UMass Boston

Any new athletics program needs its supporters and former UMassBoston Vice Chancellor of Student Affairs Levester Tubbs wasdefinitely a key person behind the emergence of the UMass Bostonvarsity athletics program. From 1974-80, Tubbs worked extremelyhard to establish a strong recreation program at the new HarborCampus, a viable club sports program and ultimately an NCAADivision III athletics program, which became a reality in 1980.Tubbs was instrumental in building student life and studentactivities on campus, while expressing his vision, which led towhat is now UMass Boston athletics. Without such a pioneer, leaderand visionary administrator such as Tubbs, the ascension ofathletics at UMass Boston surely would not have been as rapid.