Larry Leckonby

Larry Leckonby is a college sports administrator, currently serving as athletic director at Catawba College. He has previously served as an assistant athletic director at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, Boston University, Old Dominion University, and Boston College. He served as senior associate athletic director at the University of Houston prior to serving as senior associate athletic director at the University of Maryland, College Park, working as the chief financial officer of that school's athletic department. He was athletic director at The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina from 2008 through 2014.[1][2] Leckonby's tenure at The Citadel ended in the summer of 2014, when he accepted the same position at Catawba.[3]

Larry Leckonby
Current position
TitleAthletic Director
TeamCatawba Indians
Biographical details
Bornabout 1957
Alma materDuke, '79
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
1981–1982Massachusetts (Asst.)
1982–1988Boston University (Bus. Mgr.)
1988–1993Old Dominion (Asst. AD)
1993–1998Boston College (Assoc. AD)
1998–2002Houston (Sr. Assoc. AD)
2002–2008Maryland (Sr. Assoc. AD)
2008–2014The Citadel
2014–PresentCatawba

Leckonby's father, William Leckonby was a football coach and director of athletics at Lehigh University.[4]

Leckonby inherited a $1.4 million deficit when he took the job, and in two years reduced the subsidy required to support The Citadel athletic department by more than $1 million.[4]

References
  1. "Larry Leckonby". CitadelSports.com. Archived from the original on April 23, 2013. Retrieved November 12, 2012.
  2. Jeff Hartsell (June 14, 2008). "Leckonby Ready to Dig In". Post and Courier. Charleston, SC. p. C1. Retrieved November 12, 2012.
  3. Jeff Hartsell (May 20, 2014). "Citadel begins search after athletic director Larry Leckonby leaves for Catawba College". Post and Courier. Retrieved June 3, 2014.
  4. Jeff Hartsell (January 8, 2011). "Family front and center for Citadel AD". Post and Courier. Charleston, SC. Retrieved November 12, 2012.
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