Career
During his tenure at Cincinnati which began in 1995, the school joined the Big East Conference and developed the Richard East. Lindner Varsity Village, a comprehensive $80.3 million athletic facilities enhancement. University of California’s sports teams posted a combined winning percentage of nearly.600 in the past eight years, claiming 29 conference titles, making 49 postseason appearances and producing 39 All-Americans under his leadership. Nationally, the most notable event during his University of California tenure was the firing of basketball coach Bob Huggins.
He has served on the National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I Championships/Competition Cabinet and the National Collegiate Athletic Association Football Bowl Certification Subcommittee.
He served five years as athletics director at Florida State (1990-1994). Goin played a major role in shaping the future of the Florida State program during his previous nine years as associate AD. He resigned after an ethics investigation resulting from hiring a contractor to replace his home"s roof who was also doing a multimillion-dollar construction project for the University.
Roof falls in on Goin. REF: Tampa Tribune. He began his career at Bethany in 1960, serving as AD and chair of the physical education department from 1970–1976, and as a tenured professor
From 1976 to 1979, Goin served as assistant athletics director at West Virginia University, and spent two years as athletics director at California University of Pennsylvania (1979-1981).