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Judy Rose was a basketball player at Winthrop, an assistant under Pat Summitt at Tennessee and head coach at Charlotte before becoming the third woman to be an AD at a Division I school in 1990.
Charlotte athletic director Judy Rose will retire June 30 after an illustrious 43-year career with the 49ers. In 1990 Rose became the third woman to lead an NCAA Division I athletics program. During her 28-year run as AD at Charlotte, she became the first woman to be named to the NCAA Division I men's basketball committee and she spearheaded the addition of football as a varsity sport.