r.c. johnson athletic directorUNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS | 51 | 2011 TIGER TENNIS EXPERIENCE COMPLETE BIO R.C. Johnson came aboard in February of 1996 and im- mediately set forth in bringing U of M Tiger athletics into national prominence. Over the last 14 years, the dynamic ad- ministrator has built Tiger Athletics into a nationally-recog- nized program that has been to five bowl games in the last eight years and played for the Men´s Basketball National Championship title in 2007-08. In addition, for the last 12 straight years, donations to the department have continued to rise, and on June 28, 2010, a record-setting $7.3 million was announced by the Tiger Scholarship Fund. R.C. Johnson has worked 37 years in athletic administration. He was named the Director of Athletics at the Uni- versity of Memphis on December 29, 1995. Also in the last eight years under Johnson, the Tigers have captured 15 total C-USA championships in men´s basketball, men´s soccer, women´s soccer, women´s golf and men´s track. The men´s basketball program has garnered five regular-season titles (2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009) and four C-USA Tournament championships (2006, 2007, 2008, 2009), while the women´s soccer program claimed consecu- tive league championships in 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010.
