Dave Diles, Jr.

Dave Diles Jr. (born 1961) is an American former college athletics administrator. He served as the athletic director at St. Bonaventure University from 1994 to 1999, Eastern Michigan University from 1999 to 2005, Case Western Reserve University from 2005 to 2013, the Virginia Military Institute (VMI) from 2013 to 2021, and Lake Superior State University from 2021 to 2023. Diles was an administrative assistant for the University of Michigan in the late 1980s.

Diles is the son of the late sports broadcaster Dave Diles Sr.

Early life and education Diles was born in 1961, in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, a nearby suburb of Detroit. His father, Dave Diles Sr., was a prominent ABC Sports broadcaster. The two had a close bond together through sports, and the younger Diles noted in a press conference that his father once called him on the phone, crying, to let him know that his son's favorite hockey player (Gary Bergman) had been traded. His father died in December 2009 from a stroke.

Diles attended Ohio University from which he graduated in 1983 with a master's degree in sports administration. Diles later earned a doctor of education from the University of Michigan in 1988. He is married to his wife, Suzanne Irene Diles, and the couple has two sons, Matthew and Mitchell. In Diles' tenure, Case Western football made the Division III playoffs three times.

Following an eight-year career with Case Western, Diles was appointed as the 11th athletic director for the Virginia Military Institute on September 4, 2013. He was appointed by VMI superintendent J. H. Binford Peay III, and was the successor to Donny White, who had been the Keydets' athletic director since 1998. The contract was for four years worth $150,000.