University of Michigan Athletics
Brian Townsend has extensive experience in athletic administration, currently serving as the Assistant Athletic Director for the Track and Cross Country Program and the Director of Leadership Development and Community Engagement at the University of Michigan Athletics since June 2007. Townsend has also held positions overseeing Football, Men's Basketball, and Men's Ice Hockey, and previously worked as the Director of Basketball Operations at Ohio University. Prior to these roles, Townsend was an Assistant Coach in the Mid-American Conference and the Head Boy's Basketball Coach at Pioneer High School, leading the team to a state championship in 1998-99. Townsend's professional athletic career includes stints with the Los Angeles Rams and Cincinnati Bengals, following an impressive collegiate career as a student-athlete in football at the University of Michigan. Townsend holds a Bachelor's Degree in Secondary Education and Teaching, as well as a degree in Sports Management and Communications from the University of Michigan.
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University of Michigan Athletics
The University of Michigan has a rich and storied athletics tradition. Intercollegiate competition officially began in 1865-66 when the baseball team won its first three contests it played that season. In 1879, football started its storied tradition. Women's athletics established formal varsity sports in 1973-74 with U-M fielding basketball, field hockey, swimming and diving, tennis and volleyball teams. Men's soccer and women's water polo were added as varsity sports in 2000-01. Michigan athletic teams have claimed more than 50 national championships in 12 sports over the years, beginning with football's 1901 national title. Since then, Wolverine dynasties have developed in football, men's swimming and diving and ice hockey. In fact, no other NCAA Division I program boasts more national titles in hockey or men's swimming and diving than the Wolverines. In 2005, Michigan softball captured the nation's attention, winning its first Women's College World Series and becoming the first school east of the Mississippi to do so. Go Blue!