Name Joe Castiglione | Role Athletic director | |
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Born October 8, 1957 (age 66) ( 1957-10-08 ) Fort Lauderdale, Florida Occupation V.P. for Intercollegiate Athletic Programs
and Director of Athletics Awards Bobby Dodd Foundation AD of the Year (2004)
SportsBusiness Daily AD of the Year (2009) Education University of Maryland, College Park Employer University of Oklahoma, University of Missouri | ||
Alma mater University of Maryland | ||
Joseph Robert Castiglione (born October 8, 1957) is Vice President for Intercollegiate Athletics Programs and Director of Athletics at the University of Oklahoma.
Since his arrival at Oklahoma in April 1998, the school has won a total of 17 national championships in football (2000); softball (2000, 2013, 2016, 2017); men's golf (2017); men's gymnastics (2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2015, 2016, 2017); and women's gymnastics (2014, 2016, 2017).
Among his earliest and best-known moves as OU's AD came in December 1998 with the hiring of head football coach Bob Stoops. Castiglione's decision quickly paid off as Stoops, a first-time head coach, immediately began work rejuvenating a program that had experienced a 10-year decline. Within two seasons, Stoops guided OU to its first national football title in 15 years and first conference championship since 1987. After 18 seasons that included 10 Big 12 titles, victories in all four BCS games (Orange, Rose, Sugar and Fiesta), and two Heisman Trophy Winners (Jason White in 2003 and Sam Bradford in 2008), Stoops retired in June 2017 as the program's all-time leader in victories with 190.
The former athletic director at the University of Missouri, Castiglione received the 2004 Bobby Dodd Award for athletic director of the year. He was named National Athletic Director of the Year in May 2009 by the SportsBusiness Journal.
Castiglione is a 1979 graduate of the University of Maryland, where he played football as a walk-on. He also earned a Master's in Education from Oklahoma in 2007.