Draft:Marie Tuite
American athletics administrator and former women's basketball coach
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Marie T. Tuite is an American college athletics administrator. She currently serves as the Deputy Athletic Director for External Relations/Chief operating officer at Southern Utah University since 2023. Tuite was previously and best known for being the athletics director at San Jose State University
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Big Sky Conference (starting July 1, 2026)
| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Team | Southern Utah |
| Conference | Western Athletic Conference Big Sky Conference (starting July 1, 2026) |
| Biographical details | |
| Alma mater | Central Michigan University (B.Ed, MA) |
| Playing career | |
| 1971–1974 | Central Michigan |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1979–1980 | Central Michigan (Assistant) |
| 1980–1984 | Alma |
| Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
| 1980–1984 | Alma |
| 1984–1989 | California (Asst. AD) |
| 1989–1994 | NCAA (Asst. Dir. of Championships) |
| 1994–2008 | Washington (Sr. Assoc. AD/SWA) |
| 2010–2017 | San Jose State (Dpty. AD/COO) |
| 2017–2021 | San Jose State |
| 2023–present | Southern Utah (Dpty. Dir. for External Relations/COO) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
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| Awards | |
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Personal life and education
Tuite played and lettered for the Central Michigan Chippewas women's basketball and field hockey[1][2] teams from 1971-1974.[3][4] She graduated from Central Michigan University with a bachelor's degree in Education 1974 and a master's degree in Athletics administration in 1980.[3]
Tuite was inducted into the university's Hall of Fame in 1990.[1]
Coaching career
Tuite initially started her career in coaching women's basketball first as an assistant coach at her alma mater in 1979. Tuite's role also involved coaching summer camps hosted by the university.[4]
Alma College
Tuite went to Alma College, a NCAA Division III university, to serve as both the athletic director for the its women's teams and head coach of the women's basketball team from 1980-1984.[5][6] By her 2nd year, Tuite finished with the program's first regular season championship in program history.[7] Although the Scots lost in the semifinals[8][9], the team earned an at-large berth to the Midwestern Association of Intercollegiate Athletics for Women (MAIAW) regional tournament where they lost in the first round against North Central (IL).[5][10] In her 3rd year, the Scots won against a Division II school for the first time in program history by upsetting Lake Superior State 90-80.[11] By her 4th year, Tuite led the Scots to its 2nd regular season championship.[12] Tuite finished her head coaching career with a 52-36 record.
Coaching record
Source: [13]
| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alma Scots (Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1980–1984) | |||||||||
| 1980–81 | Alma | 6–12 | 5–7 | 4th | |||||
| 1981–82 | Alma | 17–7 | 11–1 | 1st | MAIAW Regional first round | ||||
| 1982–83 | Alma | 14–9 | 9–3 | T-2nd | |||||
| 1983–84 | Alma | 16–7 | 10–2 | 1st | |||||
| Alma: | 52–36 (.591) | 35–15 (.700) | |||||||
| Total: | 52–36 (.591) | ||||||||
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National champion
Postseason invitational champion
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Athletic director career
California (1984-1989)
At the conclusion of the 1983-84 season, Marie became the assistant women's athletic director at University of California, Berkeley from 1984 to 1989.[2]
NCAA (1989-1994)
Tuite then became the assistant director of championships for the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) where she played a part in coordinating the 1988 NCAA Division I softball tournament's championship game[14], and working with member universities to select sites for universities to host championships for the men's volleyball tournament at the Blaisdell Arena in Honolulu[15] and Worthen Arena in Muncie, Indiana[16], the men's soccer tournament[17] at USF Soccer Stadium in Tampa, Florida[18] and Richardson Stadium (Davidson) in Davidson, North Carolina[19], and the softball tournament.[20] In short, Tuite was responsible for overseeing the operations of all championships (including the seeding) at the Division I and Division III[21] levels for the NCAA.[2]
Washington (1994-2008)
On July 8, 1994, Tuite became the senior associate director of athletics for the University of Washington (UW). Tuite would be in charge of the university's "Olympic sports" (every sport sponsored by the university except for football, men's basketball, and women's basketball).[2] Tuite spent the first several years integrating the State of Washington efforts initiatives for increase gender equity for women in college sports.[22] Tuite also served on the Pac-10 Conference's women's basketball committee that would form the first Pac-10 Conference women's basketball tournament in 2002.[23][24] Tuite also served as a NCAA women's basketball tournament selection committee member in 2002 to 2006.[25][26][27][28] Tuite oversaw the first and second rounds of the 2005 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament when UW was selected to host.[29]
In October 17, 2003, Tuite made the decision to withdraw the Huskies' men's golf from the 2003 Hooters Collegiate Matchplay Championship due to the image Hooters portraying its "waitresses clad in tight shorts and tops", despite playing last year.[30]
Tuite was fired from UW on October 5, 2008.[31]
Pain Medication Controversy
On April 27, 2004, Tuite and several other former and current employees of UW Athletics were sued at a federal court by former softball head coach Teresa Wilson. Wilson alleged that Tuite "knew or should have known [former softball team doctor Dr. William] Scheyer and [former trainer Craig] Moriwaki overused [and improperly gave] medications, including narcotic pain medications, to treat players." The university released a report that said the evidence of whether Tuite knew was inconclusive[32][33][34][35], however, it wrote Tuite a written reprimand the day after.[36] No civil nor criminal charges were filed against Tuite.
San Jose State (2010-2021)
On March 27, 2010, Tuite was named the deputy director of athletics/COO at San Jose State University (SJSU).[37][38] From April 2012 to May 2012, Tuite was named the interim athletic director after Tom Bowen's departure to become the athletics director at the University of Memphis[39][40] and until the university's hiring of former Boise State University athletics director Gene Bleymaier.[41] During her time as the deputy AD, Tuite worked with NFL teams to ensure practices are secure and accessible at CEFCU Stadium during Super Bowl 50.[42][43] On May 19, 2017, Tuite was promoted to athletics director after Bleymaier stepped down in three months prior. Tuite is "the first woman to serve as the head of Spartan athletics since the men’s and women’s programs were combined in 1987".[44] In 2020, Tuite coordinated an extension of head coach Brent Brennan's contract through 2023 after the Spartans won the Mountain West Conference Football Championship Game that year.[45] In May 2021, Tuite was reassigned, by former president Mary Papazian, due to the federal government's ongoing investigation regarding sexual misconduct and sexual harassment conducted by trainer: Scott Shaw.[46]
Sexual misconduct and harassment scandal
Southern Utah (2023-present)
On February 27, 2023, Tuite was hired to become the Deputy Director for External Relations/Chief operating officer at Southern Utah University.[37]