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S E N I O R A S S O C I A T E A T H L E T I C S D I R E C T O R , F A C I L I T I E S & O P E R A T I O N S
M E N ’ S B A S K E T B A L L A DM I N I S T R A T O R
Tom Gabbard serves as the senior associate athletics director
for facilities and operations at Virginia Tech. He is in charge
of new construction and maintenance of Tech’s athletics
facilities, and he also supervises Tech’s facilities managers and
game operations people. In addition, he serves as the sport
administrator for men’s basketball, men’s and women’s tennis
and men’s and women’s golf.
Gabbard has overseen construction of the south and west
side additions to Lane Stadium, the Hahn Hurst Basketball
Practice Facility, the renovations to English Field, the building
of the hitting facility for the baseball and renovations to Cassell
Coliseum. Most recently, he oversaw the construction of the new
indoor practice facility. This fall, the Hokies announced major
renovations to the baseball stadium and Rector Field House, as
well as the construction of a softball batting facility, all under the
direction of Gabbard.
Gabbard directed the men’s national golf championship held
at the Homestead in 2004 and the 2011 NCAA Golf East
Regional held at the Pete Dye River Course at Virginia Tech.
He also coordinated two NCAA tennis regionals held at Virginia
Tech. In addition, he has coordinated several ACC Indoor Track
and Field Championships.
Gabbard came to Blacksburg after serving six years in the
athletics administration at UNLV. He was instrumental in several
major facilities projects at UNLV, including the construction of the
Lied Athletic Complex, Wilson Baseball Stadium, Fertitta Tennis
Complex and the Redd Basketball Offices. Gabbard came into
athletics because of his experience with building construction.
He had a 20-year real estate career in Florida before UNLV.
He is a 1968 graduate of the University of Florida, with a bachelor
of science in business administration. Gabbard is a Vietnam
veteran (1970-71) who achieved the rank of first lieutenant in
the U.S. Army’s artillery branch.
A native of Lexington, Ky., Gabbard and his wife, Nancy, live in
Blacksburg. They have two children, Eric and Cyndi (Krupa),
and four grandchildren.
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