Lunch for Three to talk sports with U.H. Athletic Director Jim Donovan at The Pacific Club
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Lunch for Three (3): Talk Sports with U.H. Athletic Director Jim Donovan at The Pacific Club (1451 Queen Emma Street, Honolulu, HI 96813)
Expiration Date: May 16, 2011
Some restrictions may apply due to U.H. Athletics Director’s availability and/or prior commitments.
Please contact Roger Higa at rhiga@bigshonolulu for more details.
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About Jim Donovan
With a resume that includes student-athlete, graduate assistant, baseball stadium manager, marketing director, and assistant athletics director, Jim Donovan has come full circle in the University of Hawai‘i Athletics Department after he was announced as the 20th Director of Athletics in school history in March 2008.
In just one year at the helm of the state’s only Division I athletics program, Donovan has hired three head coaches (men’s volleyball, women’s basketball and women’s golf), secured a partnership with ESPN Regional Television, Inc., for the creation of the Diamond Head Classic basketball tournament, and worked tirelessly with the Hawai‘i State Legislature and private sector to fund various athletics facility improvement projects. Most notably was the $5 million donation by the Clarence T.C. Ching Foundation – the largest in athletics history – towards the building of a new football/track complex.
Donovan’s love for the Hawaiian Islands began in the early 1980s. He arrived on the Manoa campus as an offensive lineman for the UH football team from 1981-82, where he earned honorable mention all-WAC honors as a senior. Following his playing career, he was a graduate assistant for former coach Dick Tomey from 1983-85.
Read more of Jim Donovan's bio: http://hawaiiathletics.com/staff.aspx?staff=2