Sports Bump Elliott, architect of Iowa’s athletic department for 21 years, dies at age 94 December 8, 2019 Chad Leistikow and Mark Emmert, Hawk Central Comments Off on Bump Elliott, architect of Iowa’s athletic department for 21 years, dies at age 94 Bump Elliott ran the Iowa athletic department from 1970-91 and hired Dan Gable, Hayden Fry, Lute Olson, C. Vivian Stringer and Tom Davis.