FCA
8pm tonight @ Beta
New Athletic Director Harry Sheehy (bio below) speaks about his life, faith, and plans for Dartmouth Athletics. Come find out who calls the shots in his life.
Bring friends and questions.
http://www.dartmouthfca.org/
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During each year of Sheehy's decade guiding the Williams athletics department, the Ephs won the NCAA Division III Directors' Cup, given to the athletics program (out of more than 400 Division III colleges) that achieves the greatest success over a variety of 18 sports. In this past season, Williams had 14 of those 18 teams rank among the top 10 in their sport, and six in the top three with women's crew winning its fifth consecutive national championship and women's tennis taking home its third straight title. Overall, the Ephs have won 17 national championships during Sheehy's tenure and had a total of 619 All-America honors bestowed on their student-athletes.
Williams was also named the Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) Jostens Institution of the Year four times with Sheehy at the helm (2001, '04, '09 and '10). The award recognizes the ECAC institution that best exemplifies the highest standards of collegiate academic and athletic performance. The ECAC has a membership of 290 schools from 16 states stretching from Maine to North Carolina, representing the three NCAA competitive divisions.
Before his appointment as Williams' Director of Athletics, Sheehy was the head men's basketball coach for the Ephs for 17 years, compiling a record of 324-104 (.757) which is the fourth best winning percentage in the history of Division III men's basketball. During the 1990s, his teams posted a record of 221-45 (.830) for the second highest winning percentage of the decade.
Williams made 13 appearances in the NCAA Division III Tournament under Sheehy's tutelage, including his last 12 seasons. In 1997 and 1998, the Ephs played in the Division III Final Four, finishing third nationally in both years. The 1997 squad won a then college record 17 straight games, and from 1995-98 his teams won a then New England record of 51 consecutive home games. Sheehy also guided his 1987 and 1999 squads to New England Championships.
Sheehy's players received 15 selections to the All-New England team and eight as All-Americans, including one National Player of the Year. Prior to his tenure at Williams, the Ephs had enjoyed just one 20-win season. Sheehy guided the program to nine 20-win seasons, including each of his final eight years.
During his coaching career, Sheehy was named the Northeast Coach of the Year (1997, '98), the Eastern Basketball Magazine Coach of the Year (1998) and the NESCAC Coach of the Year (2000). In 2002, he was elected to be in the inaugural class of the New England Basketball Hall of Fame, joining others such as Bob Cousy, Patrick Ewing, Julius Erving, Jim Calhoun, and Geno Auriemma.
A 1975 graduate of Williams, Sheehy was a two-time All-American in basketball as well as team captain his senior year. He then played eight years with Athletes-in-Action and finished his career as the team's leading career scorer and fifth in career assists. Sheehy represented the United States in the 1978 Pan American Confederation Games as the U.S. won the gold medal in Argentina.
Sheehy is a noted motivational speaker who travels throughout the U.S. to speak to alumni, church, and business groups. His 2002 book, "Raising a Team Player," has received critical acclaim. He is married to Constance Durrell Sheehy.
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