Dick Dull
| Sport(s) | Track and field |
|---|---|
| Biographical details | |
| Born | c. 1945 Biglerville, Pennsylvania |
| Playing career | |
| 1963–1967 | Maryland |
| Position(s) | Javelin thrower |
| Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
| 1981–1986 | Maryland |
| 1996–1998 | Nebraska–Kearney |
| 1998–1999 | Moravian |
| 1999–2005 | Cal State–Northridge |
| 2007–2009 | Belmont Abbey |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| ACC javelin throw (1966) | |
Richard Dull (born c. 1945) is an American former athletic director and athlete. He served as the athletic director of the University of Maryland from 1981 to 1986, including during the death of Len Bias, which prompted Dull's resignation. He has also been athletic director at the University of Nebraska at Kearney, Moravian College, California State University, Northridge, and Belmont Abbey College.
Dull attended Biglerville High School in Biglerville, Pennsylvania, where he played basketball and competed in track and field in the javelin throw event. As a sophomore, he won the state championship. He suffered a serious injury to his elbow ligament, but recovered and finished as a runner-up in the state championship during his senior year in 1963. As of 2008, he still held the school's record at 198 feet and 6 inches.
Dull attended college at the University of Maryland, where he continued competing in the javelin throw at the intercollegiate level. As a senior in 1966, he won the Atlantic Coast Conference championship in the event at 223 feet and 3.5 inches. That year, he also placed in the top-ten in the NCAA event.
After receiving a law degree, he took a pay cut from $22,000 to $8,500 and became an assistant ticket manager at his alma mater. He rose through the ranks of the Maryland athletic department and became athletic director in 1981, succeeding Jim Kehoe. In January 1982, Dull hired Bobby Ross to succeed Jerry Claiborne as the school's head football coach. The hire was somewhat surprising as Ross, then an assistant coach for the Kansas City Chiefs, was not a high-profile coach. Ross described himself as a "no name". Nevertheless, Maryland had great success under Ross, and quarterback Boomer Esiason excelled in his pro-style offense.
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