Valpo Athletic Director Retires
(St. Louis, MO) – We had the great opportunity to interview the retiring Mark LaBarbera. After 18-years as the Valparaiso Director of Athletics, he retired on June 30. Mr. LaBarbera is a classy, professional and kind administrator and man.
LaBarbera has been replaced by Charles Small and we will get to know him soon, but today we wanted to connect with Mr. LaBarbera at least one more time.
Here is our full conversation. You’ll be interested to know that he believes Valpo is in a great spot and that college athletics has some very significant challenges and some recent college athletics changes are not good for the student-athletes.
Listen to our conversation at Valley Hoops Insider Podcasts.
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Flooding, lightning strikes, etc. have cost @RacersHoops two home games. Had to play 'neutral site' tonight instead of at home and Wednesday's goes from home to away. Tough break for the Racers, and the whole area has been hit with difficulties. #FatherHarry
Murray State's scheduled home game Wednesday vs. Southern Illinois being moved to Banterra Center in Carbondale. #ValleyHoops
Gigantic game for @BradleyUMBB today in Des Moines. If they have a chance to catch @DrakeBulldogsMB, they have to win today. The Bulldogs can basically win the title today. @BustingBrackets breaks it all down. #FatherHarry https://bit.ly/3EGiVgi
Not rooting for any particular @ValleyHoops, but chaos is always fun. If things break certain ways, after today there could be a six-way tie for fifth place.
Fun to listen to @MLBLarry on the @SIU_Basketball/@BelmontMBB game tonight. Good job brother. #FatherHarry
