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I n 194 1, fo r esighted m e n had v isions o f a n Ohio Va lley Con fe rence. Spo rt sw ri ters speculated about the impe n d ing divis io n of t he Kentuc k y I nte rcollegiate Athle t ic Co nference. Virtuall y all agreed it was j u st a matter of time until th e divi sio n took place and a new athletic confe r ence was formed

T h en th e J apa nese b ombe d Pearl H a r bor and America was pl un ged in to W orld War II .

Seven yea rs la t er, aft er th e hostilit ies had ceased, a pre-war dream became a post - war r ea lity. The "B ig Fi ve " of the K . 1. A.C. w ithdrew to form the O hi o Valley Conference

Making the m ove were W este rn Kentucky S tate Co ll ege, Eastern Ke n tuc k y State College, Mur ray S tate College, Morehead S t a te Co llege and t he Un ive r s it y of Louisvi ll e. Th ey were joi ned by E vansville College and , shortly thereafter, by T e n nessee Tech and Mar shall College.

Pu rpose of t he O.V .C., w hi ch was set fort h in its cons t it ution , is " t o regu late , con t rol and promote all the recogni zed branc he s of inte rco ll egiate athleti cs i n i nstit ut io ns represented."

Th roug h a gradua l proce ss, the O h io Valley Co n ference was to become a league o f Kentucky a nd Te nn essee sta te co ll eges Middle T ennessee S ta t e College j oined the rolls in 1952, Eas t Tennessee S t ate Un iversity in 1957 and Austin Peay Stat e Coll ege in the spring of 1962 . Th ey rep la ced Louisv ille, wh ich became an ind ependent in 1949 , and Marsha ll and Evansv ille, whi ch d epa r ted in 1952.

T h e Universit y of Akr o n and Yo u ngst own State University joined theOVC in 197 980 .

Eastern also competes against o t herOVC schools i n a regula r season schedu le in wom e n's basketball and tournaments in ten n is and vo ll eybal l. Championships arc held a lso in cross country and ou tdoor tra ck.

Eastern ranks firs t in th e Conference's alltime football sta ndin gs with a 144-82-7 wonlost record. The Colo nels have won seven regular seaso n title s outright ('54, '67, '68, '7 4 , '76, '81 and '82) and shared one tit le in 1962.

East ern won the NCAA D iv ision I-AA nat ional c h ampions hip in 1979 and 1982 and th e NCAA M ideast Regional C hamp ionship in 1967 Th e Colonels finish e d as nat ional runners up in the NCAA 's I-AA Division in 1980 a n d 198 1.

J im Delany, a 35-year-old forme r NCAA inves t igator, is serving his fifth year as commiss ioner of the Ohio Valley Conference. H e succeeded Bob Vanatta as the OVC's fourth commiss ioner.

The Succasunna, New J e rsey, nati ve became the youngest comm issioner t o serve the conference. T he other OVC commissioners p rior to Vanatta were Art h ur Guepc and Paul Dietzel.

Delany is a 19 70 grad uat e of the U n ivcrsit y of No rth Carolina w here h e played ba s ketball for coach Dean Smith's Tarhcels from 1967- 70 and served as co-cap t ai n of the 196970 sq uad.

Fo ll owing graduat ion, Delany ente r e d the UNC Law School a nd served as an ass ist a nt coach under Sm ith. H e received hi s law degree in 1973 before joining the NCAA staff.

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The College of Health, Physical Education , Recreation and Athletics sponsors seven intercollegiate s ports for men, s ix intercollegiate sports for women and two coeducational intercollegiate sports. Extensive intramural, free play and club sports programs are sponsored providing varied participation opportuniti es for all.

These programs are an integ ral part of the total program and d eve lopment of Eastern students. They offer experiences which contribute immeasurably to the health , vitality and preparation of young people as citizens and for their leadership contributions to the yo uth in th e nation's schools and elsewhere.

Th e College of Health, Ph ys ical Education, Recreation and Athletics offers a variety of degree programs at the undergraduat e and graduate leve ls. The coaches of athletics are among the fifty-three full-time faculty m e mbers representing more than a score of th e finest colleges and universities in the nation, required to produce academic, intramural and varsity athl etic programs.

The ex t e nsive indoor and outdoor facilities are us e d interchangea bly for instruction and athletics as is the faculty. The College , which is organized under a single admini strative unit, includ es three academic departments under which there are seventeen undergraduate and graduate degree programs and inte rcollegiat e athletics. This t y pe organization contributes significantly to success ful coordination of the program , faculty and facilities for maximum contribution to the overall mission of the University.

The College is headed by Dean Russ e ll Bogue. Its three academic departments are: School and Public Health, chaired by Dr. H e rman Bush ; Recreation and Park Administration , chaired by Dr. James McChesney; Physical Education, chaired by Dr. Peggy Stanaland. The College's program of intercollegiate athletics is administered by Athletic Director, Mr. Donald G. C ombs , and Assistant Athl et ic Director, Dr. Martha Mullins. Its newl y created Department of H.P.E.R. & A. Services is administered by Dr. Fred Darling.

Through its d e partments, the College offers six baccalaureate d eg ree programs and one two-y ear associate of arts option curricula for undergraduate s tud e nts. At the graduate le vel , the College offers th e Master of Science in Physical Educat i o n, R ec r eation and Park Admini strat ion , and Physical Education with the Sports Administration Option. Additional degree programs offered in cooperation with the College of Education include S peci a list in Education , Master of Arts in Health Education, Allied Health , Physical Education, along with Rank I I and Rank I teacher certification programs .

T he College also serves EK U's general education progra m through requ ired ph ys ical education and hea lth cla sses for freshmen a nd so phomores.

Enrolled in th e Co llege's academic programs are some I , I 00 majors , includin g more than 400 graduate s tud e nts. To se rve thi s large enrollment, th e

College boasts a full-tim e faculty of 53, including 22 members with the earned doctorate. Thirt y graduate as sistants perform t eac hing and other se rv ices.

A balanced athletic program , intramural, s ports clubs and intercollegiate, is provid ed by the College. Intramural and s port clubs programs are s ponsored through the H.P. E. R. & A. services department by intramural directors. Competition in numerou s s por ts, including softball, flag football, s occer, racquetball, bowling , volleyball, table tennis, tra c k basketball and field hockey provide phys ical outlets for EK U s tud e nts.

EKU, a membe r of the NCAA and Ohio Va lle y Conference, fields athletic tea m s in baseball , basketball , football , swimming, go lf, tenni s, c ross country, track (indoor and outdoor) and rifle. Basketball , field hocke y, tennis , cross country, track and field (indoor and outdoor) and volley ball make up the intercollegiate program for women.

Outs tanding facilities are r eq uired to s upport an operation w ith th e scope of East e rn ' s C ollege of H.P.E.R. & A. The College's prog rams are house d in five major campus structures - The Robert B. Beg ley Building, where it is headquartered , the Alumni C oliseum , the W eave r Health Building, the Presnell Building and the Greg Adams Building. Numerous tennis courts, r ec reation areas, Gertrude Hood Field, Turke y Hughes Baseba ll Fie ld , and the Tom C. Samuels nine-lane track with tartan infield are amon g the o th er facilities of the College. An 18-hol e golf course and an outdoor educationr ec re ation demon stra tion area are located at Arlington. There are four e quipped training rooms attached to th e intercollegiate locke r rooms in four buildings.

The seven-story Begley Building is designed to serve n ea rly 2,000 s tudents hourly in classes and also provides seating for more than 20, 000 football spec tators. Included in th e s tructure are three gymnas iums , 12 handball courts, 36 classrooms , 60 offices and the dressin g facilities for physical education and football. A training area includes two exe rcise and we ight-lifting rooms , a steam room and a large therapy tank. A se minar room and r ece ption area are located on the second level of the building. Offices on this level have been accoustically treated to absorb sound from th e open-top athletic area

The Thomas E. McDonough Intramural Fi e lds , which boast s 10 football field s, two of which are varsity practice field s and another two which are large enough for soccer play, are in use. In season , eight softball fi e lds ma y be s uperimpo sed on th e football la y outs.

The Gl e nn Presnell Building h o uses football locker and s how e r rooms , a training room, r es t rooms and storage, office and lecture areas. An equipment c he c k-out room and other service facilities are locate d to se rve the students who participate in the intramural progra m s.

The Greg Ad a ms indoor tennis facility becam e available for use in the fall of 1976. It co ns titutes the fifth building on campus de voted to housi ng the ac ti v ities of th e C ollege of H .P.E .R. & A.