NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Jim Weaver (ACC Commissioner)

James H. Weaver (1903-1970) was the first commissioner (1957-1970) of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC), head football coach (1933-1936) and athletic director (1937-1954) at Wake Forest University. On May 7, 1954, he was named Commissioner of the ACC. The Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) is one of the oldest collegiate athletic leagues in the United States. ... United States simply as football, is a competitive team sport that is both fast-paced and strategic. ... Wake Forest University is a private, coeducational university located in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. ... May 7 is the 127th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (128th in leap years). ... 1954 (MCMLIV) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

As athletic director at Wake Forest, one of his most notable actions was the development of the golf program, including the recruitment and award of a scholarship to Arnold Palmer. Nationality United States Birth September 10, 1929 (age 77) Latrobe, Pennsylvania Height 5 ft 10 in (1. ...

The James Weaver Award, rewarded from 1970 to 1994, for the ACC Student-Athlete of the Year (showing exceptional achievement on the playing field and in the classroom), was named after him. In 1994, it merged with other awards, eventually forming the Weaver-James-Corrigan Postgraduate Awards.

He was inducted into the North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame in 1971, following his death. He was also among the inaugural class inducted into the Wake Forest athletics hall of fame. The North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame was established in February 1963, with the support of the Charlotte Chamber of Commerce, to honor those persons who by excellence of their activities in or connected with the world of sports have brought recognition and esteem to themselves and to the State...

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Dowd • Riddick • Sikes • Hall Jr. • Myers • Rowe • Thompson • Smith • Billings • MacDonnell • Rabenhorst • White • Levene • Garrity • Baldwin • Cofall • Miller • Weaver • Walker • Rogers • Amen • Hildebrand • Tate • Stoll • Harper • Mills • Mackovic • Groh • Dooley • Caldwell • Grobe This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Israel George Levene or Izzy Levene (May 1, 1885 - November 12, 1930) was the head coach of the Tennessee Volunteers football team from 1907 to 1909. ... Hank Garrity was the head football coach of the Wake Forest Demon Deacons football program from 1923 to 1924. ... James A. Baldwin served as the head football coach at Wake Forest from 1926 to 1927. ... Cal Stoll(1923 to 2000) was the head football coach at Wake Forest University from 1969 to 1971. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... John Mackovic is the head coach of the Arizona Wildcats college football team. ... Al Groh (born July 13, 1944 in New York City, New York) is the current head coach of the University of Virginia college football team and the former head coach of the New York Jets of the NFL. Groh has over 38 years of professional and collegiate coaching experience; This... Bill Dooley at Wake Forest Bill Dooley was a head football coach, most noteably of the University of North Carolina Tar Heels from 1967 to 1977. ... Jim Caldwell is the current quarterback coach for the NFLs Indianapolis Colts. ... Jim Grobe (b. ...

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