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Scott Devine
New Brunswick '83
swdevine@smcm.edu
240-895-4313
Scott Devine was named the Director of Athletics and Recreation in July 2000 after 15 years of Division I experience at the University of Massachusetts and Tulane University.
In addition to his AD duties, Devine sits on the Capital Athletic Conference (CAC) Board of Directors and is a member of the Haverford Group. He recently stepped down as the CAC president following a two-year term and prior to his presidency, Devine served as the CAC vice president from 2004 to 2006. He currently serves as president-elect of the Maryland Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics (MACDA) and will take over the reins officially in the summer of 2008.
Since his hiring, Devine has taken the Department of Athletics and Recreation to new heights. One of the biggest accomplishments has been the renovation and expansion of Somerset Hall into the much improved Athletics and Recreation Center (ARC), which began construction in 2002 and opened in the spring of 2005. He played a role in reworking the ARC design plan to include a rock wall, more locker rooms, and a dedicated space for cardio equipment.
In 2007, the Department of Physical Education was placed under the athletics and recreation umbrella, leading to the doubling of courses offered at half the cost. The SMCM intramurals program has also flourished under Devine’s leadership with participation now averaging 800 students annually.
Drawing from his marketing and promotions experience at Division I, he developed a new Seahawk logo, word mark, and established official team colors for all the athletic programs. Devine early in his tenure led the iniative for the first-ever full-time sports information director position and first functional athletic website.
He began at Tulane in 1991 as assistant AD for athletic student life and quickly rose to associate AD for athletic student life in 1994, senior associate AD for external affairs in 1995, and interim AD in 1999. As senior associate AD, Devine oversaw Tulane’s scheduling, game management, broadcast rights, licensing, marketing and promotions, sports publicity, corporate sponsorships, ticket operations, and relations with Conference USA. He was instrumental in establishing the Student-Athlete Advisory Board, the Student-Athlete 3.0 Club and the Tulane Mediation Team, a group of professional staffers trained to help settle student and faculty disputes.
The Hyde Park, N.Y. native came to Tulane after six years at UMass, the last three as director of academic support services for more than 500 student-athletes. He received his master’s degree in sports management from UMass in 1986 after earning his bachelor’s degree in 1983 from the University of New Brunswick in Canada.
Devine and his wife, the former Karen Germano, live in Leonardtown, Md. The couple has two daughters - Kelli, a senior at Mount St. Mary’s College in Emmitsburg, Maryland, and Kaitlin, a senior at Leonardtown High School.