Athletic Director Career
Interestingly, after his conflict as a coach with his athletic director, Ray Nagel never took another football head coaching job. Instead, he became an accomplished athletic director himself. Nagel left Iowa to become the athletic director at Washington State in 1971.
While at Washington State from 1971–1976, Nagel spearheaded the creation of the Cougar Club, coordinated fundraising, and served on the NCAA Football Rules Committee from 1973–1976. Among his hires were long-time basketball coach George Raveling and football coach Jackie Sherrill. He moved on to the University of Hawaii to serve as its director of athletics from 1976-83.
In June 2006, Ray Nagel was inducted into the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics (NACDA) Hall of Fame.
Nagel left Hawaii in 1983 to serve as the executive vice president of the Los Angeles Rams. He served in that capacity just one year before returning to Hawaii to become the vice president of public relations for the Bank of Hawaii in 1984. Nagel held that position until 1989. He was then named as the executive director of the Hula Bowl in 1990. After working with the Hula Bowl for six years, Nagel retired in 1995.
Ray Nagel had a wife and five children. He lives in retirement in San Antonio, Texas.
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