One of just five individuals to serve as the Director of Athletics at Johns Hopkins since 1950, Tom Calder headed the Johns Hopkins Athletics Department for 21 years, and as worked for the University in some capacity for 32 years.
Calder succeeded Bob Scott as the Johns Hopkins Director of Athletics and guided a program that ranked among the most accomplished in the nation. He was honored in June 2014 as one of four NCAA Division III winners of the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics (NACDA) Under Armour Athletic Director of the Year.
Johns Hopkins has placed in the top 40 in the Learfield Sports Directors’ Cup standings in all 19 years under Calder’s guidance with a program-best second place showing in 2014-15. The runner-up finish marked the fifth straight top 10 finish for the Hopkins Blue & Black.
Collectively, Johns Hopkins teams won five national championships and 129 conference titles under Calder’s direction, while 23 student-athletes earned prestigious NCAA Postgraduate Scholarships and 107 garnered CoSIDA Academic All-America honors.Â
While it’s easy to focus on Johns Hopkins’ remarkable record of success during Calder’s tenure as Director of Athletics, he also worked tirelessly to provide each team with the facilities necessary to compete at the highest level.
The completion of a new baseball facility, Babb Field at Stromberg Stadium (July, 2014), a new tennis facility (March, 2015) and the Cordish Lacrosse Center (August, 2012), a state-of-the-art building that houses the Johns Hopkins men’s and women’s lacrosse teams, are a long line of facility developments that were completed during his tenure.
Calder will be stepped down as the Director of Athletics on July 1, 2016 and transistioned into a position in the University’s Office of Development and Alumni Relations.
