North Carolina State University Athletics
Charlie Cobb Named A.D. at Appalachian State
5/11/2005 12:00:00 AM | Pack Athletics
May 11, 2005
BOONE, N.C. -- Charles Cobb, a member of the athletics department at North Carolina State University the past seven years, has been named athletics director at Appalachian State University, ASU chancellor Dr. Kenneth E. Peacock announced on Wednesday. Cobb is expected to assume the position on July 1, 2005.
A four-year football letterwinner at NC State from 1986-89, Cobb has served as the Wolfpack's senior associate athletics director for external operations since 1998. In that role, he has overseen NC State's marketing, ticket operations, media relations and student-athlete development operations, as well as serving on the department's compact strategic planning initiative, gender equity and facilities committees.
During his tenure, NC State has increased football season-ticket sales by 87 percent and men's basketball season-ticket sales by 121 percent. The combined ticket revenues accounted for an annual increase of over 86 percent for Wolfpack athletics, generating more than $6 million for the department.
In addition, Cobb has served as NC State's administrator for baseball and women's soccer, as tournament manager for the 2004 NCAA men's basketball first and second rounds at the RBC Center and as the chair for the southeast region of the NCAA women's soccer committee.
Prior to returning to his alma mater in `98, Cobb spent five years in Atlanta, Ga., where he held positions with the Atlanta Sports Council, the Chick-Fil-A Peach Bowl and the Georgia Dome. As an assistant executive director for the Atlanta Sports Council and the Peach Bowl, he helped coordinate Atlanta's bid for the 2002 NCAA men's basketball Final Four and handled all game and event operations for the Peach Bowl.
As sales manager for the Georgia Dome from 1994-97, Cobb helped procure events such as the Southeastern Conference football championship, the SEC and Atlantic Coast Conference men's basketball tournaments, NCAA men's basketball championship events, Georgia High School Association football playoffs, major concerts and other college and amateur sporting events.
Cobb earned a B.A. in business administration from NC State in 1990. A second-team all-ACC honoree at center as a senior, Cobb was an academic all-ACC selection and collected the prestigious Jim Tatum Award, presented to the ACC football senior with the highest grade point average, and Bob Warren Memorial Award, given to the Wolfpack football player that displays the highest integrity and sportsmanship.
After receiving post-graduate scholarships from both the ACC and NFL Charities, Cobb earned a master's degree in sports administration from Ohio University in 1992.
Cobb is married to the former Lindsay Brecher, who was an all-ACC goalkeeper for NCSU women's soccer from 1988-90 and has served as an assistant coach for the Wolfpack the past six seasons. They have a seven-year-old son, Harrison, and a four-year-old daughter, Branan.
