make the athletic department unsustainable. Kehoe appointed Jerry Claiborne as Lester's successor, who reversed the team's fortunes and won three consecutive Atlantic Coast Conference championships in the 1970s. Kehoe also brought successful non-revenue coaches to Maryland. In men's lacrosse, he hired Bud Beardmore, who won the 1973 and 1975 NCAA tournament championships. He also hired Chris Weller as the first Maryland women's basketball coach. Driesell, Claiborne, Beardmore, and Weller have all been inducted into their respective sports Halls of Fame. With the help of his college track teammate Tom Fields as head fundraiser, Kehoe made the Maryland athletic program financially successful as well. Throughout his nine-year tenure, the athletic department recorded a profit each year, primarily through alumni donors and increased attendance rates. As Title IX was being debated, Kehoe resisted expansion of the women's athletic programs, arguing that they do not generate any income to support themselves. Kehoe resigned in 1978 after disagreements with university chancellor Robert Gluckstern. He then took a temporary athletic department post at the University of Maryland, Eastern Shore. He briefly returned to the Maryland post as interim athletic director in 1980 before retiring in 1981. In 1989, he was hired as a special consultant to the athletic department of Mount St. Mary's University, a position in which he remained for one year. Later life Kehoe retired to Chesapeake Beach. In 1986, Kehoe was inducted into the University of Maryland Athletic Hall of Fame. In 1998, he was inducted into the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association Hall of Fame. The Kehoe Track and Field Complex at the University of Maryland is named in his honor. Kehoe died of cardiovascular disease on January 17, 2010, at the Burnett-Calvert Hospice House in Prince Frederick, Maryland. References External links James Kehoe collection at the University of Maryland libraries 1918 births 2010 deaths American male middle-distance runners United States Army personnel of World War II American track and field coaches Maryland Terrapins athletic directors Maryland Terrapins track and field coaches People from Bel Air, Maryland United States Army soldiers People from Calvert County, Maryland Maryland Terrapins men's track and field athletes Maryland Terrapins cross country coaches