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{{Short description|American athlete and administrator (born 1953)}}
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'''Mark Dienhart''' (born October 11, 1953) is an American educational administrator who is the former Senior Vice President at the [[University of St. Thomas (Minnesota)|University of St. Thomas]].  He was the men's [[athletic director]] at the [[University of Minnesota]] from 1995 to 2000.  He is currently the President and CEO of the Richard M. Schulze Family Foundation.

Dienhart attended [[DeLaSalle High School]] in [[Minneapolis]] and was a multi-sport athlete in college at St. Thomas.  He was the Division III National Champion in the shot put at St. Thomas, the first individual national championship in school history.<ref>"Making his Mark." University of St. Thomas, November 8, 2004. http://www.stthomas.edu/tommies/news.cfm?ArticleID=3041 Access date August 12, 2008.</ref> He was an offensive lineman on the football team and was drafted by the [[Buffalo Bills]] in the [[1975 NFL draft]].<ref>"1975 Buffalo Bills." Database Football. {{cite web|url=http://www.databasefootball.com/teams/teamyear.htm?tm=BUF&lg=nfl&yr=1975 |title=Buffalo Bills 1975 Stats, History, Awards and More |accessdate=2008-08-12 |url-status=usurped |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070520230316/http://www.databasefootball.com/teams/teamyear.htm?tm=BUF&yr=1975&lg=nfl |archivedate=2007-05-20 }} Access date August 12, 2008.</ref>  Dienhart coached football and track at St. Thomas from 1981 to 1986 and led the Tommies to the 1985 Division III Indoor National Championship.<ref>"Making his Mark." University of St. Thomas, November 8, 2004. http://www.stthomas.edu/tommies/news.cfm?ArticleID=3041 Access date August 12, 2008.</ref>

Dienhart served as the [[Minnesota Golden Gophers]] men's athletics director from 1995 until 2000, when his contract was not renewed following the [[University of Minnesota basketball scandal|academic scandal]] in the [[Minnesota Golden Gophers men's basketball|men's basketball]] program under head coach [[Clem Haskins]].<ref>[[Associated Press]]. "Report: Two Minnesota athletic officials to be fired." [[CNN]]/[[Sports Illustrated]], November 19, 1999. {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20010711091053/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/basketball/college/news/1999/11/19/minnesota_athletics_ap/]}} Access date August 12, 2008.</ref>

Dienhart joined the administration at St. Thomas in 2001.<ref>"Making his Mark." University of St. Thomas, November 8, 2004. http://www.stthomas.edu/tommies/news.cfm?ArticleID=3041 Access date August 12, 2008.</ref>  At St. Thomas, Dienhart was in charge of increasing the university's endowment.<ref>"Mark Dienhart is no stranger to academia." [[KSTP-TV]], July 8, 2008. http://kstp.com/article/stories/S498188.shtml?cat=173 Access date August 12, 2008.</ref>

On June 17, 2013, St. Thomas reported Dienhart will be leaving the institution to become President and Chief Executive Officer of the Schulze Family Foundation, created by Best Buy founder and University of St. Thomas trustee, Dick Schulze.  The following day, Dick Schulze announced his intention to expand the size of the foundation from $100 million to $1 billion.

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