Lew Perkins
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Perkins at the 2008 Kansas Jayhawks Victory Parade
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| Sport(s) | Basketball |
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| Biographical details | |
| Born |
March 24, 1945 Boston, Massachusetts |
| Playing career | |
| 1965–1967 | Iowa |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1969–1979 | South Carolina–Aiken |
| Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
| 1969–1980 | South Carolina–Aiken |
| 1980–1983 | Penn (associate AD) |
| 1983–1987 | Wichita State |
| 1987–1990 | Maryland |
| 1990–2003 | Connecticut |
| 2003–2010 | Kansas |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 125–155 |
Lew Perkins (born March 24, 1945) is a former athletic director, most recently at the University of Kansas. Perkins joined KU in June 2003, taking over for Al Bohl. Perkins previously held similar positions with the University of Connecticut, University of Maryland, College Park, Wichita State University and University of South Carolina Aiken where he gained a reputation for successfully cleaning up schools suffering under NCAA violations. Under Perkins direction, the athletics program at KU had several successful seasons, including winning the 2008 Orange Bowl in football and the 2008 Men's Basketball Championship. His tenure, though, ultimately ended in scandal and early retirement in 2010.
Perkins is a native of Chelsea, Massachusetts, where he was inducted into the High School Athletics Hall of Fame. Following high school, Perkins played basketball at the University of Iowa from 1965 to 1967, where he was coached by former KU great Ralph Miller, a member of the Naismith Hall of Fame. He also received an undergraduate degree in education from the institution. At Iowa, Perkins pledged and activated the Alpha Epsilon Pi fraternity.
Perkins served as athletics director at the University of South Carolina Aiken from 1969 to 1980, overseeing the athletics department during the university's transition from a junior college to four-year institution. He also served as the head basketball coach from 1969 to 1979. In 1975 he received a Master's degree in education from the University of South Carolina. In 2005, Perkins was awarded an honorary Doctorate of Education by the University of South Carolina Aiken.
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