When she was a child, Judy Rose dreamed of coaching women’s basketball and teach physical education.
Fast forward to current day and Rose now occupies a spacious office overlooking Halton Arena and has been the athletic director for Charlotte for 27 years now. The Blacksburg, S.C. native has seen the 49ers through three conference changes, numerous facility expansions and the addition of football, all after becoming just the third women athletic director at the helm of a Division I program.
Rose began her coaching career when she went to graduate school at the University of Tennessee after earning a degree in physical education from Winthrop.