Joe Alleva

Joseph Louis Alleva (born c. 1952) is the current athletics director at Louisiana State University. He officially started on July 1, 2008.[1] He was formerly the athletics director at Duke University.

Duke tenure

Alleva began as athletic director in 1998. Alleva hired three football coaches in his 11 years: Carl Franks, Ted Roof, and David Cutcliffe. Franks' record in his five years was 7–45, including two 0–11 seasons. Roof went 6–45. Despite an initial preference for former UCLA head coach Karl Dorrell, Alleva eventually settled on Cutcliffe as Roof's replacement.[2] Cutcliffe won ACC Coach of the Year in 2012. His first baseball coach hired was Bill Hillier who compiled a 121–214 record.

In the beginning of Duke lacrosse case, on April 5, 2006, Joe Alleva forced Duke lacrosse coach Mike Pressler to resign under threat and faced criticism for his handling of the case. In 2008, Alleva announced he was leaving Duke for the Athletic Director position at Louisiana State University.[3]

References

  1. ↑ A Letter from New Athletics Director Joe Alleva
  2. ↑ Duke Search Had Little-known Roof, Spurrier, Dorrell, Neuheisel Angles Archived December 3, 2013, at the Wayback Machine.
  3. ↑ "Alleva's tenure saw Duke's best and worst" Archived 27 March 2015 at the Wayback Machine., Duke Chronicle, April 14, 2008.
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