Former Penn State football player, assistant coach and long-time Virginia Tech Athletic Director Jim Weaver passed away Thursday morning in Blacksburg, Virginia.
He was 70. His passing was announced late Thursday afternoon.
A 1967 graduate of Penn State, Weaver played center and linebacker on the football team for head coaches Rip Engle (1964-65) and Joe Paterno (1966).
Weaver earned a full-time coaching position on the Nittany Lions’ staff in 1969 as the interior offensive line coach. During his six-year tenure on the coaching staff, Penn State posted undefeated seasons in 1968 and ’69 and played in five bowl games – the Cotton, Gator, Sugar and Orange (twice), winning in Dallas and both contests in Miami.
Weaver served as the director of athletics at Virginia Tech from 1997-2013, retiring at the end of the calendar year due to health reasons. He had been diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease in 2004.
The Nittany Lions will travel to Blacksburg in 2020 and the Hokies will visit Beaver Stadium in 2025 for a series that Weaver helped form along with former Penn State AD Dave Joyner.
Under Weaver’s leadership, Virginia Tech moved into the Big East Conference for all sports, except wrestling, starting in 2000-01. In 2009, Weaver won the prestigious John L. Toner Award presented by the National Football Foundation and College Football Hall of Fame.
Weaver is survived by his wife, Traci, and four sons – Josh, Paul, Cole and Craig. Funeral arrangements are to be announced.
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