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Joel Nielsen

  • Class
  • Induction
    2025
  • Sport(s)
    Athletic Administrator
(Builder's Category, University Administration): Sports administrator from Latimer, Iowa...Served as the athletic director for Kent State (2010-21)...Prior to his appointment at Kent State, he served as athletic director at the University of South Dakota (2003-10) and at Colorado College (2001-03)...He also served as associate athletic director at Wake Forest (1993-01) and assistant athletic director at Illinois State (1992-93)...From 1990 to 1991 he was athletic development assistant at Northern Illinois...He is an alumnus of Minnesota State where he played football and baseball and earned both his bachelor's and master's degrees.
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