Drake University has named Dave Blank as the school’s new director of athletics. Blank is currently the athletic director at Coastal Carolina in Conway, South Carolina where the school competes in the Big South Conference. Blank says the primary focus at Drake will be putting the school’s basketball programs out front.Blank says this is the right move for him.Drake president Dr. David Maxwell says Blank was one of four finalists for the job.Blank played basketball at Duke and was the head basketball coach at Lock Haven for eight years before entering athletic administration.