Baddour is completing his ninth year as Director of Athletics. In those nine
years, the Tar Heels have won a league-leading 49 Atlantic Coast Conference
championships, eight more than Duke, which is second. This year, the Tar
Heels tied Duke and Virginia for the ACC lead with five team titles.
Carolina is the only school in the nation that has placed teams in a
football bowl game, the NCAA Men¹s Basketball Final Four, the NCAA Women's
Basketball Final Four and the NCAA Baseball College World Series in the last
two seasons.
The Tar Heels have clinched a Top 10 spot nationally in the 2005-06 NACDA
Cup and will be the highest finishing ACC school in the NACDA Cup for the
seventh time in Baddour's nine years as athletics director. The NACDA Cup
measures each school's participation and success in NCAA postseason play.
"Dick Baddour is a man of integrity who has led our athletic department for
nine outstanding years," says Chancellor Moeser. "He is committed to
fielding teams that demonstrate excellence in all aspects of University
life. He continues to position Carolina as a national leader in issues such
as anabolic steroids, the Leadership Academy and responsible corporate
partnerships. UNC's teams are competitive at a high level within the ACC and
nationally, while at the same time our student-athletes graduate at a level
comparable to the rest of the student body. Throughout his tenure, our teams
have been at or near the top in the ACC both competitively and academically.
We are fortunate to have a leader who understands how athletics complement,
yet not consume, our students' academic experience."
During Baddour's tenure as athletics director, the Tar Heels have won
national championships in men¹s basketball, men¹s and women's soccer, and
field hockey. In the last five years, the Tar Heels have won 20 individual
NCAA titles in swimming, track and field and gymnastics.
Baddour's contract runs through the 2008-09 school year. It includes a base
salary of $270,000 in 2006-07, $285,000 in 2007-08 and $295,000 in 2008-09.
"It is gratifying to know the Board of Trustees and Chancellor Moeser have
confidence in the leadership of the Carolina Athletics program," says
Baddour. "It is an indication of the talented student-athletes, coaches and
staff who I am fortunate to work with. We are quite proud of all that UNC
has accomplished competitively while staying true to the academic values of
this great university. We¹ve done well, but there is plenty of room for us
to improve. I look forward to continuing to work with the outstanding people
in this department to meet those challenges."