“This building, wing 76 ( from its date of creation ), it was the first director and his team who won it. It was a conquest, the conquest of territory. »
When retracing his life as director of the UFR Staps Dijon – Le Creusot which ends next December, Lionel Crognier would like to recall the history of the UFR which he has been directing for nearly 10 years. As if to remember, always, where the structure started from.
College sports were heresy to some over 50 years ago. Guys good at training sports teachers and that’s it. “We were pushed back a little to the back of the campus. It was a will at the start, but it allowed us to grow”, smiles the director.
“There is no quest for power”
He arrived at UFR Staps in 2003, at the Inserm laboratory as a lecturer. Originally from Rodez, Lionel Crognier has behind him studies as a PE teacher, carried out in Paris and Toulouse. And teacher experiences in…
