Oregon State will win games, capture Pac-12 Conference championships and continue to be among the nation’s leaders in graduation rates under new vice president and director of athletics Todd Stansbury.
But the true measure of his department’s success will be revealed sometime in the future, when those same student-athletes who earned rings and diplomas have grown into leaders in their workplaces and in their communities.
“Athletics are a gateway to a better life,” Stansbury said Wednesday in explaining his philosophy during an introductory news conference in the Gill Coliseum. “They are a tool to develop young people who will go out and change the world.