Gayle Hopkins
Associate to the Athletics Director, Alumni ServicesHopkins reports directly to Athletics Director Jim Livengood and spearheads the effort to secure support from former athletes as well as other special efforts to incorporate alumni in current departmental activities.
He also directs projects to influence former athletes to return to complete their degree. Hopkins' background covers the last three decades of Arizona Athletics.
He initially joined the UA staff in 1983coming from Claremont College where he was track coach and director of physical educationto help develop Arizona's academic services office. He assumed development duties in 1992.
A native of Davenport, Iowa, Hopkins was one of the greatest athletes in Iowa prep history and is a member of the Quad Cities Sports and the Drake Relays Halls of Fame. He was a standout athlete in track at Arizona and was the Wildcats' first NCAA champion (long jump, 1964). He represented the United States in the 1964 Tokyo Olympics as a long jumper. He is a charter member of the Arizona Sports Hall of Fame and a former member of the NCAA Track and Field Committee.
He is active in many community activities including Urban League Caucus, NAACP and Employment Opportunities for Minorities.
Hopkins taught school in Tucson and California and was an instructor at San Francisco State and Claremont. He was an EEO specialist for the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture in 1979-80.
He holds a bachelor's degree from Arizona, a master's from San Francisco State and a doctorate from Claremont.
He is married to Patricia Hopkins and they have a daughter, Alissa, a 1992 UA graduate and a son, Chris, who played running back at Arizona State from 1992-95.
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