Larry Leckonby is a college sports administrator, currently serving as athletic director at Catawba College . He has previously served as an assistant athletic director at the University of Massachusetts Amherst , Boston University , Old Dominion University , and Boston College . He served as senior associate athletic director at the University of Houston prior to serving as senior associate athletic director at the University of Maryland, College Park , working as the chief financial officer of that school's athletic department. He was athletic director at The Citadel from 2008 through 2014.[ 1] [ 2] Leckonby's tenure at The Citadel ended in the summer of 2014, when he accepted the same position at Catawba .[ 3]
Leckonby's father, William Leckonby was a football coach and director of athletics at Lehigh University .[ 4]
Leckonby inherited a $1.4 million deficit when he took the job, and in two years reduced the subsidy required to support The Citadel athletic department by more than $1 million.[ 4]
References
^ "Larry Leckonby" . CitadelSports.com. Archived from the original on April 23, 2013. Retrieved November 12, 2012 .
^ Jeff Hartsell (June 14, 2008). "Leckonby Ready to Dig In" . Post and Courier . Charleston, SC. p. C1. Retrieved November 12, 2012 .
^ Jeff Hartsell (May 20, 2014). "Citadel begins search after athletic director Larry Leckonby leaves for Catawba College" . Post and Courier . Retrieved June 3, 2014 .
^ a b Jeff Hartsell (January 8, 2011). "Family front and center for Citadel AD" . Post and Courier . Charleston, SC. Retrieved November 12, 2012 .
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