Staff Associate (1996-97, 1998-Present)
Interim Athletic Director (1997-98)
Athletic Director (6 years, 1988-96)
Men's Cross Country (21 years, 1967-87, 147-34-1, 81.0%)
Women's Cross Country (11 years, 1977-87, 23-5, 82.1%)
Men's Outdoor Track (21 years, 1967-87, 124-10, 92.5%)
Women's Outdoor Track (10 years, 1978-87, 11-4, 73.4%)

At UMass Dartmouth

Men's Cross Country and Track, '67-'87
Women's Cross Country and Track, '77-'87
Overall won-loss record: 311-52, 85.6%
From 1975-'87, cross country team qualified for NCAA Division III championships in 11 of 13 years.
In national competition, women captured two 4th place finishes ('81 and '82) and men captured a 4th ('80), a 5th ('75), an 8th ('81) and a 9th ('85).
Track team competed at NCAA Nationals every year from '72-'87
Coached 37 All-American athletes including 5 NCAA Division III champions

Athletic Experience

Bridgewater State College, '63-'67
Cross Country and Track, Captain '66, '67

Additional Activities

Commissioner, Little East Conference
President, New England Intercollegiate Amateur Athletic Association
Chair, ECAC North/Central/South Men's Ice Hockey Committee
Member, Board of Directors, New Bedford Harbor Services, Inc.

Robert Dowd has been part of SMU's athletic programs since his arrival on the campus for the 1967 season. Dowd started and coached both the men's cross country for 21 years and women's cross country for 11 years before giving up coaching to take over as Director of Athletics for several years. During his coaching career, Dowd's teams posted a 147-34-1 record in dual meets and qualified for the NCAA Division III nationals ten times and the NAIA nationals twice. SMU appeared in a post season national competition for 10 consecutive years (1973-82), finishing as high as fourth in 1980, fifth in 1975 and eighth in 1981. His women's cross country teams were 23-5 in dual meets, appearing in three NCAA Division III nationals and an AIAW National, brining home fourth place national finishes in 1981 and 1982. Dowd's accomplishments during the spring track and field season are equally impressive as his cross country records. In 21 years with the men's team his teams were 124-10 and his women's teams were 11-4 in 10 years. Perhaps Dowd's most impressive record, apart from his 305-53-1 combined won-loss record, is turning out 33 Division III All-America performers during his career from 1967 through 1987. Dowd is a resident of Westport, MA.