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Tim Weiser - Athletic Director
Alma Mater: Emporia State BS 1981, MS 1982
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Courtesy: Kansas State University
Release: 06/10/2007
In his six years as Athletics Director at Kansas State, Tim Weiser has guided Wildcat athletics to an unprecedented level of success that has seen it emerge as one of the Big 12 Conference’s premier programs.
And while he is quick to deflect praise for Kansas State’s accomplishments toward student-athletes, coaches, staff, university administrators and the program’s loyal fans, few can argue that Weiser’s visionary leadership has spearheaded a complete transformation of the athletics department that has K-State poised to meet the challenges of the 21st Century.
Guided by a philosophy of providing the best possible experience for Kansas State’s student-athletes, Weiser, who in 2006 agreed to a 10-year rollover contract extension, has been able to focus the efforts of an entire department and as a result usher in the most successful era in athletics ever at K-State.
Since his arrival in July of 2001, Weiser, 49, has employed a combination of strong management principles and sound financial planning to yield consistent growth in the areas of revenues, donor and corporate support and facility enhancement.
This focus on fund-raising and fiscal responsibility has enabled Kansas State to undertake an aggressive yet fiscally responsible approach to facility improvements that have yielded across-the-board upgrades for nearly all of K-State’s 16 intercollegiate athletics programs.
In the last three years alone, K-State has completed nearly $7 million in upgrades to the Vanier Football Complex and Bill Snyder Family Stadium, begun construction on premium loge seating in Bramlage Coliseum, constructed new team facilities for the track & field and rowing programs, and installed new playing surfaces in just about all of its competitive and practice venues, including FieldTurf in the Indoor Football Complex, Brandeberry Indoor Complex and Tointon Family Stadium.
During his first year at Kansas State, construction was completed on Frank Myers Field at Tointon Family Stadium, bringing the Wildcats’ baseball facility to a stature as one of the best in the Big 12 Conference.
Kansas State’s annual athletics operating budget has also taken quantum leaps forward under Weiser’s direction, growing from $27 million in fiscal year 2001 to one projected at over $38 million for the upcoming academic year. Additionally, Weiser’s forward-thinking philosophies have established a multi-million dollar reserve fund – the first of its kind in school history – with K-State finishing in the black in each year of his tenure.
On the field, the Wildcats continue to enjoy unprecedented success, and the 2006-07 academic year was no different. For the first time in school history, K-State’s football (Texas Bowl), men’s basketball (NIT), women’s basketball (WNIT) and baseball (Big 12 Tournament) teams all made postseason appearances in the same academic year. This on-the-field success comes on the heels of K-State sending no fewer than 10 of its 16 teams on to postseason play in each of the previous three years. Individually, K-State has produced 38 All-Americans in just the last four years.
In 2003-04, Weiser’s third year at the helm, Kansas State became the first Big 12 institution to win conference championships in three top-tier sports (football, volleyball, women’s basketball) in the same year. And, if one considers that K-State also had at least one first-team academic All-American on each of those championship teams, a clear picture of what K-State athletics have become during Weiser’s tenure begins to emerge.
Kansas State has also become one of the conference leaders in classroom achievement. Over the past four years nearly half of K-State’s student-athletes have achieved a grade-point average of 3.0 or better, earning Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll distinction.
The popularity of Wildcat athletics has also skyrocketed to an all-time high under Weiser’s direction, with the men’s basketball program enjoying its first ever season sell out during the 2006-07 campaign and the football program also showing impressive increases. But it’s not just the men’s sports that have enjoyed sterling support. K-State’s women’s volleyball and basketball programs both continue to rank among the national leaders in attendance, while the Wildcat baseball team recorded its highest average season attendance ever at Tointon Family Stadium during 2007.
This increase in popularity, combined with the public’s confidence in Weiser’s leadership, has continued to generate record revenues in the areas of fund-raising, corporate sponsorship and media rights. The number of contributors to the Mike Ahearn Scholarship fund is now approaching 8,000, representing a 30 percent increase over 2002-03 and more than a 50 percent increase from Weiser’s first year at K-State. Corporate support of K-State athletics is also at an all-time high, buoyed by a record-setting five-year sponsorship pact with ALLTEL and a recent contract with Nike that made it the official footwear and apparel supplier of Kansas State Athletics.
During his tenure, Weiser has also negotiated new deals for K-State’s radio and third-tier television rights, including a 10-year multimedia and marketing rights contract with Learfield Communications that is the largest revenue contract in the history of Wildcat athletics.
In an effort to continue this era of success, Weiser implemented a first-ever Strategic Plan to serve as a blueprint for the department. The plan encompasses every aspect of the department and includes K-State’s ongoing effort to provide its student-athletes with top-notch facilities.
Weiser’s accomplishments in bringing significant and positive changes to the K-State athletics landscape have not gone unnoticed. He was selected as the 2004-05 NACDA Central Region Athletics Director of the Year and has also received the General Robert Neyland Outstanding Athletics Director Award from the All-America Football Foundation.
Weiser has also developed a strong profile on the national level since arriving at Kansas State. He is the incoming president of the Division 1A Athletic Directors’ Association and also serves on the NCAA Championships Cabinet. Weiser is also a member of the NCAA Baseball Committee and recently served on the NCAA Baseball Academic Enhancement panel. Weiser has additionally been involved with a number of university visits as part of the NCAA Division I Peer Review program. Weiser also testified before congress on the issue of minority opportunities in higher education.
Named Kansas State’s 13th Director of Athletics on July 1, 2001, Weiser’s arrival at K-State was a homecoming for the native Kansan, who was raised in Great Bend and received his bachelor’s degree in psychology and a master’s in counseling from Emporia State while competing on a baseball scholarship.
He came to Kansas State after a successful three-year run as Director of Athletics at Colorado State, where Ram athletics experienced a similar renaissance that included record increases in fund-raising and revenue generation and the completion of the $8 million Fum McGraw athletic center.
Weiser also played a central role in the development of the Mountain West Conference during his CSU tenure. He was involved in hiring the commissioner, negotiating television packages and developing the conference’s constitution and by-laws.
Prior to his tenure at Colorado State, Weiser served as athletics director at Eastern Michigan for four years and held the same position at Austin Peay State University from July 1988 to September 1993.
At Eastern Michigan, Weiser directed an athletics department which included 22 sports. In his four seasons, he turned a deficit of more than a half-million dollars into a six-figure surplus while simultaneously adding two new women’s sports. In all, EMU won 14 conference championships during his tenure, and in 1996 captured the Reese Trophy, awarded annually by the Mid-American Conference for overall excellence in men’s sports. He also directed and supervised the design and construction of a $30 million convocation center which opened in October 1998.
In his first stint as an athletics director at Austin Peay, Weiser’s five-year tenure witnessed the development of a number of academic programs to enhance the support of student-athletes at the school while spearheading various fund-raising endeavors that generated more than $1 million in facility improvements.
Weiser worked for five years at Wichita State, serving in various roles from February 1983 through July 1988. He directed the compliance office and supervised the academic support unit before moving into a role in the development office, where he was responsible for the bulk of fund-raising for improvements to Wichita State’s baseball facility. Weiser spent his last year at Wichita State as the associate athletics director and was responsible for day-to-day operations of the Shockers’ programs.
Weiser and his wife, Susan, are the parents of two children. Melanie is a gymnast at the University of Arizona, while Rudy is a member of the Emporia State baseball team.
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