Education
Dienhart attended DeLaSalle High School in Minneapolis and was a multi-sport athlete in college at Saint Thomas.
Dienhart attended DeLaSalle High School in Minneapolis and was a multi-sport athlete in college at Saint Thomas.
He was the men"s athletic director at the University of Minnesota from 1995 to 2000. He is currently the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Richard M. Schulze Family Foundation. He was an offensive lineman on the football team and was drafted by the Buffalo Bills in the 1975 NFL Draft.
Dienhart coached football and track at Saint Thomas from 1981 to 1986 and led the Tommies to the 1985 Division III Indoor National Championship.
Dienhart served as the Minnesota Golden Gophers men"s athletics director from 1995 until 2000, when his contract was not renewed following the academic scandal in the men"s basketball program under head coach Clem Haskins. Dienhart joined the administration at Saint Thomas in 2001.
At Saint Thomas, Dienhart was in charge of increasing the university"s endowment. The following day, Dick Schulze announced his intention to expand the size of the foundation from $100 million to $1 billion.