Joe Castiglione (athletic director)

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Joe Castiglione
Current position
TitleAthletic director
TeamOklahoma
ConferenceBig 12
Biographical details
Born (1957-10-08) October 8, 1957 (age 64)
Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Alma materUniversity of Maryland
University of Oklahoma (M.Ed)
Playing career
1977–1978Maryland
Position(s)Safety
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
1979Rice (sports promotions)
1980Georgetown
(director of fundraising)
1981–1992Missouri (admin. officer)
1993–1998Missouri
1998–presentOklahoma

Joseph Robert Castiglione (born October 8, 1957) is vice president for Intercollegiate Athletics Programs and Director of Athletics at the University of Oklahoma.

Since his arrival at Oklahoma in April 1998, the school has won a total of 19 national championships in football (2000); softball (2000, 2013, 2016, 2017, 2021); men's golf (2017); men's gymnastics (2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018); and women's gymnastics (2014, 2016, 2017).

Among his earliest and best-known moves as OU's AD came in December 1998 with the hiring of head football coach Bob Stoops. Castiglione's decision quickly paid off as Stoops, a first-time head coach, immediately began work rejuvenating a program that had experienced a 10-year decline. Within two seasons, Stoops guided OU to its first national football title in 15 years and first conference championship since 1987. After 18 seasons that included 10 Big 12 titles, victories in all four BCS games (Orange, Rose, Sugar and Fiesta), and four Heisman Trophy Winners (Jason White in 2003, Sam Bradford in 2008, Baker Mayfield in 2017 and Kyler Murray in 2018), Stoops retired in June 2017 as the program's all-time leader in victories with 190.

The former athletic director at the University of Missouri, Castiglione received the 2004 Bobby Dodd Award for athletic director of the year. He was named National Athletic Director of the Year in May 2009 by the SportsBusiness Journal.[1] On February 19, 2018, it was announced he would be inducted into the Oklahoma Sports Hall of fame.[2]

Personal life[]

Castiglione is a 1979 graduate of the University of Maryland, where he played college football as a walk-on.[3] He also earned a Master's in Education from Oklahoma in 2007.

A native of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, Castiglione is married to the former Kristen Bartel, a 1990 graduate of the University of Missouri. They are the parents of two sons, Joseph Jr. and Jonathan.[4]

References[]

  1. ^ "Castiglione Named AD of the Year". University of Oklahoma Department of Intercollegiate Athletics. 2009-05-28. Archived from the original on 2009-11-30. Retrieved 2009-11-30.
  2. ^ Brian Brinkley, "Oklahoma Sports Hall of Fame Introduces Class of 2018", KFOR News, February 19, 2018. Retrieved February 19, 2018.
  3. ^ Joe Castiglione, National Association of College Directors of Athletics, retrieved June 25, 2010.
  4. ^ "Joe Castiglione - VP for Intercollegiate Athletic Programs - Staff Directory". University of Oklahoma. Retrieved 2020-06-12.

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