Old Dominion University
Carol Hudson was inducted into the CoSIDA Hall of Fame during the 2010 convention in San Francisco, California, at the Marriott Marquis. Corbet was the recipient of CoSIDA's 25-Year Award in 2007 and Lifetime Achievement Award in 2015.
He served on the CoSIDA board of directors as an at-large representative from 2001-02 to 2006-07.
A virtual fixture at ODU for over 43 years, beginning as a student manager for the Monarchs’ baseball and basketball teams from 1972-76. He was a graduate intern in the sports information office under the late Joe Law, the university's first full-time SID from 1976-78. As the SID, he has served as the primary media liaison for men’s basketball, men’s soccer, men’s and women’s golf and baseball, while providing oversight and leadership for the public relations needs of all 18 intercollegiate sports. He retired in June, 2015.
Hudson was named Sports Information Director at ODU in 1984 following a three-year stint as SID at Hampton University, and promoted to Assistant Athletic Director in 2011. He was recognized with a Distinguished Service Award from the Virginia SID (VaSID) organization in 2013. That same year, the media room in the Ted Constant Convocation Center was named in his honor.
He played a key role in the start-up of the Virginia SID organization, twice serving as president. Under the umbrella of VaSID, he coordinated the annual Virginia Division I institution all sport competition for 31 years.
Hudson served twice as the president of the Black College Sports Information Directors. He chaired the CoSIDA Scholarship Committee. He was a member of the ODU Sports Hall of Fame Committee.
A 1972 graduate of Norfolk Catholic High School, Hudson was the manager of his high school basketball team, which was coached by Ed Fraim (ODU '64), Old Dominion's former Assistant Athletic Director for Fundraising. He also served as a deputy sheriff, work release counselor and public information officer for the Chesapeake Sheriff's office from 1979-81. Hudson earned his bachelor's degree in political science in 1976 from Old Dominion, and a master's degree in urban studies in 1979.
This page was last updated Sept. 25, 2018.
CoSIDA Hall of Fame Class of 2010: front row from left: Max Corbet, Barb Kowal, Dave Kellogg. Back row: Carol Hudson, Roger Crosley, Larry Happel. Not pictured: John Eggers.
Carol Hudson receives his CoSIDA Hall of Fame plaque from Justin Doherty.
Carol Hudson 2010 CoSIDA Hall of Fame Induction
Carol Hudson 2010 CoSIDA Hall of Fame Induction; with family and friends