University of South Dakota Athletics

Doyle, who served 15 years as director of athletics at South Dakota, is now a fundraiser for the USD Foundation. During his tenure as athletics director, South Dakota won 21 North Central Conference championships, seven regional titles and advanced to the NCAA playoffs on several occasions. USD earned a trip to the 1986 NCAA football title game and made consecutive appearances to the NCAA Division II Elite Eight national basketball tournament. While at USD, the DakotaDome underwent two major improvements. In June, 1996, a new eight-lane 200-meter track (48-inch lanes) was installed and later that year (July), a new artificial football turf was laid down. In addition, a Bose public address system and a Daktronics custom scoreboard were installed in the Dome. A native of Power Memorial High School in New York City, Doyle was a three-year letterwinner in track at the University of Wyoming before graduating in 1957. He earned a master's degree from Wyoming in 1966 and joined the USD staff after a successful 14-year coaching career in South Dakota high schools, including Lead and Faith. He guided Faith to a conference title during his stay from 1957-60 and became an assistant coach at Lead High School before guiding the Gold Diggers for six years, winning five Black Hills Conference titles from 1966-71. Doyle joined the USD staff in 1971 as an assistant basketball coach to Bob Mulcahy. Doyle became South Dakota's 13th men's basketball coach in 1973. He assumed the dual position of executive assistant athletics director in charge of fundraising in 1981. He guided Coyotes basketball fortunes for nine years before resigning the position in March 1982, finishing his coaching career third (currently fourth) on the all-time wins list at USD. In nine seasons, he had a record of 106-119 (.471), including a mark of 56-69 (.452) in the NCC. Doyle was named athletics director at USD in April 1983. Doyle was named the chairman of the NCAA Division II national basketball committee in 1995. He was chairman of the North Central Region Advisory Committee in Basketball, and he served on the NCAA President's Commission Liaison Committee. He is a former member of the executive committee of the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics. Jack and his wife Lois have seven children and four grandchildren.