DIRECTOR OF ATHLETICS                            E. J. BROPHY

E. J. Brophy enters his first year as Director of Athletics at The University of West Alabama after serving as Assistant Athletic Director for External Affairs at the University of Alabama at Birmingham since March 2005.

 Brophy, who has nearly 15 years of experience as a professional athlete, collegiate coach and Division I-A administrator, joined the UAB athletic department in January 2003, as Assistant Director of Athletic Development. A Montgomery, Ala., native, Brophy was responsible for athletic fundraising, day-to-day operations of the Blazer Club scholarship organization, game-day hospitality for donors at Blazer football and basketball games and various other duties. In March, 2005, Brophy was named the Assistant Athletic Director of External Affairs and continued heading the Blazer Club Scholarship Fund and all basketball and football priority seating.

 After an all-conference baseball career at UAB from 1989-1992, Brophy was drafted as a 37^th-round selection by the Philadelphia Phillies and spent four seasons in their minor league system, reaching the Triple-A level in 1995. At the conclusion of his playing career, Brophy was named assistant baseball coach at Samford University in 1996 and held the same post at the University of Montevallo in 1998. He was the head baseball coach at Wallace Community College in Selma, Ala., from August 1998 until January 2003. In recognition of gaining his 100th collegiate coaching victory in 2002, he was named to the Alabama and American Baseball Coaches Century Club.

 Brophy graduated from UAB in 1995 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Physical Education. He earned his Master of Arts degree in Physical Education in 1998.

 Brophy is married to the former Cindy Wooten of Birmingham, Ala. They have two children: son Brooks, 7, and daughter Bailey, 4.

E-Mail E. J. Brophy @ ejbrophy@uwa.edu