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Warde Manuel

Warde Manuel rejoined the University of Michigan as Donald R. Shepherd Director of Athletics on January 29, 2016, and is the 13th individual to lead the U-M athletics department since Charles Baird became the first to fill the role in 1898.

Years	Name
1898-1908	Charles Baird
1908-21	Philip Bartelme
1921-40	Fielding H. Yost
1941-68	Herbert O. "Fritz" Crisler
1968-88	Donald B. Canham
1988-90	Glenn E. "Bo" Schembechler
1990-94	Jack Weidenbach
1994-97	Joe Roberson
1997-99	Thomas Goss
2000-10	William Martin
2010-14	Dave Brandon
2014-16	Jim Hackett (interim)
2016-present	Warde Manuel

Charles
Baird

Philip
Bartelme

Fielding H.
Yost

Fritz
Crisler

Donald B.
Canham

Bo
Schembechler

Jack
Weidenbach

Joe
Roberson

Thomas
Goss

William
Martin

Dave
Brandon

Jim
Hackett

Warde
Manuel

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