D.C. Public Schools has named Troy Mathieu, a former athletic director at Grambling State University, its new director of athletics. Prior to arriving at Grambling in 2006, Mathieu spent nine years as the assistant superintendent for athletics for the Dallas Independent School District, which oversees about three times as many students as DCPS.
Mathieu, 44, said he accepted the position "primarily because of the challenge of it. . . . It's a very similar situation to 1997 when we started in Dallas, and they hadn't invested back into the system. That prepared me to take on this challenge."
Mathieu's appointment ends a lengthy search that has kept DCPS athletics in limbo for nearly a year. He replaces Allen Chin, who reached an agreement to step down in February, six months after he learned that D.C. Schools Chancellor Michelle A. Rhee did not intend to keep him. Chin headed DCPS athletics for 17 years.
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