Pfeiffer University

Tom C. Childress

Basketball Coach/ Athletic Director

• Basketball

o Head Coach Men’s Basketball 1969-83
o Five Times Named “Coach of the Year”
o One Conference Tournament Championship 1975
o One Conference Regular Season Championship 1979
o Team Nationally Ranked (15th) 1979

• Athletic director:

o Director of Athletics 1977-90
o Expanded Athletic Program From Nine to Fourteen Varsity Sports
o Seven Different Sports Teams Advanced to National Play
o Field Hockey Team Won National Championship 1981
o Falcon Club Grew in Membership from 100 to 400
o Constructed Softball and Field hockey Fields
o Constructed Tennis Complex
o Instituted Pfeiffer Invitational Basketball Tournament
o Instituted Pfeiffer Sports Hall of Fame