Staton accepts A.D. position

After a summer of uncertainty and searching, the GCSU athletic department has found its man. Wendell Staton will take over as athletic director for the 2009-2010 year, filling the vacancy created when Jud Damon left after just one season leading the Bobcats.

Staton comes to GCSU from the University of North Carolina at Pembroke, after serving as Pembroke’s Associate Vice Chancellor for Advancement since 2005.

He will be GCSU’s sixth athletic director in the school’s 40-year athletic history, and arrives just after the athletic program captured its first-ever Peach Belt Commissioner’s Cup, awarded to the best all-around athletic program in the Peach Belt Conference.

Staton has worked at GCSU before, serving as an assistant basketball coach from 1991-1993. He also coached at Armstrong Atlantic State University, Elon University and Campbell University.

Staton held several positions within Pembroke’s athletic department as well, including head golf coach, a men’s basketball assistant coach and he taught in the health, physical education and recreation program from 1996-2002.

He obtained his Bachelor of Arts from St. Andrews Presbyterian College in 1990, and later became an alumnus of GCSU when he added a Masters of Education in 1993.

“I would like to thank Dr. Leland and Dr. Harshbarger for the opportunity to lead the Georgia College & State University Athletic Department,” Staton said at the press conference where he officially accepted the position. “As an alumnus and former member of the coaching staff, I have great affection for the University and Milledgeville. My family and I are excited about joining the community.”

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