McCaleb, Mosley to lead ACU athletics
McCaleb to focus on fund-raising, Mosley on day-to-day operations
ABILENE -- ACU president Dr. Royce Money announced Wednesday that he has made two appointments in a slight re-structuring of administrative responsibilities in the athletics department, ending the university's search for a director of athletics.
ACU vice president Dr. Gary McCaleb has been appointed Chief Athletics Administrator, while current assistant director of athletics Jared Mosley has been appointed Associate Athletics Director of Operations.
McCaleb, who will still continue in his current duties as a university administrator, will oversee top-level administrative issues, athletics department fund-raising, long-range planning and the overall direction of the athletics program.
Mosley, a former academic all-America and all-America basketball player for the Wildcats, will continue to run day-to-day operations as he has done since Shanon Hays resigned last spring as the director of athletics. Mosley's responsibilities will include budget management, NCAA compliance, and event and facilities management.
"I'm excited about the future of the athletics program at ACU," Money said. "With this administrative team in place, I believe we can expect an outstanding Wildcat athletics program in the coming years."
ACU volleyball coach Brek Horn, who has served as Senior Woman Administrator in athletics for the past year, will continue in that role, and Wally Bullington will continue as Director of Athletics Emeritus.
"This really is a continuation of how things have been running for the last couple of months," McCaleb said. "Jared has a good rapport with our coaching and support staff, and I feel very comfortable with him running the day-to-day operations.
"My focus will be on guiding our athletics program by focusing on where we want to be by the Centennial year at ACU (2005-06) and beyond," said McCaleb, a four-year Wildcat baseball letterman (1961-64). "Long-range planning, including fund-raising, will be at the top of my priority list."
ACU is coming off a strong athletics year in 2002-03, and Mosley is looking forward to bigger and better things in the future.
"This will be a very comfortable situation for everyone involved because we do have a great group of coaches and support staff," he said. "We're coming off a very good year, and I think we all sense things are going in the right direction. I feel good about Dr. McCaleb and Coach Bullington leading our fund-raising efforts, and that will allow me to concentrate on working with our coaches on a day-to-day basis."
McCaleb is a current vice president, professor of management, and executive director of the Center for Building Community.
As executive director for the Center for Building Community McCaleb has been responsible for bringing well known personalities such as film critic Michael Medved, former U.S. Rep. J.C. Watts, R-Okla., and former UCLA basketball coach John Wooden to Abilene. The center is dedicated to preparing students to become competent, adaptable, and dedicated participants in the communities they will be part of throughout their lives.
In his role as vice president of the university Dr. McCaleb represents ACU at a variety of different functions. He also has served ACU as assistant director of alumni relations, director of alumni relations, director of college relations, assistant academic dean and director of Summester, assistant professor of business administration, and vice president and dean of campus life.
McCaleb served the city of Abilene as mayor for three terms. Before becoming mayor in 1991 McCaleb served on the Abilene City Council. His duties as mayor led him all over the world. He served as U.S. representative on the World Executive Committee of the International Union of Local Authorities. He also served on the National League of Cities.
McCaleb has been invited to speak at various international locations including Mauritius, Jerusalem, Prague, Sao Paulo, St. Petersburg, Moscow, Beijing, Cairo, and Kiev. He has represented Abilene at different international and national conferences and on a special trip to Abilene's sister city Corinth, Greece.
McCaleb received a Bachelor of Arts degree from ACU in 1964, a Master of Business Administration in 1975 and a Ph.D. in management in 1979, both from Texas A&M University.
Mosley, in his third year in the athletics department, is one of the most-decorated basketball players in ACU history. He finished his career in 1999 as the 11th-leading scorer and eighth-leading rebounder in school history, and in his senior season (1998-99) he led the Wildcats to the NCAA Division II south central region championship game.
Mosley earned several honors during his senior season, including first team GTE Academic all-America, first team all-south central region by the NABC, second team all-region by Daktronics-CoSIDA, Lone Star Conference South Division MVP and first team academic all-LSC. He was also awarded a $5,000 NCAA Post-Graduate Scholarship.
Mosley, who graduated with a 3.88 GPA, was also a three-time academic all-LSC pick, two-time all-LSC first team selection, all-tournament selection at the south central region tournament and first team all-America by Successful Farming magazine. He and his wife, Trish, have one son, Jaden.
Horn is in her second year as senior women's administrator. She assumed her duties in July 2002, and is in charge of administrating and overseeing the softball and men's and women's track and field programs.
Horn -- who this year begins her fifth season as ACU's volleyball coach -- became ACU's sixth volleyball head coach July 1999, and since then has led the Wildcats to some of the best seasons in the history of the program.
The 2000 Wildcats were 29-6, recording the highest winning percentage (.829) in school history and reaching the Lone Star Conference post-season tournament semifinals for the first time ever.
Horn's team finished 18-14 in 2002 and failed to reach the Lone Star Conference Post-Season Tournament for the first time in her four seasons. However, the Wildcats will return five starters from that team, and they should be back in the post-season in 2003.
Horn has an overall record of 89-46 in four seasons, and her .659 winning percentage is by far the best in school history (Wes Kittley is second at .600, 30-20 in 50 matches in 1987 and 1988). She came to ACU after serving as an assistant coach at Class 4A Gregory-Portland High School in 1998. She was an assistant coach at Class 4A Andrews High School two seasons in 1996-97.
Horn graduated from Hereford High School in 1992 and Angelo State University in 1996. During her collegiate playing career as Brek Binder, she was named academic all-Lone Star Conference in 1995 and was honored with the Nathan's Jewelers Award as team MVP in 1994 and 1995, and she led her team to the LSC championship in 1992.
Horn and her husband, Brandon, have one son, Jagger.
Bullington re-joined the ACU athletics department in September 2001 as Director of Athletics Emeritus, and then became the director of athletics in March 2002 when Stan Lambert announced his resignation.
Bullington, elected to the Lone Star Conference Hall of Honor in 1999, served ACU for 39 years as a football player, assistant football coach, head football coach and athletic director before he retired from the university's athletic staff in 1988.
After graduating from Athens, Ala., High School. in 1949, Bullington came to Abilene to play. He was a four-year letterman at then Abilene Christian College, helping to lead the Wildcats to the only undefeated, untied season (11-0 in 1950) in school history. He was named all-Texas Conference in 1950, 1951 and 1952, and received first team all-America honors at center in 1952.
While Bullington was an assistant coach at Abilene High School, the Eagles won three state championships in football. When he took over the helm at Abilene High, he led his team to an outstanding record of 40-19-1 in six years (1960-65). And in nine years as the head football coach at Abilene Christian (1968-1976), his teams had a 62-32-2 record. Four of his nine teams were nationally-ranked, he coached ACU to its first NAIA Division I national championship, and coached six first team all-America players, including all-pro running back Wilbert Montgomery.
In 1969, Bullington became the school's athletic director and presided over the Wildcats transition from NAIA to NCAA Division II. While Bullington was the athletic director, the Wildcats won 17 national titles, including another football championship in 1977, and 41 Lone Star Conference championships.
The former Wildcat was inducted to the ACU Sports Hall of Fame in 1993 for his service to the university and its athletic program.
Bullington has also served as program coordinator for Herald of Truth, an elder for Highland Church of Christ in Abilene and a member of the board for the Abilene Independent School District.
