CLEVELAND (March 30, 2022) -- The National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics (NACDA) announced the Association's Hall of Fame Class of 2022. The list of inductees includes:
Jeff Bain, Martin Methodist College;
Jim Fallis, University of Northern Colorado;
Brenda Hampton, Iowa Western Community College;
Bill Hogan, Seattle University;
Bruce Rasmussen, Creighton University;
Dennis Thomas, Hampton University;
Charlie Titus, University of Massachusetts Boston; and
Kevin White, Duke University.
The honorees will be recognized in conjunction with the 57th Annual NACDA & Affiliates Convention at the Mandalay Bay Resort in Las Vegas, prior to the Featured Session on Monday, June 27 at 4 p.m. For the full story, go to NACDA.com or click
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Jim Fallis served a combined 26 years as an athletics director at three institutions, after beginning his career in college athletics as a coach and college professor. He led the athletics department at Lake Superior State University (LSSU) from 1986-93, the University of Northern Colorado (UNC) from 1993-2004, and Northern Arizona University (NAU) from 2004-12.
During his time at Lake Superior State, the men's ice hockey team won two Division I NCAA Championships (1988, 1992), women's basketball and men's cross country both competed on the national stage, and the wrestling team finished in the top-10 in the country for four years. Fallis also oversaw the completion of a new weight room and women's locker room facility.
Under the guidance of Fallis, Northern Colorado athletics earned 31 conference championships and the football program won back-to-back NCAA Division II national titles in 1996-97 and 1997-98. Fallis hired the institution's first female head athletic trainer and spearheaded the addition of men's and women's golf and softball teams to the department. UNC produced 17 Academic All-Americans and increased athletics' overall GPA. Fallis was instrumental in raising $4.5 million to build a new on-campus football stadium, securing over $2 million to build new women's locker rooms and a new wrestling room, and over $300,000 for the renovation of the baseball locker room at Northern Colorado.
In eight years under Fallis' direction, Northern Arizona captured 30 Big Sky Conference championships in 10 different sports, including a season-high seven team championships in 2008-09. NAU received 27 Conference Coach of the Year accolades and its programs made 36 NCAA postseason appearances during that span. Fallis oversaw the largest facility renovations in NAU history, and negotiated the first department-wide apparel contract as well as the first television contracts with Fox Sports Arizona.
Fallis served as D2 ADA President in 1997-98, was part of the LEARFIELD Directors' Cup Committee from 2002-12 (the last year as chair), and was a member of the NACDA Executive Committee from 1998-2002. He served on numerous conference and NCAA Councils and Committees throughout his career, including chair of the NCAA District IV Postgraduate Scholarship Committee (1989-92) and chair of the NCAA Division II Nominating Committee (2000-02). He is a member of five additional Halls of Fame: Lake Superior State University, University of Northern Colorado, NAIA, Division II Wrestling Coaches, and the NCC Hall of Honor.
?Now in its 57th year, NACDA is the professional and educational Association for more than 22,000 college athletics administrators at more than 2,200 institutions throughout the United States, Canada and Mexico. NACDA manages 17 professional associations and four foundations. In addition to
virtual programming, NACDA hosts five major
professional development events in-person annually. The NACDA & Affiliates Convention is the largest gathering of collegiate athletics administrators in the country. For more information, visit
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