.”
During an open forum held on the campus of Tarleton State University on Tuesday afternoon, President Dr. F. Dominic Dottavio, Vice-President Tye Minckler, Athletic Director and Head Men’s Basketball Coach Lonn Reisman, and Athletics Council Chair Dr. Robert Newby addressed the possibility of a move to NCAA Division I athletics. After the information was presented as unbiased as possible, an informal poll was taken of the 28 faculty and staff members present. All 28 members in the afternoon session felt the move was in the best interest of the university.
“We have no invitation yet to join a division one conference,” Dottavio said, “and that is that first thing that has to happen. This is truly an open-ended conversation and we want to hear from the campus community. This issue is not new for us. We had an opportunity in 2003 to make a change from Division II to Division I athletics.”
“In 2003 we tried to join the Southland and we were not accepted,” Reisman said “If they call again and we say no, we will probably not get a call again for a long, long time. I think that we are a major university already, and I think we are just as good if not better than Stephen F. Austin and Sam Houston.”