Richard Allen ("Dick") Baddour

UNC Director of Athletics, Emeritus

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• An Officer, a Gentleman, and a Gardener
  Laurie Paolicelli, The Local Reporter, March 15, 2022. One of six private gardens open to the public that weekend belongs to Chapel Hill residents Dick and Lynda Baddour. Dick says the garden is a shared passion between the two of them, but Lynda says don’t let him fool you, it’s all his.
• Dedication of CHEWNING Tennis Center
  Former Athletic Director Dick Baddour speaks to the "first class programs" run by Sam Paul and Brian Kalbas and all the student athletes that have represented the men's and women's tennis programs. (Instagram) Mr. Baddour was a friend and mentor to the tennis programs during his 14 years as Athletic Director.
• East Chapel Hill Rotary Club
  Presentation Phil Rominger Fellowships to the Baddour family in recognition of their financial commitment to ECHR through the Legacy Program.
• Dick Baddour on the Loyalty and Impact of Roy Williams
  Ross Martin, 247sports.com, April 3, 2021. Dick Baddour hired Roy Williams to North Carolina in 2003.
• UNC General Alumni Association Distinguished Service Medal
  Dick took his diploma and went directly into the business of running Carolina’s affairs.


• UNC Department of Exercise and Sport Science
  Dick Baddour founded the Carolina Leadership Academy, the first program in the country to provide innovative leadership training for student-athletes and coaches. He currently teaches the capstone seminar in the Sport Administration graduate program as an Adjunct Professor of the Practice.Biography (pdf, 2017)

• Richard A. Baddour Carolina Leadership Academy Overview
  ABOUT THE PROGRAM The Richard A. Baddour Carolina Leadership Academy develops world-class leaders for a lifetime of service and success. As the nation’s first such program, the Leadership Academy has trailblazed in the area of collegiate student-athlete leadership development.
      Inside The Richard A. Baddour Carolina Leadership Academy (4:37 video)
  
  
• Dick Baddour stepping down at UNC
  A day after the school fired Butch Davis amid an NCAA investigation into his program, Dick Baddour said Thursday he will step down after 14 years running the 28-sport department.
• Baddour retirement announcement deserved better treatment
  Joe Ovies, WRAL SportsFan, July 29, 2011. "Initially intended to be about the firing of head football coach Butch Davis, North Carolina ended up with a bizarre two-for-one press conference that included the announcement of Dick Baddour stepping down as athletics director."
• Baddour Family Papers
  A collection within the NC State University Moise A. Khayrallah Center for Lebanese Diaspora Studies Archive. To navigate the papers, see the Finding Aid