Providence AD Driscoll to retire in June after 21 years

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Providence College athletic director Bob Driscoll says he is retiring after 21 years at the school.

The retirement is effective in June and ends a two-decade run that included the Friars winning their first national title in a men’s sport when the hockey team won in 2015. Driscoll also hired current coach Ed Cooley, who became the men’s basketball program’s first Black head coach in 2011.

A native of West Concord, Mass., Driscoll has worked in college athletics for 47 years, including at the University of California-Berkeley. He’s an alumni of Ithaca (N.Y.) College and was inducted into its athletic Hall of Fame in 2019.

“I feel so fortunate that I have been able to spend the last 21 years as a member of the Providence College family,” Driscoll said in a statement Friday. “I came to Providence with a goal of a student-centered vision for athletics. I feel like I have played a part in creating a model program in college athletics with the student-athlete experience at the center of our vision.”