Following a successful 31-year career as a director of physical education and athletics at three New York State school districts, Lloyd Mott ’65 has continued his service to scholastic athletics as assistant director of the New York State Public High School Athletic Association (NYSPHSAA) since 1997.
A Cobleskill (N.Y) Central School graduate, Mott earned a bachelor’s degree in physical education from SUNY Cortland, a master’s degree in physical education from the University of Massachusetts and a S.A.S. in administration from SUNY Albany.
Mott competed in basketball, lacrosse and track and field at SUNY Cortland. He was assistant freshmen basketball coach under Bob Wallace ’53 and was a modified basketball coach at the Campus School. He served as chaplain of Beta Phi Epsilon fraternity and vice president of the New York State Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance (NYSAHPERD) Student Association.
He directed physical education and athletics and coached basketball, track and field and modified football in the Broadalbin (N.Y.) Central School District from 1966-73 and in the Cobleskill (N.Y.) Central School District from 1973-83.
Mott became director of health, physical education, athletics and safety at Queensbury (N.Y.) Union Free School District from 1983 until his retirement in 1997. While there, he coached basketball. He also coordinated many programs and committees, including Safe and Drug Free Schools, District Health and Wellness Committee and AIDS Education and Curriculum.
From 1978-80, Mott was president of NYSPHSAA Section II. For a decade, he chaired the New York State Athletic Administrators’ Committee for Interscholastic Athletics in Contingency Budgets and was president of the NYSHPERD’s Council of Administrators in 1996-97. He developed the Professional Trainers’ Certificate Program for New York State teachers and coaches. He worked closely with then-New York State Regents Chancellor Carl Hayden and SUNY Cortland Professor of Physical Education Eric Malmberg on the development of the Educational Interscholastic Athletics Committee.
Mott has presented at many professional conferences and has written numerous articles for professional publications relative to health, physical education and athletics, as well as wellness program development and creative scheduling in schools.
He has received the NYSHPERD’s Professional Contribution Award, Director of the Year Award and Anne Mackey Award. The NYSAAA presented Mott with its Apple Award for significant professional contributions and its Section II Director of the Year Award.
Within his communities, Mott directed the Broadalbin Beach Program, the Cobleskill Youth Center, taught Sunday School at Cobleskill United Methodist Church, served on the Queensbury Recreation Committee and the Queensbury United Methodist Church Outreach Committee. He also coordinated several fundraisers in the fight against cystic fibrosis.
He and his wife, Ginny, have three children, Suzanne, Timothy and Jennifer.
UPDATE: Lloyd passed away on May 3, 2023, at age 80.
