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January
12, 2006
DH 06 RH02
Contact: Russ Hudson,
Media Relations Coordinator
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rhudson@csudh.edu
Acting CSUDH Athletic Director Patrick
Guillen Gets Job Permanently
Guillen inherits post left vacant since August 2005
Carson, CA—New Athletics
Director Patrick Guillen, who
has been in the acting position at California State University,
Dominguez Hills since Nov. 1, has earned the permanent
position. The announcement was made Jan. 11 by Boice
Bowman, vice president of
Student Affairs. Guillen began his new position immediately.
“I look forward with great anticipation to working
closely with Patrick to take Toros Athletics to expanded levels of success while
continuing to provide a great academic experience for our student-athletes,” said
Bowman. “The relationships Patrick has built over the years, as well
as his knowledge of the Athletics Department, will allow him to keep CSUDH Athletics
moving forward with continued success.”
As the acting athletics director, Guillen already has
secured several new corporate partners. They include the Carson Doubletree Hotel
and an update of CSUDH’s corporate sponsorship with Enterprise Rent-A-Car.
He has also overseen the appointment of a new faculty athletics representative,
raised funds for new baseball and softball bleachers, helped secure a new title
sponsorship from Anschutz Entertainment Group—better known simply as AEG
and owner of the Home Depot and Staples centers—for the 2006 Toros Scholarship
Golf Classic, sold venue advertising, centralized and updated concessions, and
formulated future fundraising ideas. Those efforts could substantially increase
CSUDH Athletics funding in 2006 and beyond.
“I am thrilled to be appointed as the new director
of athletics, and couldn’t ask for a better situation than working for
a University that is a vital component to the community in which I was born and
raised,” Guillen said. “I am honored by the confidence that
Dr. Boice Bowman, President James Lyons, Dr. Al
Rodriguez [associate vice president of student affairs], and
the entire search committee has shown me by elevating me to this post. I look
forward to continuing to work with a very talented group of individuals in the
athletics department, as well as the entire campus community, to take Toros Athletics
to a new level of success. But most of all, I am excited about rolling
up my sleeves and working tirelessly on behalf of our students here at CSUDH.”
Guillen has been an integral part of an athletics
department that has captured an NCAA Division II men's soccer national championship,
hosted the NCAA Division II Final Four women's soccer championship, and first-
and second-round NCAA Division II men's soccer championships. In addition,
Guillen initiated the negotiation process that brought the Home Depot Center
to the Carson campus three years ago.
Guillen began his tenure in the Toros Athletics Department
in 1995 after serving two years as the media relations director at Vanguard University
(formerly Southern California College). As the assistant athletics director in
charge of media relations, Guillen has been responsible for fundraising, working
with the media, and community and public relations, as well as overseeing all
home-event management operations.
Prior to working in intercollegiate athletics, Guillen
had a sales and marketing career in the healthcare industry, working as the area
marketing manager for what was then the largest privately owned healthcare organization
in the country, Comprehensive Rehabilitation Associates, Inc.
Born in Torrance, Guillen's roots are fixed in Carson,
having graduated from Carson High School. He earned his undergraduate degree
in Business Administration, with an emphasis in Management and Marketing from
Vanguard University in Costa Mesa, California, in 1987.
Guillen replaces Ron Prettyman, who
left Dominguez Hills in August, 2005 to be the athletic director of the Division
I school Indiana State University. Prettyman, who was named the 2003-2004 Athletics
Director of the Year by the Division II West Region National Association of Collegiate
Directors of Athletics, began his tenure as Dominguez Hills’ director in
April, 1995. He came to the Toros from Vanguard University. During his administration,
Prettyman expanded the department from eight to 11 sponsored sports, and he oversaw
and coordinated the acquisition of the Hughes Education and Athletic Center.
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