GREENSBORO, N.C. – Gene Corrigan, a pioneer in college athletics and the former Commissioner of the Atlantic Coast Conference, died peacefully early Saturday morning, while surrounded by his family in Charlottesville, Virginia. He was 91.
“When Gene hired me at the University of Virginia straight out of graduate school, it was one of the luckiest days of my life,” said ACC Commissioner John Swofford. “That day began a relationship and mentorship that lasted nearly half a century. Simply put, Gene was one of the most remarkable individuals, and leaders, I have ever known.
“His impact on the ACC and college athletics was profound and immeasurable, only surpassed by his impact on the individuals he positively affected – and there are a multitude of us.