William Paterson University Athletics

Arthur Eason, MA ‘71

Athletic Director (1972- 2002)

Football Head Coach (1972)

• National championships won by Pioneers:

Baseball

Women’s fencing

Track and Field

• 1999 and 2001 Final Four appearances by men’s basketball
• 2001 softball team won the NCAA Tournament East Regional
• Twenty-seven New Jersey Athletic Conference team championships
• Almost all of the University’s 17 athletic programs qualified for NCAA postseason play
• Served on the NCAA Management Council
• President, Collegiate Athletic Administrators of New Jersey
• 1994 recipient of CAANJ Garden State Award for Outstanding Service
• President, Vice President, and Treasurer of Metropolitan Athletic Directors Association
• Initiated Big Brothers, Big Sisters program at WPUNJ
• Chair, NCAA Nominating and Division III Self-Study Committees
• Secretary and Parliamentarian, National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletes (NACDA)
• NCAA Minority Opportunities Committee
• Chair, ECAC Infractions Committee
• Vice President and Football Chair, NJAC
• Also served as the Pioneers’ head football coach in 1972