Aug. 9, 2007
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. - Penn State Director of Athletics Tim Curley will be a special guest on Friday's Savran on SportsBeat on FSN Pittsburgh.
Hosted by veteran sportscaster Stan Savran, the program airs at 6:30 p.m. SportsBeat is the longest running sports program in Pittsburgh television history. In his 32nd year as a sportscaster, Savran also hosts Savran-Late Night and FSN's biography series In My Own Words. He recently signed a new contract with FSN.
FSN Pittsburgh is located on Ch. 34 on Comcast cable in the Centre Region.
In his 14th year as Director of Athletics, Curley's dynamic and passionate leadership has been the driving force behind the Nittany Lions' tremendous level of athletic and academic achievement.
In 2006, Curley celebrated 30 years as a member of the Nittany Lions' athletics staff last year. A 1976 Penn State graduate, he has seen Nittany Lion squads capture 13 NCAA Championships, 46 Big Ten titles and numerous individual national and conference crowns while directing Penn State's comprehensive and nationally-respected athletic program.
The 2006-07 sports year included three Big Ten titles - in women's soccer and women's volleyball - as well as NCAA Championships by the fencing and men's gymnastics teams. The fencers won their nation's best 10th national title. The gymnasts captured their record-setting 12th national championship, and third in the past eight seasons, in front of the home fans in Rec Hall.
The men's volleyball team won the 2007 EIVA title, advancing to the NCAA semifinals for the 16th time in the last 17 years. Nineteen Penn State squads were represented in their respective NCAA Championships, with five teams finishing in the Top 10.
Include the 44 All-Americans and 31 first team All-Big Ten selections, a student-athlete Graduation Success Rate of 86 percent and eight Academic All-Americans and 2006-07 was as another tremendous year of Success With Honor for the Nittany Lions.
Curley's dedicated and enthusiastic leadership has helped Penn State capture nine Big Ten championships or tournament titles the past two years, the second-highest total in the conference.
In the initial 14 years of the NACDA Directors' Cup all-sports survey, Penn State has finished in the top 25 every year, earning seven top 10 finishes and four top five placings. The Nittany Lions were No. 5 in the 2007 winter rankings and finished No. 21.
FSN Pittsburgh reaches 2.3 million cables and satellite homes in Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Ohio and Maryland. The regional sports network, a unit of Fox Entertainment Group, telecasts more than 2,000 hours of local programming each year, including The Penn State Football Story and The Penn State Basketball Story.