Completed Event: Field Hockey at American on September 7, 2025 , Win , 4, to, 1
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JMU Athletics Hall of Fame
King, Charles
Charles King
- Induction:
- 2025
As senior vice president of administration and finance for 25 years, Charlie King served as immediate supervisor of the JMU Athletics program and a staunch supporter and advocate for the value of an intercollegiate athletics program within the educational mission of the university. King was instrumental in building a model athletics program that rose to national prominence at the NCAA Division I FCS level, culminating in an invitation to the Sun Belt Conference and the Division I FBS level that began in 2022. King provided guidance and resources to position JMU for its rise, attracting elite coaches across multiple sports and building an unmatched physical infrastructure. The majority of JMU's present athletics footprint on campus was built under King's watch, including the expansion of Bridgeforth Stadium, the Atlantic Union Bank Center, Sentara Park, Veterans Memorial Park, later expansion of the VMP softball stadium, the JMU Field Hockey Complex, the Plecker Athletics Performance Center, the East Campus Tennis Complex, the Sentara Park Athletics Training Center and the Golf Short Game Facility. While completed after his retirement, King also initiated the renovation of the JMU Convocation Center. Multiple projects also included university acquisition of expanded property, notably for Sentara Park and Veterans Memorial Park. JMU captured three national championships during King's tenure, including FCS football titles in 2004 and 2016 and a lacrosse championship in 2018. Upon his return to the university for the 2024-2025 academic year to serve as president, King aided new Director of Athletics Matt Roan in the department's first leadership transition in 25 years, saw the program receive official "full" FBS membership reclassification and watched JMU football win its first FBS bowl game.
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