Whit Babcock AD of the Year

By: Hokie Fireman
🚨 🚒 🔥
on June 29, 2018, 3:04 PM | 25 comments

Edit: I just found out one of the criteria was not paper airplanes at games so it makes sense.

Forums: 
Off Topic
DISCLAIMER: Forum topics may not have been written or edited by The Key Play staff.

Comments

RealDiehl's picture RealDiehl | 8 years 3 weeks #

Dang this needs more press. Not just conference but a national accolade.

I just sit on my couch and b*tch. - HokieChemE2016

BigSmoooooooth's picture BigSmoooooooth | 8 years 3 weeks # ^

Or much less press. I would be more than happy for the Big Dog schools (or the ACC Commish office) to not know the name Whit Babcock at all.

HokieMacGruber26's picture HokieMacGruber26 | 8 years 3 weeks # ^

I'm with BigSmoooooooth on this.

NCHokieMan's picture NCHokieMan | 8 years 3 weeks # ^

Come on now. They're paying attention to things like that no matter what's in the news.

How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Jet Sweep

drkev10's picture drkev10 | 8 years 3 weeks #

So tight.

reesejenks520's picture reesejenks520 | 8 years 3 weeks # ^

Tight butthole.

Too Druck to Funk's picture Too Druck to Funk | 8 years 3 weeks # ^

the numbers don’t lie and they spell disaster

HokieMacGruber26's picture HokieMacGruber26 | 8 years 3 weeks #

HokieMan07's picture HokieMan07
BY GRABTHARS 🔨
| 8 years 3 weeks #

What a savings

"Everything has an end, except a sausage which has two." - German Proverb

NitWhitt's picture NitWhitt
🍪 🐶 COOKIES 4 LIFE!
| 8 years 3 weeks #

How did he win Under Armour AD of the Year?...we're a Nike school /s

Congrats, Whit! Well done.

We put the K in Kwality

HokieBuilder's picture HokieBuilder | 8 years 3 weeks # ^

Maybe we WERE a Nike school......

via GIPHY

vtnerf's picture vtnerf
🏌️‍♂️⛳🍀🍺
| 8 years 1 week # ^

That's how good he actually is!

To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high.
@VTnerf on insta, @BuryHokie on twitter, #ThanksFrank

novaengineer2015's picture novaengineer2015 | 8 years 3 weeks #

PLEASE DON'T LEAVE US WHIT, I'LL DO ANYTHING

krak_t's picture krak_t | 8 years 3 weeks # ^

2HokiesIn1's picture 2HokiesIn1
PICK 6 BIG SHOOTS
| 8 years 3 weeks # ^

A decade on TKP and it's been time well spent.

HokieMacGruber26's picture HokieMacGruber26 | 8 years 3 weeks # ^

FudBoster's picture FudBoster
| 8 years 3 weeks #

Glad he is getting recognized for the amazing work he has done. He always gets his guy.

"What are you going to do, stab me? - Quote from Man Stabbed

jsumm88's picture jsumm88 | 8 years 1 week #

I was on vacation at lake Chatuge on the NC/GA border for the 4th of July and I happened to meet Rob Wellbaum who works for the Auburn Athletics Department. Long story short, I was wearing a Tech shirt (duh) and he started a conversation with me about college sports. Turns out he knows Whit well from having worked with him in the past. He said Auburn had Whit at the top of their wish list when they were looking for a new AD and were prepared to (in his words) give the full court press, but Whit wasn't interested in the job and so talks never even got started.

Other items of interest: Mr Wellbaum thinks the world of Whit and his family. He has a strong appreciation of VT because of the number of similarities between the two schools. He thinks players will start getting bigger stipends but he doesn't anticipate players ever getting paid in the traditional sense. He would be shocked if Whit were to leave VT in the near future based on his lack of interest in the Auburn opening.

Hokie Fireman's picture Hokie Fireman
🚨 🚒 🔥
| 8 years 1 week # ^

Different award.

Wet stuff on the red stuff.

Join us in the Key Players Club

dragone's picture dragone | 8 years 1 week # ^

Love ya Fireman, but, it's the same award. The announcement was made back in March and the ceremony was scheduled for June 29. Whit was 1 of 4 FBS ADs who won.

Winner Institution
Football Bowl Subdivision
Barry Alvarez University of Wisconsin
Whit Babcock Virginia Tech
Joe Castiglione University of Oklahoma
Kirby Hocutt Texas Tech University

http://www.nacda.com/sports/nacda/spec-rel/030518aaa.html

March 5, 2018

CLEVELAND -- The National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics (NACDA) announced the 28 winners of the Under Armour AD of the Year Award (ADOY) today. The award spans seven divisions (NCAA FBS, FCS, Division I-AAA, II, III, NAIA/Other Four-Year Institutions and Junior College/Community Colleges). Winners will receive their awards during the James J. Corbett Awards Luncheon on Friday, June 29 at NACDA's 53rd Annual Convention at the Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center in Washington, D.C.

Kudos on the share.

Now drink!

Let's Go

HOKIES

Hokie Fireman's picture Hokie Fireman
🚨 🚒 🔥
| 8 years 1 week # ^

My bad, didn't see that Under Armor was sponsoring them, thought they were two separate awards.

Wet stuff on the red stuff.

Join us in the Key Players Club

HomebrewHokie08's picture HomebrewHokie08
🍺MAKES "BEER" ⚗️🦃
| 8 years 1 week # ^

All this drinking explains the T&F coaching post

Plan for the worst and hope for the best, not the other way around.