 | |
| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Athletic director |
| Team | California |
| Conference | ACC |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | 1960 (age 63–64) |
| Playing career | |
| Men's ice hockey | |
| 1978–1982 | Army |
| Position(s) | Forward |
| Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
| 2003–2006 | Army (deputy AD) |
| 2008–2015 | RPI |
| 2015–2018 | Air Force |
| 2018–present | California |
James Arthur Knowlton (born 1960) is an American college athletics administrator and civil engineer who is the current director of athletics for the University of California, Berkeley.[1] Previously, Knowlton served as the athletic director for the United States Air Force Academy[2] and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.[3]
Originally from Burlington, Massachusetts, Knowlton graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point in 1982, where he studied engineering and played on the Army Black Knights men's ice hockey team. Knowlton then served in the United States Army, rising to commander and later assistant director at the Army Corps of Engineers. Knowlton also was a civil engineering at West Point.
Beginning in 2003 as deputy athletics director at Army, Knowlton worked as a college athletics administrator. Knowlton later was athletics director at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute from 2008 to 2015 and the U.S. Air Force Academy from 2015 to 2018.
- ^ "Jim Knowlton Named Director of Athletics". April 9, 2018. Retrieved April 20, 2018.
- ^ Briggeman, Brent (January 6, 2015). "Air Force Academy takes aim at culture, core values with hiring of new athletic director". The Gazette. Archived from the original on April 20, 2018. Retrieved April 20, 2018.
- ^ Briggeman, Brent (January 6, 2015). "RPI confirms Air Force Academy athletic director hire". The Gazette. Archived from the original on April 20, 2018. Retrieved April 20, 2018.
© MMXXIII Rich X Search. We shall prevail. All rights reserved. Rich X Search