1. Richard M Bay was born on 1941 or 1942 and is a former American football player, wrestler, college athletics administrator, Major League Baseball executive.
36 Facts About Rick Bay
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Rick Bay was a football player and wrestler at the University of Michigan from 1961 to 1965.
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Rick Bay served as Michigan's head wrestling coach from 1970 to 1974 and as the president of the United States Wrestling Federation from 1976 to 1980.
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Rick Bay has held positions as athletic directors at University of Oregon, Ohio State University, University of Minnesota and San Diego State University.
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Rick Bay was executive vice president and chief operating officer of the New York Yankees for several months in 1988 and president and chief executive officer of the Cleveland Indians in the early 1990s.
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Rick Bay was a three-time Illinois state high school wrestling champion and all-state quarterback in football.
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Rick Bay was a member of the Michigan wrestling team under Cliff Keen.
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Rick Bay won his first conference championship in 1963 in the 157-pound classification.
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Rick Bay won his second Big Ten championship in 1965 in the 167-pound classification, pinning Rich Callaghan of Illinois in 1:37 in the championship match.
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Rick Bay was selected as the Big Ten Tournament Outstanding Wrestler in 1965.
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Rick Bay was inducted into the National Wrestling Hall of Fame, Michigan Chapter, in 2008, and the University of Michigan Athletic Hall of Honor in 2000.
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Rick Bay remained as Michigan's head wrestling coach for four years.
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Rick Bay resigned in 1974 after being named College Wrestling Coach of the Year.
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From 1976 to 1980, Rick Bay served as the president of the United States Wrestling Federation.
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In June 1981, Rick Bay was hired as the athletic director at the University of Oregon.
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Rick Bay took the position amid an NCAA investigation of past rules violations, including fake school credits and the creation of a secret fund at a local travel agency.
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Rick Bay first drew fire when he terminated a practice whereby Nike supplied free equipment to members of the track team.
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Rick Bay asserted that the practice violated NCAA rules, but Phil Knight angrily protested.
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In May 1984, Rick Bay was hired as the athletic director at Ohio State University.
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Rick Bay announced at the start of his tenure that he would take a strong stance on academics and stated that he expected his coaches and staff to work within the rules and that he expected the Buckeyes to be strong contenders in all 30 men's and women's sports.
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Rick Bay was widely praised for his principled handling of the situation and for rejecting the win-at-all-costs approach to college athletics.
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Rick Bay was given responsibility for everyday administrative operation of the team.
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Rick Bay resigned in early June 1988, after only four months with the Yankees.
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Rick Bay complained that owner George Steinbrenner was trying to usurp his power, and he left the Yankees to join the StarBright Group Inc.
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In December 1988, Rick Bay was hired as the men's athletic director at the University of Minnesota.
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Rick Bay replaced Paul Giel, who had been athletic director for 16 years.
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Rick Bay remained Minnesota's men's athletic director for nearly three years.
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However, an NCAA investigation of misconduct preceding Rick Bay's hiring continued during Rick Bay's tenure.
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Rick Bay noted that most of the alleged violations occurred before 1988 and related to the activities of the former acting director of the university's office of minority and special student affairs, who had been fired and convicted in 1989 of stealing approximately $200,000 from the university.
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In January 1991, Rick Bay announced that the university had issued a 300-page response to the NCAA in which admitted 18 of the 21 violations, but argued that no penalty should be imposed.
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In September 1991, Rick Bay was hired as president of the Cleveland Indians baseball team, and took over in January 1992.
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In January 1995, Rick Bay was hired as the athletic director at San Diego State University.
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Rick Bay remained in that position from 1995 to 2003.
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Rick Bay's resigned under pressure from the university administration after a California State University auditor's report found that there was a pattern of mismanagement within the school's equipment room and lax oversight of the department.
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San Diego State president Stephen Weber said at the time that Rick Bay would have been fired had he not resigned.
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Rick Bay had asked for evidence of some of the allegations, but none was provided.