ADMINISTRATION UNIVERSITY PRESIDENT Dr. Alexander Gonzalez
ATHLETICS DIRECTOR Dr. Terry Wanless
Dr. Alexander Gonzalez has served more than three decades as a professor and education leader, including serving as president of California State University, Sacramento, since 2003.
Dr. Terry Wanless’ 11-year tenure as Sacramento State’s Director of Athletics has seen growth unparalleled in the school’s 22year Division I history.
As the first person in his family to graduate from college, Dr. Gonzalez has devoted his career to ensuring greater opportunities for students. Dr. Gonzalez enlisted in the U.S. Air Force at age 17, served four years and then used the G.I. Bill to graduate from Pomona College. He graduated with honors and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. He later earned a master’s degree in psychology and doctorate from the University of California, Santa Cruz, before serving as a postdoctoral research fellow at Stanford University. His experience includes six years as president of California State University, San Marcos, and 18 years at Fresno State, where he was the university’s provost and vice president for academic affairs. His commitment to the California State University system includes serving on a work group that reviewed and recommended corrective action on remedial education, and, more recently, as a member of a committee of presidents considering policy on enrollment management, the CSU’s Technology Steering Committee, and the Institute for Teaching and Learning. Click here to read more about President Gonzalez
His vision of broad success in the department has come to fruition over the last seven years where the Hornets have earned 43 conference titles. That includes an unprecedented eight conference titles during the 200607, 2007-08 and 2010-11 academic years. In addition, the program won the Big Sky Conference’s all-sports points championship in 2010-11 and finished second among the 11 league institutions in 2012-13. Academically, Sacramento State athletics recently posted its highest graduation rates in the Div. I era. Additionally, four programs finished among the top 10 percent nationally in their sport in NCAA Academic Progress Rate (APR) requirements in two of the last three years. The 2008-09 West Region Athletic Director of the Year for the Football Championship Subdivision (FCS), Wanless has served on numerous NCAA committees, and most recently completed terms as a member of the NCAA FCS selection committee and the Div. I Football Issues Committee. Previously, he was a member of the NCAA Football rules committee and the NCAA Peer Review committee. Click Here to read more about Dr. Wanless