11 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 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.
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12 R.C. Johnson
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.
