Dan Mouw of the Eastern Athletic Department has left his post as the Head Women’s Soccer Coach to assume the position of Director of Athletic Communications. On Jan. 6 Bettie Ann Brigham and Interim Athletic Director Heidi Birtwistle announced that “Dan Mouw has agreed to serve the Athletic Department and University full-time as the Director of Athletic Communications.”
Mouw has worked as the Information Director for Eastern’s sports program for eight years, so his new job will not have many surprises. An article posted on the website for EU Athletics (which Mouw helped create) reads: “Under his leadership, Eastern Athletics developed, redesigned and migrated GoEasternEagles.com….Mouw oversaw the migration of the entire site to Sidearm Sports as the Interim SID in August and September of 2015.”
Dr. Brigham states, “For the past 13 years I have known and appreciated Dan’s outstanding talent related to sports contest and sports-related human interest writing, his outstanding abilities in the visual arts, including effective and engaging photography and videography, and I’ve witnessed his ability to work very well with the coaches and staff in Athletics.” Brigham also went on to say how she is proud to see Mouw’s dedication to helping the Eastern Athletic Department.
Mouw’s new position as the Director of Athletic Communications comes with more than changes to a website. Mouw is no longer the Head Women’s Soccer Coach, which he was for the past 15 years. According to an article posted on Eastern’s sports page, “in his 15 years as Head Coach, Mouw led the Eagles to 165 wins, four Conference Championships and a 5-3-1 record in the NCAA Tournament. His 2008 team reached the Elite 8. He has coached three All-Americans, eight different NSCAA All-Mid-Atlantic Region performers and 36 All-Conference Players.”
Mouw’s teams have even performed well academically. A surprising statistic reported on goeasterneagles.com states that the Eastern Women’s Soccer team had the highest GPA of any Eastern team for five consecutive years from 2008 to 2013. Mouw’s Soccer team received a combined GPA of 3.49.
Mouw has made a strong impact on his teams and the students he has met. Mouw says he will miss his daily interactions with the players he has come to know, “but this decision will allow [him] to serve all our student-athletes and to have some control over [his] schedule.”
Source: goeasterneagles.com