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.