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Coach White’s AD Contributions Leave Impact on BC by Shaun Kolb Exercise and Sports Science Major • 2020

B luefield College’s Mike White, head coach and director of athletics (AD), will soon be stepping down from his role as AD, but his time as athletic director will have a lasting impact on the department for years to come. Coach White has served as head coach for baseball at Bluefield College since 2005. In 2015, he added athletics director to his duties. He’ll be giving up the AD responsibilities, but not his coaching role, at the end of this academic year. Under Coach White’s leadership, two new sports—men’s wrestling and co-ed competitive cheer— have been added to the school’s intercollegiate athletics program since he began his tenure as AD. And as the number of student- -athletes has increased so has overall student enrollment at

Bluefield College. In 2017, BC enrolled 997 students, and in 2018 the school enrolled 1,158 students. In addition, with Coach White as AD several BC sports programs have received national recogni- tion from the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) and the National Christian College Athletic Association (NCCAA), both from a team and individual standpoint. Perhaps none is more important or impressive than the Silver status recognition within the NAIA’s Champions of Character pro- gram—a first for Bluefield College. The Champions of Character pro- gram recognizes NAIA member schools whose student-athletes excel in integrity, respect, respon- sibility, sportsmanship, and servant leadership. For Coach White, it’s all about helping others and being a servant leader. •••

Coach Mike White