_(cropped).jpg) Gladchuk in 2023 | |
| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Athletic director |
| Team | Navy |
| Conference | Patriot League |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | 1950 (age 73–74) |
| Playing career | |
| 1970–1972 | Boston College |
| Position(s) | Center |
| Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
| 1978–1985 | UMass (assistant AD) |
| 1985–1988 | Syracuse (associate AD) |
| 1988–1990 | Tulane |
| 1990–1997 | Boston College |
| 1997–2001 | Houston |
| 2001–present | Navy |
Chester Stephen Gladchuk Jr. (born 1950) is an American college athletics administrator and former American football player and coach. He is currently the athletic director at the United States Naval Academy, a position he has held since 2001. During his tenure at the Naval Academy he has not only taken it to the most NCAA Division 1 Varsity Sports (36), but additionally he has amassed more wins than any other Athletic Director in NCAA History. Before the Academy Gladchuk served as the athletic director at Tulane University from 1988 to 1990, at Boston College from 1990 to 1997, and at the University of Houston from 1997 to 2001. Gladchuk attended Worcester Academy and then played college football at Boston College from 1970 to 1972. He coached high school football in New Hampton, New Hampshire before moving to the University of Massachusetts Amherst, where he worked as an assistant athletic director and earned a master's degree in sports administration. Gladchuck's father, Chet Gladchuk, also played college football at Boston College before playing professionally with the New York Giants of the National Football League (NFL) and the Montreal Alouettes of the Interprovincial Rugby Football Union, now part of the Canadian Football League (CFL).[1]
- ^ "Tulane Names Gladchuk AD". Schenectady Gazette. Associated Press. March 22, 1988. p. 30. Retrieved May 16, 2014 – via Google News.