{"id":1274,"date":"2018-11-02T13:43:27","date_gmt":"2018-11-02T13:43:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thesouthtexan.com\/?p=1274"},"modified":"2018-11-05T21:23:02","modified_gmt":"2018-11-05T21:23:02","slug":"athletic-director-starts-duties-for-javelinas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesouthtexan.com\/index.php\/2018\/11\/02\/athletic-director-starts-duties-for-javelinas\/","title":{"rendered":"Athletic Director starts duties for Javelinas"},"content":{"rendered":"

Stephen Roach filled the vacant athletic director position permanently as of Oct. 1. Roach replaced David Scott Gines in the Javelina Athletic Department.<\/p>\n

Upon filling the position, Roach met with coaches and his faculty and staff members to discuss his goals and duties for the current and upcoming sporting seasons.<\/p>\n

According to javelinaatheltics.com, Roach has degrees in Sports Management, certification in intercollegiate athletics administration, and a degree in Criminology.<\/p>\n

Roach resigned his position as athletic director at the Indiana University of Pennsylvania (IUP) and was ready to take on Javelina Athletics right away. IUP is a Division II university in the National Collegiate Athletics Association. His duties there have prepared him for this position at Texas A&M University-Kingsville.<\/p>\n

The campus of IUP is similar to TAMUK, so Roach hasn\u2019t experienced any major problems adjusting so far.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere are a lot of similarities between IUP and TAMUK. The campus is slightly smaller here but the communities are very similar,\u201d Roach said.<\/p>\n

Although Roach\u2019s credentials speak for themselves, he has more to offer the athletic department from previous experiences.<\/p>\n

\u201cCareer-wise, something interesting is that I started in a whole different career field. I used to be a parole officer,\u201d Roach said. \u201cMy first job out of college I did an internship. I was a criminology major and I did that for three years. I ran the House Arrest and Electronic Monitoring unit for Indiana in a county of Pennsylvania. Doing that at age 22 was quite the challenge, but it gave me a good perspective. \u201c<\/p>\n

Aside from Roach\u2019s work life, he is a family man. Roach has been enjoying the warm Texas weather since. Roach enjoys golf in his free time and feels that living in Texas, he will get to do that a bit more.<\/p>\n

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Photo by Fred Neusch.
Roach and his wife, Molly.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201c[My family] are my main hobby right now. I took them golfing last weekend. Golf is my personal hobby that I love and I also enjoy working out,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Roach then shared his path to finding college athletics.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt just came to me one day. I was in a bit of a sticky situation as I walked into the middle of a drug deal. I was like I don\u2019t think this is for me. I had some friends who went to get their Master\u2019s in sports [administration]. I got an opportunity to be a graduate assistant and that kind of opened up my mind to athletics. Once I got into college athletics, I fell in love with it, \u201c he said.<\/p>\n

Some of Roach\u2019s major goals for the department are learning about the program and adjusting to the program to see what can be improved.<\/p>\n

Steven Tallant, the president of TAMUK, was happy to choose Roach for the position because of his relevant background.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s done an incredible job good job [at IUP]. That university mirrors who we are. They have a similar size – 400 athletes and 40 staff members,\u201d he said.<\/h1>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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