Aug. 19, 2008

Dr. Daniel J. Curran, President of the University of Dayton
"He ushered in a successful decade of UD athletics."

"His entire contribution to the University of Dayton has been enormous, and on behalf of the University of Dayton I want to thank him for his leadership and his service."

Ted Kissell, UD Vice President/Director of Athletics
"There is not a single professional reason for me to step down. I love my job and I have the same focus and enthusiasm that I had 16 years ago."

"The University of Dayton is a special place and it has provided me with the opportunity to grow both personally and professionally."

"I want to say thank you to our coaches, staff and student athletes for representing UD with great pride at all times. It's been a pleasure to work with Dan Curran, with as busy as his schedule is, you can often find him at a soccer game or a volleyball match in jeans and red UD shirt, and that means a lot."

"To have a chance we need to identify talented young people with good values; team players who are fiercely competitive and coach them up."

"Two things make UD very different in my mind. One is our great fans. The Flyer Faithful have been the economic engine that has fueled our success across the board, and I want to take the time to thank the Flyer Faithful. The second is the Marianist spirit, devout religion and without any fanfare, have created a culture and a great university that never forgets to put the people first."

"Deanna (Kissell) and I want to have time to enjoy ourselves and make time for the things that we haven't had the time for. I feel good about my successor, Tim Wabler and I feel that we are on a nice jumping off point for our sports teams right now."

"I want to make sure I keep a connection with UD and do a little teaching outside of athletics. It is such an important part of our lives and we don't want to lose that connection."

Mike Kelly, Associate Athletics Director
"The winning would take care of itself if we had the right people in place and the right training. Ted Kissell held that as one of his core values and I think that was the one thing I enjoyed as much as anyone, and at the end of the day it was about doing it with class and doing it with integrity and that is what he represented to me."

"I always appreciated that he would challenge you to think in a lot of different ways and not allow you to have a tunnel vision on the way you think."

"Ted was a good friend and a brilliant man that I could always lean on and he would always be real honest with me."

Brian Gregory, Head Men's Basketball Coach
"He's a hard guy to say goodbye to. He has had a huge impact on the University of Dayton and at the same time has set the table well for future success and I am excited about where we can get to."

"It is the people that make the University of Dayton so special and Ted Kissell is one of them."