Tim McNeely

Tim McNeely was inducted into the inaugural College of Applied Human Sciences Hall of Fame in 2025. He was previously inducted into the College of Physical Activity and Sport Sciences Hall of Fame in 2011.

A Logan County, W.Va., native, McNeely earned his undergraduate degree in sport management from West Virginia University in 1992, graduating magna cum laude and receiving NASPE Student of the Year honors. A four-year letterwinner under Coach Gale Catlett, he played guard for the Mountaineer men’s basketball program. He completed a JD at the WVU College of Law in 1995.

McNeely began his legal career with Pullin, Fowler, Flanagan, Brown & Poe before joining the West Virginia Development Office as general counsel and later deputy director. In that role, he helped secure and manage the Pete Dye West Virginia Classic on the PGA Tour’s developmental circuit, which evolved into the Nationwide Tour Players Cup and the tour’s first $1 million purse. He subsequently founded McNeely Sports to manage PGA Tour initiatives.

From 2010, McNeely served as the inaugural executive tournament director of The Greenbrier Classic, an internationally televised PGA Tour event that earned the tour’s “Best in Class” recognition in its debut season. He later was appointed director of athletics (and vice president) at Fairmont State University in 2013, guiding the department’s competitive and administrative growth, including the men’s basketball program’s appearance in the 2017 NCAA Division II national championship game.

McNeely’s professional leadership has also included executive roles in real estate and service as president of the North Central West Virginia Real Estate Information Network and the West Virginia Golf Association. His recognitions include West Virginia Executive’s “Young Guns” and the State Journal’s “Generation Next—Top 40 Under 40.”