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Flynn Recreation Complex
1972
The student recreation complex is named after William J. Flynn ('39), director of athletics at Boston College from 1957 to 1990, and is located across from Conte Forum.
Captain of the Boston College football team in his senior year, Bill Flynn returned to the Heights in 1948 to become a member of the mathematics department, an assistant coach, and alumni secretary, before becoming director of athletics. Flynn enjoyed a national reputation in athletic circles, and served two terms as president of the NCAA. He supervised most of the university's modern athletic facilities in the Lower Campus, including Alumni Stadium, Conte Forum, and the Recreational Complex that bears his name.
In 1971, William Flynn suggested a $25 student recreation fee to help finance a recreation complex that would serve the entire student body, with the remainder of the money being supplied by Boston College. Opened in 1972, the "Plex," as it came to be known, is constructed of pre-cast concrete with a hyperbolic roof of plywood and laminated beams. It includes an indoor track, an 8-lane swimming pool, sauna baths, basketball courts, squash courts, handball courts, a batting cage, a golf-driving cage, an area for gymnastics, as well as facilities for aerobics and weight training. Adjacent to the complex are six outdoor tennis courts.