University of Tampa Mourns Passing of Former Athletic Director Hindman Wall
TAMPA, Fla. - The University of Tampa is saddened following the death of former Director of Athletics and Development Officer Hindman Wall. A Class of 2006 Tampa Athletics Hall of Fame inductee, Wall spent a total of 16 years at UT prior to his retirement from a long and highly successful career in collegiate athletics.
Beginning in 1991, Wall served as athletic director for nine years at Tampa before retiring in 1999. He then served the university as a development officer in the Development Department until 2006. Wall quadrupled Tampa's Sword & Shield fund raising campaign, increased scholarship dollars for women's athletics, started women's soccer, promoted women's rowing to NCAA status, and added lights to the baseball and softball facilities during his time as AD.
The Athletic Department had one of the highest performances in terms of academic ranking and retention on campus during the time he was AD. Tampa athletic teams won four NCAA Division II championships, finished national runner-up twice, ranked 17th in the nation in 1998 in the Sears Directors Cup standings and Tampa won four Mayor's All-Sports Cup championships and 20 conference championships. Wall served on every committee in the conference and was chair of the Finance Committee and the Marketing Committee.
Wall was also a member of the NCAA Championships Committee. Previously he served on the NCAA Council, was chair of the College Football Association athletic directors and in 1982 was men's basketball tournament director of the Division I Final Four. In 1999, he was presented the General Robert R. Neyland Lifetime Achievement Award by the All-American Football Foundation. This is an annual award given to a selected athletic director and includes Wall's tenure at the University of Cincinnati, Tulane University and Tampa. While serving as the Chairman of the University of Tampa Hall of Fame and Banquet Committee until 2006, Wall has also served as the President of the Tampa Chapter of the National Football Foundation and Hall of Fame. He has also been on the board of directors for the Hall of Fame Bowl, Village Bank, Bryant-Jordan Foundation and the Chamber of Commerce.
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