Kent Weiser

Kent Weiser

Weiser speaking at the university's athletic auction on May 26, 2016.
Sport(s)	Golf
Current position
Title	Athletic director
Team	Emporia State
Conference	MIAA
Annual salary	$110,788[1]
Biographical details
Born	April 25, 1959 Great Bend, Kansas
Alma mater	University of Kansas
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1984–1988	Kansas
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
1981–1988	Kansas (Director of Tickets)
1989–1993	Ottawa (Kan.) (associate AD)
1993–1999	Oregon State (associate AD)
1999–present	Emporia State

Kent L. Weiser (born April 25, 1959) is an American university sports administrator and former college golf coach. Weiser is currently the athletic director for Emporia State University, a NCAA Division II sports program in Emporia, Kansas.^[2] Previously, Weiser was the associate athletics director at Oregon State University.

Early years

Weiser was born in Great Bend, Kansas and attended Great Bend High School. After high school, Wesier attended the University of Kansas (KU) where he graduated with a bachelor's in psychology and a master's of science in sports administration.^[3]

Career

After graduating from the University of Kansas, Weiser became the director of athletic ticketing in 1981 and in 1985, Weiser became KU's first director of athletic marketing.^[4] In 1984, Weiser took over the women's golf program at Kansas, a position he held for four years. After seven years eight years in Lawrence, Weiser became the associate athletic director of development at Ottawa University in 1989.^[5] From 1993 to 1999, Weiser worked for Oregon State University as the associate athletics director for external affairs.^[6]

Emporia State

In 1999, Weiser was hired as the Emporia State Athletics Director.^[7] During his time at Emporia State, Weiser has created a women's soccer program,^[8] and has updated athletics facilities for the football in 2005 and 2016,^[9][10] softball,^[11] and baseball teams.^[12] Also, Weiser has hired Emporia State's first coach from China – Bing Xu for Volleyball in 2005 – and Shaun Vandiver, Emporia State's first African-American coach.^[13] As a result, Weiser won the diversity award at Emporia State in 2015.^[14]

References

1. "Kansas Government Employee Payroll List". Kansasopengov.org. Retrieved 2015-08-21.
2. "Emporia State University Athletics – Staff Directory". Esuhornets.com. Retrieved 2015-08-21.
3. "Emporia State University Athletics – Staff Directory". Esuhornets.com. Retrieved 2016-06-04.
4. Joey Berlin (2010-07-16). "Weiser once ran Kansas ticket office – Emporia Gazette: Police/Courts/Fire". Emporia Gazette. Retrieved 2016-06-04.
5. Coleman, Stephen (2014-09-04). "A Weiser Approach – Emporia Gazette: Sports". Emporia Gazette. Retrieved 2016-06-04.
6. "The NCAA News: NCAA Record". Fs.ncaa.org. 1999-09-13. Retrieved 2016-06-04.
7. "Weiser Hired at Emporia State". Lawrence Journal-World. 1999-07-22. Retrieved 2016-06-04.
8. "Emporia State University". Retrieved 2016-06-03.
9. "The "E" Experience by Emporia State Football – Exposure". Esu-football.exposure.co. 2014-09-09. Retrieved 2016-06-04.
10. "Emporia State University Athletics – New Turf Project underway at Welch Stadium". Esuhornets.com. 2016-02-18. Retrieved 2016-06-04.
11. Tuesday, December 23, 2014 9:30 am (2014-12-23). "New Turf to Arrive at Trusler for 2015 – Emporia Gazette: Sports". Emporia Gazette. Retrieved 2016-06-04.
12. "The Bulletin : Trusler Sports Complex renovations underway". Esubulletin.com. 2009-01-15. Retrieved 2016-06-04.
13. "Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletic Association – ESU'S Kent Weiser Wins Emporia State President's Award for Diversity". Themiaa.com. 2015-01-19. Retrieved 2016-06-04.
14. Tuesday, January 20, 2015 9:00 am (2015-01-20). "Kent Weiser wins ESU award for diversity – Emporia Gazette: Sports". Emporia Gazette. Retrieved 2016-06-04.