Eric Faulconer Tabbed As AASU Interim Athletic Director

SAVANNAH, Ga. - Current head women’s soccer coach Eric Faulconer has been tabbed as the interim Athletic Director at Armstrong Atlantic State University by University President Dr. Thomas Z. Jones.

Faulconer will caretake the Pirate athletic department until a successor for retiring AD Dr. Eddie Aenchbacher is hired. The AD search process is entering its final stages and Dr. Jones told a gathered crowd on Friday evening at Dr. Aenchbacher’s retirement ceremony that an announcement is expected “within the next couple of weeks.“

The inaugural Women’s Soccer coach at AASU, Faulconer started the Lady Pirate program from scratch in 2005 after serving as the head women’s soccer coach at Thomas University for six years. Prior to starting the Nighthawk program, he worked for the Eastern Indoor Soccer League as a deputy and interim Commissioner.

A graduate of Florida State University, Faulconer begins his first day as AASU Interim Athletic Director on Wednesday, April 1.