Minnesota State University-Mankato
Director of Women's Athletics/Coach for Various Sports
1970-1998
Brock's name is synonymous with women's athletics in the state of Minnesota and, specifically, the Northern Sun Conference (NSC). She served as the chair of the NSC Development Committee (1976-1977) which was extremely instrumental in the development of the Northern Sun Conference including the conference rules, eligibility, operating codes, and constitution. Later she became the NSC President for the 1980-1981 academic year. Brock was the women's athletic director at Minnesota State University Mankato for 28 years (1970-1998). Along with her athletic administrative duties at Mankato State, Brock was an Assistant Professor of Physical Education beginning with her arrival in 1964 until her retirement in 1998. While at Mankato State she also coached various women's sports including bowling (1964-1970), volleyball (1967-1980), and tennis (1970-1983).Prior to her professional career at Mankato State she served as a physical education instructor for girls, head girls gold and tennis coach in the Mesa and Tempe, Ariz. public schools (1959-1962). She then went on to become a graduate assistant in physical education at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque (1962-1964). Brock's collegiate education consists of earning a bachelor's degree from Arizona State University in Physical Education in 1959 and a master's degree at the University of New Mexico in Physical Education in 1962. Brock's many awards from Mankato State include the following: election to the Athletics Hall of Distinction in 1986, Faculty Performance Award in 1990, Claire Faust Public Service Award in 1990 and the Student Senate Student Friendly Award in 1993. She was also inducted to the Athletics Hall of Fame at Tempe Union High School in 1989. Some of Brock's professional affiliations and responsibilities over the last 35-plus years included a five-year stint as President of the Minnesota Association of Intercollegiate Athletics for Women (MAIAW), Association of Intercollegiate Athletics for Women (AIAW) Region 6 Commissioner of Championships (1980-1982), served various distinct committee and liaison roles for the North Central Conference, and participated on the NCAA Athletics Program Achievement and Division II Tennis Committees.