Delaware State University names TAMUK's D. Scott Gines its new athletics director

Delaware State University has appointed David “Scott” Gines, currently vice president for Intercollegiate Athletics and Campus Recreation at Texas A&M University-Kingsville, as its new athletics director.

Gines will start work at Delaware State in mid-July, overseeing 18 intercollegiate sports – basketball, bowling, cross country, equestrian, golf, indoor and outdoor track and field, lacrosse, soccer, softball and tennis for women and baseball, cross country, basketball, football, indoor and outdoor track and field for men.

It's been more than a year since the university has had a full-time athletics director. In January 2017, DSU announced it would not be continuing its relationship with former athletics director Louis "Skip" Perkins, who came to DSU in 2015 as the interim athletics director. They let go head football coach Kenneth Carter the same day.

Mary Hill has been serving as interim AD since Perkins' contract expired. Carter was replaced in January by Rod Milstead.

Gines has served in his current position at Texas A&M-Kingsville since 2013 and also served as the institution's athletic director from 2007-09. The university is a member of the NCAA Division II Lone Star Conference.

During his tenure overseeing TAMUK athletics, the Javelinas posted their most successful six-year period of departmentwide competitive success. The highlights include 28 NCAA postseason appearances, eight national top 10 finishes, four Lone Star Conference Championships, one national runner-up, two team national championships, a College World Series appearance, a Live United Bowl victory and 25 NCAA Division II individual national champions.

Gines’ also spearheaded the development of TAMUK’s comprehensive gender equity plan and launched women’s golf, tennis and beach volleyball, while nearly doubling women’s student-athlete participation.

Through a series of initiatives, annual athletics operational revenues increased by more than $3.6 million, and JGines also helped Texas A&M-Kingsville generate $12 million for new facility construction and upgrades, increased scholarship budgets by nearly $1 million, elevated salaries, expanded staffing and raised recruiting budgets.

Gines began his career in college athletics in 1983 as an assistant baseball coach at the University of Virginia, and in 1987, he became one of the nation’s youngest Division I head coaches.

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