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Prairie View A&M names Fred Washington new athletics director

HBCU Sports by HBCU Sports
October 5, 2018
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Fred E. Washington has been named Prairie View A&M Vice President and Director of Athletics, President Ruth Simmons announced today.

The appointment is effective immediately.

“With more than 75 applicants, the search committee invited several to campus for interviews,” Simmons said. “Among the finalists, Fred stood out as a true leader, capable of taking charge of our beloved Panthers. He has the breadth of senior leadership experience and an in depth knowledge of how to manage successfully a first class, NCAA Division I athletics department. In the final analysis, the committee unanimously supported his permanent appointment.”

Washington is in his twenty seventh year of service to Prairie View A&M University and the State of Texas. He is also retired as a Major in the United States Army Reserve and served twenty-three years in that regard.

Washington is in his second stint directing PVAMU Athletics. Washington served in two positions as Vice President for Administration as well as Auxiliary Services and Athletic Director from 2008 to 2013. In this current appointment, Washington will only oversee Panther Athletics.

“I would like to thank the students, coaches, staff and administrators that were part of the selection committee, for having the confidence in me to lead the Prairie View A&M University athletic department,” Washington said. “I am both humbled and honored to have the opportunity to lead my alma mater forward as I work with the athletics staff to create a vision for the department that is determined to see student-athletes compete and succeed in the classroom and on the athletic fields.”

Washington’s previous tenure as Athletic Director was at the beginning of a storied period in the annals of Panther Athletics. His five-year tenure was highlighted by PVAMU football returning to its tradition of winning as the program won the 2009 SWAC Championship, the first title in football since 1964. That championship season was the highlight of a current run in which PVAMU football is second in wins in the SWAC since 2007.

Women’s basketball was the dominant program during that time, winning SWAC regular season and tournament crowns in 2008 and 2009, and, in 2011, began a streak of four consecutive SWAC Tournament Championships, earning NCAA Tournament appearances after each tourney win.

Women’s Bowling won back-to-back SWAC championships in 2012 and 2013, and PVAMU baseball won the SWAC championship in 2012. The men’s tennis program won a pair of SWAC titles during that time as well (2010, 2013).

In 2009-10, the athletic program earned the Barbara Jacket/Sadie Magee Award as the top overall women’s sports program in the Southwestern Athletic Conference for only the second time in school history.

PVAMU Athletics then went on to win back-to-back Commissioner’s Cup crowns as the top overall sports program in the SWAC in 2011-12 and 2012-13. All totaled, the Panthers won 14 SWAC regular season or tournament titles during Washington’s tenure as Athletic Director.

“Our main goal was to find the best qualified candidate for the Athletic Director’s job who we truly believed can best move the PVAMU Athletic program to greater heights,” Search Committee Chair Dr. Corey S. Bradford said. “The search committee looked far and wide across the country – yet the best candidate was right here, ready to take up the challenge. Fred has a proven track record of helping all sport teams win championships. I am confident that he has the passion, commitment to excellence, and business acumen to effectively make PVAMU among the best athletic programs in the nation,”

As a commissioned officer, Washington served in several leadership positions throughout his twenty-three year career. He retired with honors after his seventh (7) year as the senior logistic trainer for the 75th Division and five (5) years and a logistics planner for the 373 Combat Service Support Battalion of Beaumont Texas. Prior to this assignments include (2) years as a supply and services officer four (4) years as a unit commander, (2) years as an executive officer (XO) responsible for all unit administrative operations and three (3) years as a platoon leader. Mr. Washington graduated from the Army Logistics Management College (ALMAC) and has three certifications in logistics management.

Washington is a three-time graduate of Prairie View A&M, receiving his Bachelor of Business Administration in Accounting (1992), Master of Business Administration in Management (1996), and Master of Arts in Community Development (2016).

Washington and his wife Alvina have four children, Andrew, Elysia, Matthew and Maegan. They reside in the northwest Houston.

Courtesy: PVAMU Athletics

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  1. Mike T says:
    6 years ago

    First order of business should be to get rid of that baseball hitting instructor they have acting a head coach. He does not know what he’s doing. He breaks the rules by starting practice early before the NCAA allows. He practices 4 hours a day thinking that doing the same old thing the same old way is going to bring him different results. He has recruits starting in his outfield who aren’t even D1 baseball players. He’s a hitting instructor. He’s not a baseball coach. This dude will never win the SWAC because he’s faithful to family members and friends who aren’t even D1 baseball players. He holds personal vendettas against good kids from good homes just so he can continue to lose with kids that he likes. Winning is not important to him. He’s got the worst ever attitude ever. He hasn’t won enough games to be as snobby as he is. He doesn’t build comradery with the players and their parents. He doesn’t even take the time to have a family day to get to know the players or their parents. He’s extremely snobby and arrogant and his resume of losing doesn’t justify it. He’s not good enough to be arrogant. He’s a hitting instructor. He’s not a baseball coach. He belongs in the cages not on the field coaching. He hasn’t won enough games to have the attitude that he has.

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