Ken Germann

Kenneth George Germann (April 16, 1921 – August 24, 2005) was an American college athlete, football coach, and college athletics administrator. He served as the athletic director at Columbia University from 1968 to 1973. Germann was the commissioner of the Southern Conference from 1974 to 1987.

Biography Germann was born in Brooklyn on April 16, 1921. He graduated from Columbia College in 1943. At Columbia, he was a wingback and punter for a team led by all-American quarterback Paul Governali. He set the record at Columbia with 41.6 yards per punt in 1941 that has not been broken for 60 years.

After Columbia, Germann left to become the commissioner of the Southern Conference, where he served from 1974 until his retirement in 1987. Under his watch, the conference expanded its women's athletic programs.

He died on August 24, 2005, in Glen Ellen, Virginia.