Gene Bleymaier
Bleymaier in 2015
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| Current position | |
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| Title | Special advisor to the president |
| Team | San Jose State |
| Conference | Mountain West |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | 1953 (age 63–64) Boise, Idaho |
| Alma mater |
UCLA, 1975 Loyola Law School, 1978 |
| Playing career | |
| 1972–1974 | UCLA |
| Position(s) | Tight end |
| Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
| 1976–1981 | UCLA (asst. AD) |
| 1981–1982 | Boise State (asst. AD) |
| 1982–2011 | Boise State |
| 2012–2017 | San Jose State |
| 2017–present | San Jose State (special advisor) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
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Eugene Anthony Bleymaier (born 1953) is an American university administrator who is currently special advisor to the president at San Jose State University. Bleymaier was previously an athletic director, first at Boise State University from 1982 to 2011 and San Jose State from 2012 to 2017.
Born in Boise, Idaho, Bleymaier attended its Borah High School and played football for the Lions under head coach De Pankratz on undefeated state championship teams (the win streak ended in October 1971 at 34 games). After graduation in 1971, he attended the University of California, Los Angeles and lettered on the UCLA Bruins football team from 1972 to 1974. He played under head coach Pepper Rodgers for his first two seasons; as a senior under new head coach Dick Vermeil in 1974, Bleymaier made 13 catches for 245 yards and one touchdown as a tight end and was third-team All-Pac-8.
Bleymaier graduated from UCLA in 1975 with a bachelor's degree in sociology and was named "outstanding senior" by the UCLA Alumni Association. He then attended Loyola Law School and graduated with a J.D. in 1978.
Bleymaier became assistant athletic director at UCLA in 1976, while attending law school, and supervised academic affairs for student-athletes, including financial aid and tutoring.
In June 1981, Boise State University hired Bleymaier as assistant athletic director; longtime athletic director Lyle Smith had recently retired and Mike Mullally of Cal State Fullerton succeeded him. After a flap with boosters over new season ticket premiums, Mullally resigned after less than a year in Boise and Bleymaier was promoted to athletic director by university president John Keiser in March 1982.
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