r.c. johnson ATHLETIC DIRECTOR R.C. JOHNSON CAME ABOARD IN FEBRUARY OF 1996 AND IMMEDIATELY SET FORTH IN BRINGING U OF M TIGER ATHLETICS INTO NATIONAL PROMINENCE. OVER THE LAST 14 YEARS, THE DYNAMIC ADMINISTRATOR HAS BUILT TIGER ATHLETICS INTO A NATIONALLY-RECOGNIZED PROGRAM THAT HAS BEEN TO FIVE BOWL GAMES IN THE LAST SEVEN 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. 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 CONSECUTIVE LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIPS IN 2007, 2008, 2009 AND 2010. COMPLETE BIO R.C. JOHNSON HAS WORKED 37 YEARS IN ATHLETIC ADMINISTRATION. HE WAS NAMED THE DIRECTOR OF ATHLETICS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS ON DECEMBER 29, 1995. 2010-11 Tiger Hoops Experience | 86
