Chuck and Sue Cobb Commit $1m to Enhance Cobb Stadium

CORAL GABLES, Fla. – University of Miami Athletics announced Wednesday that Ambassadors Chuck and Sue Cobb have donated $1 million to create the Cobb Stadium Facilities Fund.

The Cobbs initially dedicated the stadium in 1999, and it has since served as the home of Hurricanes women’s soccer and men’s and women’s track and field. The new fund will be administered by the athletic department to improve the infrastructure of Cobb Stadium.

Chuck Cobb is the former CEO of Arvida and Disney Development and is a past chairman of the University of Miami Board of Trustees. He also previously served as U.S. Ambassador to Iceland and undersecretary and assistant secretary at the U.S. Department of Commerce. Sue Cobb, J.D. ’78, is a former U.S. Ambassador to Jamaica, Florida Secretary of State, CEO of the Florida Lottery, and partner at Greenberg Traurig. In the 1950s, Chuck was one of the top 10 high hurdlers in the world and was a member of the 1960 U.S. Olympic Team.

“We are grateful to Chuck and Sue Cobb for their continued investment in Miami Athletics,” Vice President/Director of Athletics Dan Radakovich said. “Their generosity in establishing Cobb Stadium was one of the most transformative gifts in our rich athletics history, and the Cobb Stadium Facilities Fund will continue their mission of ensuring our soccer and track and field student-athletes have the best possible resources to compete.”

Cobb Stadium features a state-of-the-art, full-size soccer playing field centered inside an eight-lane, top-of-the-line rubber track. In addition to home soccer matches and home track and field meets, it hosts numerous community events throughout the year. Cobb Stadium has been home to Miami’s spring football game for the past two years.