Gary
McCauley
Hi All,
Wanted to log in and get an
update posted on the
Still living in
Major news is my retirement back in
November 2009. After spending over 39
years in the Sports Administration field I hung it up. (12 years with S.D.
Chargers, 4 years with Quantel Computers and 23 years
at the Daytona International Speedway.)
It has taken almost a year to get adjusted to not “having to go to
work”. Do still work for the
Have played less golf than when I worked
but that is OK since my game sucks and suspect it will always suck. Still fun to get out with
some of the guys and hit that little white ball.
Did
get involved last year with volleyball officiating. Started with USAV club matches and moved into
high school matches this past fall.
Enjoy the activity and contact with younger players. The sport was good to me and I wanted to give
back in some way. Will continue to work high
school events this fall.
Have gotten to travel a
bit more these days. Made 3 trip to
Hope this note finds all of
happy and well.
Cheers
Sept. 2001
I'm sorry that I can't make it to the
Function at the Junction in Oct. but I'll take time, on that evening, to have a
cold one in honor of the occasion and in the memory of one of my best friends
ever, Bob DeVore.
The journey over the past 40 years has been
a fast one filled with more good times than bad, more ups than downs and many
blessings.
As Bob DeVore and
I headed west on Hwy 80 to
My time at SDSC helped me grow as a person,
build self-confidence and establish some lifetime friendships. The educational,
social and athletic opportunities provided me with a good foundation to move
into the real world.
After graduation and being commissioned as
an office in the Air Force I was assigned to
In 1970 I got out of the AF and spent a
month skiing in Colorado, went on to San Francisco to live with my future wife
and play rugby for the SF Rugby Club then took a 2 month back packing trip
around Europe before settling in at Long Beach State and starting work on my
MBA. (Also got married to my college sweetheart and worked for the SD Chargers
at their summer camp prior to school starting.)
Life was good as my wife was a TWA flight attendant at the time and we
were able to take many trips across the
Got my MBA and took a job with the Chargers
in 1973. Worked for the team for the next 13 years doing
about everything except play. (College scouting, pro-player personnel,
business operations, promotions/public relations, travel coordinator, summer
training camp director and ticket operations.) The opportunity to be associated
with some of the best pro coaches and future Hall of Fame players was something
I will always cherish. We got close to
the Super Bowl twice with "Air Coryell" but fell one game short both
times. It was a job but a fun one.
During this time I divorced and lived the
single life for 3 years. In 1978 got married again and this time I got a
package deal with a son, Jason 7 and daughter 4 at the time, along with a wife
Michele.
In 1982 I took a job with a software
company who at that time was the leader in sports administration software in
the
As luck would have it, in 1986, I was
offered a position with the Daytona International Speedway to direct the
installation of their first in-house computer ticketing system (the first one
in any motor sports facility in the world). We moved to
During this time my son graduated from
Who knows what the next 20 years will bring
but I do know that in the past 40 I've been proud to call myself a "Valley
Rat" and will always be one. Again
I'm sorry for not making the Function at the Junction but I'll be there in
sprit.
PS- also attached two recent photos one by
my company car and one holding up a palm tree outside my office. Yes the hat is a fashion statement but it
also keep the question alive as to how much hair do I still have?
God Bless.