A promoter of a well-rounded athletic department, Selgo has been a key figure in the Lakers' rise to the top of Division II athletics. Grand Valley State University won its fourth straight United States Sports Academy Directors' Cup in 2006-07, staking a claim as the top all-around athletic department in the country. The prestigious award is presented annually by the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics (NACDA), the United States Sports Academy and the USA TODAY to the best overall collegiate athletics programs in the country. In addition to the Lakers' four straight Directors' Cup titles (2003-04, 2004-05, 2005-06, 2006-07), GVSU finished second in 2001-02 and 2002-03 in the Directors' Cup standings. Selgo was named the Division II Central Region Astroturf Athletic Director of the Year in 2006-07. Selgo was also honored as the Central Region AD of the Year in 2002-03. A well respected leader in college athletics, Selgo has been appointed the the NCAA DII Management Council and will be the president of the GLIAC for 2007-08.
Grand Valley State turned in another record setting year, scoring 995.75 points as 12-of-14 teams that counted points towards the Directors' Cup recorded top-10 finishes. In the fall, the Lakers took home the Division II national championship in football, while also finishing runner-up in women's soccer, third in women's cross country and fifth in men's cross country. Women's volleyball finished 17th. In the winter championships, GVSU finished third in women's indoor track & field, and fifth in both the men's indoor track & field and men's basketball. Women's swimming & diving finished 23rd and men's swimming & diving 28th. The Lakers continued their stellar play in the spring, highlighted a fifth place finish by women's outdoor track and field. Men's outdoor track and field finished eighth, while baseball, women's golf and softball each finished ninth. Rounding out the scoring was the 17th place finish in women's tennis and 36th place finish in men's golf. Men's tennis was 33rd and men's golf 36th. GVSU scored in 19 total sports, but only 14 sports count towards the final total, seven sports in each gender. The Laker women scored 507.5 points (72.5 pps) and the GVSU men tallied 488.25 points (69.75 pps). GVSU scored 400 points in the fall, 299.5 poins in the winter and 296.25 points in the spring. The Lakers averaged an incredible 71 points per sport as all 19 Laker sports advanced to NCAA DII Championship play for the second straight year. In addition to team awards, Grand Valley State coaches have earned several awards under Selgo's helm. Seven have been national coach of the year by respective agencies, while 12 have been named GLIAC Coach of the Year.
In addition, GVSU has won nine straight Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference President's Cup titles as the top athletic program in the 13-team GLIAC. GVSU has 70 GLIAC titles since 2000.
Selgo has been the key figure in the development of the athletic facilities and programs at Grand Valley State. Construction has begun on the Movement Science and Recreation facility that will allow classes and athletic teams the opportunity to work inside in inclement weather. The 137,662 square foot facility will have a 100 x 55-yard fieldturf surface, a six-lane track with nine sprint lanes and batting cages that will drop from the ceiling. The Laker softball team will begin play on its new field in 2008. GVSU has expanded its football stadium seating capacity to 8,550, added executive suites and added a new scoreboard the the added feature of a ProStar video display board. The GVSU Football Center, located in the north end zone of Lubbers Stadium, has been expanded by more than 4,000 feet, and a new track around the football field was installed in the summer of 1998. Lights were installed at Lubbers Stadium and the Rob Odejewski Weight Room was built in honor of the late Assistant Athletic Director for Marketing and Promotions. The baseball and soccer fields have added press boxes, storage space and concession areas. In addition, the fieldhouse locker room project, that enabled every varsity sport at Grand Valley State to have its own locker room, was spearheaded by Selgo.
While at Toledo, Selgo was responsible for the day-to-day operations for Toledo's 10 women's and nine men's sports teams that competed at the Division I level in the Mid-American Conference. Selgo was instrumental in the marketing and promoting of all 19 sports that the Toledo athletic department sponsored.
A native of Pettisville, Ohio, Selgo was inducted into the Toledo Athletic Hall of Fame in February of 2001. He was a standout basketball player at Toledo from 1977-80, earning four varsity letters. The Rockets posted a four-year record of 87-26 during Selgo's playing days on the hardwood. Selgo participated in two NCAA Midwest Regional Tournaments for Toledo. His 1978-79 Rocket squad claimed a first-round, 74-72, win over Iowa, before dropping a 79-71 decision to Notre Dame in the second round. In 1980, Selgo scored 18 points in Toledo's 94-91 loss to Florida State in a first-round NCAA Tournament game. Selgo was part of two MAC Championship teams (1978-79 and 1979-80) and was co-captain of the `79-80 squad. He earned Mid-American Conference All-Academic honors in 1978, 1979 and 1980 and was named Senior Scholar/Athlete-of-the-Year at Toledo in 1980. Known as an outstanding shooter, Selgo still holds the UT record for free throw percentage in a single-season, converting 92.3 percent (48-of-52) during the 1978-79 season. He also holds the Toledo career free throw percentage record in MAC games, hitting 86.1 percent (62-of-72) and the single-season Rocket mark for MAC games of 93.9 percent (31-of-33).
Selgo graduated from Toledo in 1980 with a bachelor's degree in physical education and a minor in mathematics. Following graduation, Selgo remained at Toledo as a graduate assistant for the Toledo men's basketball program and earned his master's degree in education administration in 1982. He then served as an assistant men's basketball coach at Toledo from 1982-1985.
In 1985 he was named head women's basketball coach at Toledo. Selgo served as head coach of the Rockets women's basketball program for three years, turning around a program that is now at the top of the MAC.
Selgo is married to the former Terry Bush and together the couple have three children: Jennifer (22), Rachel (20), and Daniel (14).
