PC’s Bob Driscoll Named Under Armour Athletic Director of the Year

Wednesday, June 15, 2016

 

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Bob Driscoll PHOTO: Friars.com

Providence College Athletic Director Bob Driscoll has been named Under Armour I-AAA Athletics Director of the Year at NACDA's 51st Annual Convention on Wednesday. 

"Currently in his 14th season as Providence College's Associate Vice President & Athletics Director, Driscoll has transformed and reinvigorated Providence College's athletics program. Having established a vision of student-athlete success in the classroom and in the community while competing for championships, Driscoll maintains focus on leading, fostering and mentoring one of the nation's most respected athletic programs," said Bob Vecchione, NACDA Executive Director. 

This marks the second time that Driscoll has earned the honor, previously winning it in 2007-2008. 

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Providence College Athletics 

Over the past two academic years, Bob Driscoll and Providence College have been on quite a run. 

The run started in 2013 when the Women's cross country team won PC's second NCAA Championship. 

The men's soccer team won the 2014 Big East title and went to the NCAA Final Four, for the first time ever. 

The men's basketball team won the 2014 Big East Tournament title and advanced to the 2014 and 2015 NCAA Tournaments. 

The men's hockey team made it to back to back NCAA Tournaments and won the national championship in 2015 over Boston University. 

In 2015, Driscoll and Providence College announced plans for the Friar Development Center which will include the men's basketball training and recruiting facility in addition to the College's academic services space, and many other amenities. 

PC Ranks 

PC finessed 2nd among NCAA Division I non-FBS/FCS institutions and number 1 among Big East Conference members in the 2015 Learfield Sports Directors' Cup standings. 

Providence finished 54th overall among 293 institutions, which marked the College's second-highest finish all-time since the Director's Cup was founded in 1993-94.  

Under Driscoll, the Friars have finished in the top-100 of the Division I Learfield Sports Directors' Cup standings seven times. Providence also has finished the year inside the top-125 11 times in that stretch. 

Under Armour AD of Year Awards 

The Under Armour AD of the Year awards program is now in its 18th year and it recognizes athletic directors who have shown administrative excellence within the campus and/or college community for the current academic year.

 

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Kris Dunn's Dunk en route to a Triple Double vs. Hartford 

En route to his second career triple-double, Kris Dunn had this dunk early in the second half. At the time, the two points gave Dunn a double-double after he dished out 11 assists in the first half.

Dunn would finish the game with 16 points, 14 assists and 10 rebounds to become only the third Friar is program history to have more than one triple-double. The other two players are Marvin Barnes and Bob Misevicius.

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9.

Bentil's Block vs. Butler in Big East Season Opener 

In the Friars Big East season opener against Butler, ranked #9 in the country at the time, Ben Bentil came up with this block ending an otherwise nice back door play by the Bulldogs. 

The Friars beat Butler 81-73. 

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8.

Friars Get to 8th in Country 

On Monday, January 4 the Providence College Friars were ranked #8 in the country in the AP Poll and #9 in the country in the Coaches Poll. 

At the time, the Friars were 2-0 in the Big East and 14-1 overall on the season and riding an 8 game winning streak, their longest winning streak since 1993-1994.

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7.

Friars Here Name Called on Selection Sunday

For the 3rd straight season, the Friars heard their name called on selection Sunday. Providence was given a 9 seed in the NCAA Tournament and were set up against USC in the first round in Raleigh North Carolina. 

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6.

Dunn Reaches 1,000 Career Points on Insane Layup 

 Kris Dunn reaches the 1,000 point plateau with this insane layup on the road against Georgetown on Saturday night. 

To cap the game off, Providence beat Georgetown on the road and would beat them again later in the season to complete the season sweep. 

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5.

Dunn's Spinning Step Back Jumper vs. Arizona 

In the early season Wooden Legacy Award tournament, Kris Dunn hit this spinning step back jumper to give Providence a 67-65 lead over #11 Arizona. 

The Friars would go on to pull off the upset, winning 69-65 and advanced to the championship game. 

Dunn finished with 19 points, 10 of which came in the final 2:30 of the game. 

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4.

Kris Dunn Posterizing St. John's Players

Kris Dunn threw down a spectacular dunk, posterizing St. John's Yankuba Sima in the process, during PC's Big East home opener against St. John's. 

Dunn finished the game with 26 points, nine rebounds, six assists, three steals and one block leading the Friars to an 83-65 win. Dunn scored 9 straight points for the Friars in the second half to seal the win.

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3.

Bentil's Tip in Beats URI at The Ryan Center 

After Jared Terrell hit a jumper from the free throw line to tie the game at 72, PC's Kris Dunn raced down the floor with seven seconds left but missed the lay up. Ben Bentil was there to clean it up, tipping the ball back in just before the buzzer. Providence beat URI for the 6th straight year 74-72 at the Ryan Center. 

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Dunn's Game Winner at Creighton

With the clock winding down in a very ugly game for both sides, Kris Dunn hit a step back jumper that rolled into the basket to give the Friars a 50-48 road win against the Creighton Blue Jays. 

At the time, PC improved to 3-1 in the Big East and 15-2 overall. 

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Rodney Bullock's Layup Beats USC in NCAA Tourney 

Providence trailed 69-68 with three seconds left in the game when Rodney Bullock took an inbounds pass from Drew Edwards under the Trojans basket and layed it in as time expired giving PC a 70-69 win.

The Friars got thier first tournament win in 19 seasons.

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