Curtis Hammeke Explained

Curtis Hammeke
Current Title:Athletic director
Current Team:Fort Hays State
Current Conference:The MIAA
Contract:$113,774[1]
Birth Place:Great Bend, Kansas
Player Years1:1981–1982
Player Team1:Barton CC
Player Years2:1983–1984
Player Team2:Fort Hays State
Player Positions:Pitcher
Coach Years1:1987–1991
Coach Team1:Barton CC (assistant)
Coach Years2:1991–1996
Coach Team2:Fort Hays State
Admin Years1:1987–1991
Admin Team1:Barton CC (media relations)
Admin Years2:1991–1996
Admin Team2:Fort Hays State (assistant AD)
Admin Years3:1996–1998
Admin Team3:Great Bend HS
Admin Years4:1998–2003
Admin Team4:Butler CC
Admin Years5:2003–2004
Admin Team5:Newman (Kansas)
Admin Years6:2004–present
Admin Team6:Fort Hays State
Championships:RMAC regular season championship (1995)
RMAC Tournament championship (1995)
Awards:1 Louisville Slugger Coach of the Year (1995)
RMAC Coach of the Year (1995)

Curtis J. Hammeke is an American university sports administrator and former college baseball player and coach. Hammeke is currently the director of athletics at Fort Hays State University. Prior to his current position, Hammeke served as an athletic director at a high school and two colleges, as well as the baseball coach for Fort Hays State prior to that.

Career

Early career

Hammeke, a Great Bend, Kansas native, played baseball for Barton Community College from 1981 to 1982, and finished his collegiate baseball career at Fort Hays State University from 1983 to 1984.[2] Two years after graduating from Fort Hays State, Hammeke began his career in athletics in 1987 as the Barton Cougars baseball assistant coach and Sports Information Director.[3]

Fort Hays State University

In 1992, Hammeke was hired as the head coach at his alma mater, Fort Hays State Tigers baseball, as well as an assistant athletic director. During his five seasons as the head coach, Hammeke led the Tigers to an overall record of, winning the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference regular season and tournament championships in 1995.[4]

Three jobs in eight years

Following a successful five seasons as a head coach, Hammeke became the Great Bend High School director of athletics, a position he held from 1996 to 1998.[5] In 1998, Hammeke left his Great Bend to become Butler Community College's director of athletics.[6] Hammeke was responsible for hiring the National Junior College Athletic Association winningest football coach, Troy Morrell, who won three out of seven national championship appearances, and 12 conference championships.[7] In 2003, Hammeke left Butler CC to become the athletics director at Newman University in Wichita, Kansas.[8]

Return to Fort Hays State as AD

In May, 2004, Hammeke was named Fort Hays State University's athletics director.[9] During his time as the athletic director, Lewis Field Stadium has seen numerous renovations – including an artificial field – along with an indoor training facility.[10] Hammeke has hired several successful coaches at Fort Hays State including head Tiger football coach, Chris Brown, and head women's basketball coach, Tony Hobson.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Kansas Government Employee Payroll List . Kansasopengov.org . August 8, 2019 . April 16, 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190416030019/http://www.kansasopengov.org/kog/databank#report_id=4&Year=2018&Agency=Fort%20Hays%20State%20University&search=hammeke . dead .
  2. Web site: Barton Athletics to induct four into its Sports Hall of Fame - Barton Community College Athletics. bartonsports.com. May 21, 2018.
  3. Web site: Curtis Hammeke to be Inducted into Barton Community College Sports Hall of Fame - Fort Hays State University. Fort Hays State University. May 21, 2018.
  4. Book: Fort Hays State Tiger Baseball Records . May 31, 2017 . May 20, 2018.
  5. Web site: The Hays Daily News from Hays, Kansas on May 21, 2004 · Page 9. May 21, 2018.
  6. Web site: Morrell inducted into Kansas Sports Hall of Fame - Butler Grizzlies . www.butlergrizzlies.com . May 21, 2018.
  7. Web site: Head Coach - Butler Grizzlies. https://web.archive.org/web/20130116153631/http://www.butlergrizzlies.com/sports/fball/coaches/Troy_Morrell. dead. January 16, 2013. www.butlergrizzlies.com. May 21, 2018.
  8. Web site: The Salina Journal from Salina, Kansas on May 26, 2004 · Page 18 . May 21, 2018.
  9. Fort Hays State University Media Relations . Curtis Hammeke returns to FHSU to lead Athletic Department . May 20, 2004 . May 20, 2018 . May 2, 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180502165806/http://bigcat.fhsu.edu/currentevents/display_event.php?id=2810 . dead .
  10. Web site: Lewis Field Stadium . fhsuathletics.com. May 21, 2018.