Sports
Long Beach Native Named Athletic Director of the Year
Jim Fiore of Stony Brook recognized for outstanding success.

Following Stony Brook's most successful year ever in athletics, the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics has named Long Beach native Jim Fiore the 2011-12 Under Armour Northeast Region Athletics Director of the Year.
Fiore, a graduate of Long Beach Catholic Regional School, has been with Stony Brook for nine years. "[He] has energized Stony Brook University’s intercollegiate athletics program beyond any expectation, and he is extremely deserving of this award," university president Samuel L. Stanley Jr. said in a statement.
Fiore's mother, Roberta, is a Long Beach historian and former president of the Long Beach Historical & Preservation Society.
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