Malley Fitness Center

The Pat Malley Fitness and Recreation Center at Santa Clara University was constructed in 1999. Dedicated October 8, 1999, the center is the primary sports and fitness center for the general population at Santa Clara University.

Built at a cost of $8.8 million, the 44,000-square-foot (4,100 m2) facility is named for long-time SCU football coach Pat Malley and includes three full basketball/volleyball courts, a large weight room, two locker rooms, a 2,100-square-foot (200 m2) multipurpose room, lounge space, and new offices for recreation and wellness programs. As weight and fitness facilities are available for University athletics in the Leavey Center, Malley is always open to the campus community for recreational use.

SCU alumni, including many of Coach Malley's former football players, were significantly involved in the financing, planning and construction of the facility, which includes approximately $400,000 in exercise equipment.

During it's first month of operation, daily attendance of SCU students, staff, faculty and alumni at the 44,000-square-foot fitness center averaged about 1,200. The tile-roof and adobe-wall structure situated next to the Leavey Activities Center and pool on the east side of the SCU campus was designed by Cannon architects of Los Angeles.

The 9,500-square-foot (880 m2) weight room is named the Filizetti-McPherson Weight Room, after Filizetti's father, John, and Bill McPherson, SCU '54, the former Santa Clara and San Francisco 49ers assistant coach. The lobby area was donated by another Bronco, former 49er Brent Jones, SCU '85, and his wife Dana, SCU '86.

In November of 2017, SCU opened an outdoor fitness area located across from the Malley Fitness Center that provides ab benches, monkey bars, gymnastics rings, pull up stations, a cargo net and rope climbs, stall bars, balance beams, plyo boxes, as well as an outdoor ping pong table.[1]

Other alumni involvement in the center's construction includes:

  • The Class of '61 Multi-Purpose Room
  • The Hayden Gymnasium -- The William R. and Virginia Hayden Foundation (Stan Hayden, SCU '63)
  • The Nelson Wellness Center - Dick, SCU '69, and Nancy Nelson
  • The Anne Halligan Helmstein Women's Locker Room - the wife of the late Homer Helmstein, SCU '37
  • The Albanese Family Men's Locker Room - Jos. Albanese Inc. (Joseph J. Albanese, SCU '40, John L. Albanese, SCU '70), Central Concrete (Bill Albanese, SCU '65 and Thomas Albanese, SCU '68
  • The Souza Family Courtyard - Lou Souza, SCU '57
  • The Blair Family Patio - Jim, Donna and Ronald (SCU '93) Blair
  • The Class of '67 Conference Room

Membership

  • Current Students, Faculty and Staff: Free of charge
  • Alumni: Passes available for $400 a per year (2008)
  • Day Passes: $5 daily fee for guests (2008)

References

  1. ↑ University, Santa Clara. "Outdoor Fitness - Campus Recreation - Santa Clara University". www.scu.edu. Retrieved 2018-04-04.

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