Associated Press Published

Dolan Chosen to Lead Secondary School Activities Commission

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West Virginia school administrators named Ohio County assistant schools superintendent Bernie Dolan as executive director of the Secondary School Activities Commission.

 

The SSAC announced Dolan’s hiring Tuesday at a meeting at Stonewall Jackson Resort in Lewis County.

He’ll replace Gary Ray, who is retiring in January.

 

Dolan, 54, served as a coach, assistant athletic director and athletic director at Wheeling Park High School. He was the school’s principal from 2008 to 2012 before becoming a county school administrator.

 

He is a 1979 graduate of Wheeling Park and graduated from West Virginia University.

 

The SSAC oversees interscholastic athletics, cheerleading and band activities among its more than 280 member schools.