New Athletics Director Takes the Reins

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Mike Harrity arrives on campus to oversee athletics and recreation.

Mike Harrity, the inaugural Haldeman Family Director of Athletics and Recreation, started work on campus this week.

The former deputy athletics director and chief operating officer at West Point met with President Philip J. Hanlon ’77 and other Dartmouth leaders on Monday, as well as with top staffers in the Athletics Department.

Then, on Tuesday, Harrity met with student athletes in the DRIVE Program at the Floren Varsity House. The program is an Athletics summer leadership course geared to sophomore athletes.

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Athletic Director Mike Harrity and Sr Athletic Director of Peak Performance Ian Connole
Mike Harrity, the Haldeman Family Director of Athletics and Recreation, left, and Ian Connole, the senior associate athletics director for peak performance, walk toward Floren Varsity House from Alumni Gym to meet with sophomore athletes participating in the DRIVE Program. (Photo by Eli Burakian ’00)
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Athletics Director Mike Harrity speaking to athletes
Harrity speaks to DRIVE Program sophomore athletes inside Floren Varsity House on Tuesday evening. (Photo by Eli Burakian ’00)
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Mike Harrity and President Hanlon '77
Harrity meets Monday morning with President Philip J. Hanlon ’77 in the president’s office in Parkhurst Hall. (Photo by Eli Burakian ’00)
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Athletics staff talking with Mike Harrity
Harrity confers with, from left, Richard Whitmore, the deputy athletics director, Jennifer Chuks-Crabill, the senior associate athletics director for enrollment management, and Tiffani-Dawn Sykes, the executive senior associate athletics director for varsity sports, on Monday afternoon in the Alumni Gym offices. (Photo by Eli Burakian ’00)
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Athletics staff meeting
Whitmore, Harrity, and Buddy Teevens ’79, the Robert L. Blackman Head Football Coach, chat on Monday. (Photo by Eli Burakian ’00)