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First Person: Dartmouth alum Roby returns as new athletic director
Coach Peter Roby with the 1988-89 men s basketball team at Harvard University.
Peter Roby (42) competes for the Dartmouth College men s basketball team in an undated photograph.
Peter Roby
Modified: 3/13/2021 10:38:48 PM
HANOVER When Peter Roby agreed to return to his alma mater to lead its athletic department, one of the first calls he received was from a former Ivy League basketball rival.
Paul Cormier had two stints coaching the Dartmouth College men’s hoop program, the first of which brought twice-a-year matchups against Harvard teams Roby led. Cormier owned the upper hand back then, winning eight of 12 encounters before both men moved on from their respective sidelines in the early 1990s. They’ve remained friends since, while Cormier worked college and NBA jobs as Roby advanced in college sports administration.