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Georgetown University named Bernard M. Muir its 13th Director of Athletics, (Francis X. Rienzo Chair) effective July 1, 2005.
As Director of Athletics, Muir oversees the operations of all Georgetown University intercollegiate and intramural athletic programs, which include more than 100 coaches and staff who support more than 700 student-athletes participating in 27 sports, the majority of which compete in the BIG EAST Conference.
Muir previously served as Deputy Director of Athletics for Administration and Facilities at the University of Notre Dame, where he oversaw campus athletics facilities, game management operations and club and intramural sports and recreation. He has served as primary administrator for a number of sports and as secondary administrator for football.
Muir's success in his two years at Georgetown has been recognized nationally as well, being named one of Street & Smith's Sports Business Journal's "Top 40 Under 40" in January 2007.
This past year, the Georgetown athletic program again enjoyed many successes on and off the field, led by the men's basketball team winning both the BIG EAST Regular Season and Tournament titles and advancing to the Final Four. The men's lacrosse team reached the NCAA Tournament for the 11th-straight season, the women's lacrosse team won its seventh-straight BIG EAST Regular Season crown and the women's track & field team won the BIG EAST Indoor title and the ECAC Outdoors.
Muir's first year at Georgetown saw many successes, on the field and off. The Hoya football team played the first-ever game -- against Brown - at its new home, the Multi-Sport Field. The Georgetown sailing team was named the National Team of the Year, led by senior Andrew Campbell, who was named the Sailor of the Year; both the men's and women's lacrosse teams reached the quarterfinals of the NCAA Tournament; the men's basketball team advanced to the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Tournament; the track & field program continued its standing as one of the top programs in the region, winning the women's indoor ECAC title and placing second at both the men's cross country and women's indoor BIG EAST Championships; and the women's golf team placed second at the BIG EAST Championship in the spring for the second-straight season.
During his reign, 39 student-athletes earned All-American honors, four were awarded Scholar All-American accolades and 114 received all-conference recognition. Off the field, Georgetown student-athletes are among the best, with more than 300 being named to the BIG EAST Academic Honor Roll over the past two years.
Muir was an eight-year staff member at the NCAA and the director of the Division I NCAA Men's Basketball Championship. He joined the NCAA staff in December 1992 as assistant director of the Division I Men's Basketball Championship and was promoted to
director in August 1998.
As Director, he administered both the policies relating to tickets for the championship, and the men's and women's basketball officiating programs. He also monitored other select committees within the NCAA governance structure and served as the primary liaison to institutions participating in the Division I Men's Basketball Championship.
A 1990 graduate of Brown University with a bachelor's degree in organizational behavior and management, the Gainesville, Fla., native was a four-year letterwinner and co-captain of the Bears' basketball team.
Born July 22, 1968, he and his wife, Liz, a former NCAA membership services representative have two daughters -Libby and Millie.
