"Damon M. Evans" is the senior associate athletics director/chief financial officer at the University of Maryland.

After graduating from Gainesville High School, Georgia/Gainesville High School in Hall County, Georgia, Evans played football for UGA, and graduated from the Terry College of Business in 1992 with a Bachelor of Business Administration (B.B.A.) degree in finance. He earned his Master of Education (M.Ed.) in sports management from UGA in 1994.

Evans was an intern with the Southeastern Conference (SEC) in 1993 as a compliance and academic affairs assistant, then served as director of compliance and operations at the University of Missouri in 1994. In 1995, Evans returned to the SEC as the director of compliance and was promoted to assistant commissioner for compliance in 1997. He returned to UGA as an associate athletics director in 1998.

Evans served from 1998 to 2001 as a member of the NCAA Division 1-A management council and as chair of the UGA academic task force in charge of reviewing academic credentials of prospective student-athletes. He became senior associate athletics director in 2000. In December 2003, UGA president Michael F. Adams announced that Evans would succeed long-time AD and former Bulldogs coach Vince Dooley on July 1, 2004.

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Moving up doesn't bother me, ... but the only thing I'd be concerned about is the football staff has their plans together, and it is difficult to have to make changes this late in the game.

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It's a natural fit and one that we are delighted has worked out in a way that suits the schedules of both schools.

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This has been the hottest topic on our plate since the new administration took over. We know you're going to have people who are split 50-50 [over where to play the game].

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The numbers are very, very significant. He would pay us the same thing if he was to leave that we would pay him if we were to fire him.

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It's not a good idea to have the student-athletes from the opposing team going into the stands. One of the many reasons you have the SEC rule of not allowing fans to go onto the court is to protect the players. Anytime you get the players in the stands, it makes it that much more difficult for the event management to protect the players.

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I know that we want Rodney Garner to coach at the University of Georgia. We're pleased with the job he's done, not just recruiting, but coaching. He's a good coach, but more than that a good man.

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Nothing characterizes the tradition of college football more than the Georgia-Florida game in Jacksonville. It is one of the nation's most unique and enduring rivalries and we are excited that Jacksonville will continue to host this very special event that has meant so much not only to both universities, but also college football on a national level.

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There will be other incentives, but right now the graduation rate is something we consider very, very significant.

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I don't think (Pearl) had bad intentions whatsoever. I can't tell you what he was thinking, but I know Coach Pearl is excited about what's going on with Tennessee basketball, which he should be. I just don't think it's a good idea to have the student athletes in the crowd because it breaks down the entire mechanism for protecting the players.

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