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Athletic Department Directory |
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UNC Background
Jim Fallis
Director of Athletics
Since joining the University of Northern Colorado as its Director of Athletics in July 1993, Jim Fallis has continued to develop UNC Athletics into one of the most successful Division II programs in the nation. He also coordinated the successful completion of the largest fund-raising project in UNC athletic history, the $3.5 million Nottingham Field. He also assisted in the construction management of the 6,500-seat stadium.
Since then, Fallis has overseen the $400,000 addition of an eight-lane all-weather track, a $400,000 renovation to Jackson Baseball Field, the addition of a million dollar wrestling room to Butler-Hancock as well as new women’s basketball and volleyball locker rooms. Presently the department is supervising the renovation of the Butler-hancock fieldhouse with new lighting and sound systems. In addition, the department built a computer technology room for use by student-athletes.
In 1994, Fallis created the UNC Athletic Hall of Fame to pay tribute to the outstanding student-athletes, coaches and contributors that have been a big part of the Bears’ history for the past century.
Fallis is committed to developing a UNC Athletic program that adheres to the principals of gender equity and stresses the academic performance of its student-athletes. During his tenure, Fallis has added women’s golf and women’s softball to the UNC varsity sport lineup, and has consistently worked to enhance the scholarship opportunities available in the Bears’ nine women’s sports. Fallis has created an environment in which academic performance is valued and rewarded, as witnessed by the fact that nearly 33 percent of UNC student-athletes had a cumulative grade-point average of 3.25 or better in 2001-02.
Prior to UNC, Fallis spent seven years as athletic director at Lake Superior State University. Under his leadership, LSSU won NCAA Division I Hockey Championships in 1982 and 1992.
Fallis, 50, has been actively involved in the administration of intercollegiate athletics at the national level. He recently served as chair of the NCAA Division II Nominating Committee and has been a member of the NACDA executive committee. Prior to this, he served on the NCAA Council and has also been a member of the Pigskin Classic Hosting Committee in 1996 and 2001. He was instrumental in the development of the NCAA Division II Athletic Director’s Association of which he was the president from 1997-98. He has made numerous presentations at NACDA, NAAD and NACMA conventions. He is also very active in the community where he has served on the Greeley Independent Stampede Committee and the Greeley Centennial Rotary Board. Presently, he serves on the Sears Directors’ Cup Committee and is a member of the Greeley Centennial Rotary Club.
A 1974 graduate of LSSU, Fallis served as the Lakers’ wrestling coach from 1974 until his appointment as interim athletic director in 1986. His teams compiled a 77-56 record, including a perfect 10-0 mark in 1985-86. Fallis had an outstanding wrestling career of his own. A four-time NAIA All-America grappler for the Lakers, he had a 142-19-1 career record and won both the NCAA Division III and NAIA national championships in 1974. A native of Durand, Mich., Fallis earned his masters degree from Northern Michigan in 1977. He and his wife, Anna, are the parents of two children, Tom and Natalie.
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