In February of 1978, the University of California, Irvine named Linda Dempsay as its director of athletics – the first woman ever to lead an NCAA Division I athletic program. At the time, she was only 39 years old.
Now Dempsay is 84 years old. Host Cara Capuano met Dempsay during a session of Rams Training Camp on campus and talked her into sharing her experiences with the UCI Podcast. In this episode, Dempsay reflects on her time leading Anteaters athletics in those early days of UCI’s existence and the incredible changes she has seen in collegiate athletics – and the world - over the course of her life.
Music for this episode of the UCI Podcast, titled “First Time Experience,” provided by Nate Blaze via the Audio Library in YouTube Studio.
