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Women AD set precedent (Florida Today, July 13, 2008)
ASU athletics experiencing more than just wins (East Valley Tribune, April 8, 2008)
Lisa Love, Vice President for University Athletics Lisa Love was named Arizona State's Vice President for University Athletics on April 23, 2005. At ASU, Love serves as the senior administrative officer of the university's athletic program, which features 12 women's and 10 men's sports, including men's and women's basketball, golf, swimming and diving, tennis, track/field and cross country; women's gymnastics, soccer, softball, volleyball, and water polo; baseball, football and wrestling. Love is responsible for the management and development of one of the finest and most comprehensive athletic physical plants in the nation at ASU, playing host to nearly 1 million patrons each year. ASU's athletic staff includes more than 180 full and part-time coaches and administrative and support personnel who provide services to about 500 student-athletes. In the short time she has been presiding over the affairs of the ASU Athletic Department, Love has already established herself as one of the rising administrators in the country. Love's ability to lead was evident right from the start. She had been on the job a little more than two months (officially began July 1, 2005) when ASU had to move its scheduled football game with LSU from Baton Rouge, La., to Tempe - in less than a week's time - because of the devastation caused by Hurricane Katrina in the state of Louisiana. In the end, $1 million dollars was raised through ticket sales from the game to assist with the Hurricane relief effort. One of only six female athletic directors out of 119 at Division I Schools with football, Love has taken important steps since her appointment to ensure that ASU remains one of the premier athletic programs in the country. Receiving contract extensions in the last year have been head women's basketball coach Charli Turner Thorne (two Pac-10 Championships and four NCAA Tournament appearances) and head baseball coach Pat Murphy (five top 12 finishes in the last 10 years and two College World Series appearances). In addition, Love was praised around the country for the hiring of North Carolina State's Herb Sendek (12 postseason appearances in 13 seasons as a head coach) to guide the ASU men's basketball program. "In a year of challenge, change and choice, Lisa Love has confirmed our wisdom in selecting her to lead one of the nation's great athletic programs," Arizona State President Michael Crow said. "She is setting the bar high, both for athletic and academic performance. She has demonstrated strategic skill in hiring, retaining and developing an exceptional athletic staff. Her vision and personal leadership skills are laying a foundation for sustained success." Love came to ASU from the University of Southern California where she had been since 1989 as head women's volleyball coach (1989-98) and administrator (1991-2005). After leaving the coaching ranks following the 1998 season, Love devoted herself to administration full-time eventually ascending to the position of Senior Associate Athletic Director in 2002. At USC Love handled the day-to-day supervision of eight sports - including women's basketball, volleyball, tennis and men's and women's swimming and diving - and monitored all women's sports at the university. She was active in the athletic department's strategic planning, gender equity, civil rights and NCAA certification issues and she served on the NCAA Management Council. She also served two stints (1992 - 1993 and 2001 - 2002) as vice president of the Pacific-10 Conference. As a coach, Love was a master teacher at the pinnacle of her profession. She compiled an impressive 404-171 as a college head coach for 17 seasons at Texas Arlington (199-78 from 1982-88) and USC (205-93 from 1989-98). At USC, she led the Trojans to nine NCAA tournament berths and eight finishes in the national Top 15. She was selected as the Pac-10 Co-Coach of the Year in 1997. She was national Coach of the Year in 1988 when Arlington went 30-4 and fell one win shy of the Final Four. Love served as president of the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) from 1997-98 and as the chair of the NCAA Division I Volleyball Committee. She worked on the AVCA All-America committee from 1987-89 and was a legislative representative to the AVCA Board from 1992-94. In 2005, Love was inducted into the AVCA Hall of Fame. In addition nurturing the lives of student-athletes, Love also mentored some of the finest volleyball coaching talent in the nation. Among her protégés are head volleyball coaches at Texas (Jerritt Elliott), South Carolina (Nancy Somera), Indiana (Katie Weismiller) and Idaho (Debbie Buchanan). A tremendous athlete as a volleyball player in her own right, Love is also a member of the Texas Tech University and Texas Arlington athletic Halls of Fame. As a student-athlete, Love was a four-year volleyball starter and an all-region performer at Texas Tech. She earned a bachelor's degree (1978) in physical education from Texas Tech and a master's degree (1985) in education administration from the University of North Texas. Prior to coaching at Texas Arlington, Love also compiled a 79-40 record as head coach at Bowie High School (1978-82) in Arlington, Texas. Love, who is ASU's 21st athletic director (17th full-time), has two sisters, Shannon Goddard and Debbi Dalton. Her parents are Tom and Jeanne Love of Arlington, Texas.
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