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School of Recreation and Sport Sciences
Office: Grover Center E173 Dr. B. David Ridpath, Ed.D. is an Assistant Professor of Sport Administration at Ohio University in the School of Recreation and Sport Sciences. This is Ridpath's second stint at Ohio. He previously served as assistant wrestling coach at from 1994-95. While on head coach Harry Houska's staff, the Bobcat wrestling team won the Mid American Conference wrestling championship in 1995 and finished 19th in the country. He also earned a Masters of Sports Administration and Facility Management degree from Ohio in 1995. Prior to returning to Ohio University, Ridpath spent two years directing the graduate sports administration at Mississippi State University. Prior to MSU, he spent seven years at Marshall University in Huntington, West Virginia where he served as an Adjunct Professor of Sport Management and Marketing, Director of Judicial Programs and Assistant Athletic Director for Compliance and Student Services. He also worked in the athletic department at Weber State University in Ogden, Utah, for three years from 1995-1997 as Assistant Director of Marketing and Promotions, Director of Internal Operations, and Director of Compliance. While at Weber State he served as a media manager at the 1997 NCAA Men's Basketball Western Regional in Salt Lake City and as Co-director of the Mid-American Conference Wrestling Tournament in 1996. He is certified as a college and international wrestling referee. Ridpath received a Doctor of Education in Higher Education Administration from West Virginia University in May 2002. He has been used as an expert in litigation involving college sports and is regularly quoted on issues in college sports in publications like the New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Chronicle of Higher Education, The Toronto Globe and Mail, USA Today, Indianapolis Star, and The Birmingham News, to name a few. |
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