Dean Michael G. Cogdill is the Founding Dean and Professor of Pastoral Leadership at Campbell University Divinity School. Dr. Cogdill was chosen as the first dean of Campbell's new Divinity School upon its beginning in 1996. Prior to being called to this position, Dr. Cogdill served as Chair of the Department of Religion and Philosophy at Campbell.
A native of Spartanburg, South Carolina, Dean Cogdill is a graduate of Mars Hill College, Southeastern Seminary, and North Carolina State University. He has served two churches in North Carolina as pastor and fifteen churches as interim pastor. Dr. Cogdill views his call as a minister and his work as dean as an extension of one calling - to serve God faithfully in church-related ministry.
Dean Cogdill has been the recipient of honors during his tenure at Campbell. He was named Professor of the Year in 1992 and had the 1997 yearbook, The Pine Burr, dedicated in his honor. In addition to his duties as dean, he is also a full-time faculty member in the Divinity School.
Dean Cogdill is married to the former Gail Brownd of Raleigh, North Carolina, who is also a graduate of Mars Hill College. She is an ESL teacher at Lafayette Elementary School in Harnett County. Their children are: Jason, a twice graduate of Wake Forest University (undergraduate and Law School) who works as an attorney in Winston-Salem and who also serves as part-time Minister of Congregational Care at College Park Baptist Church; daughter-in-law Lori also a Wake Forest University graduate, who currently is a Ph.D. student at UNC-Chapel Hill; daughter Joya, a graduate of Peace College and Campbell University, who teaches in the Johnston County School system; and grandsons Thomas and Hampton, sons of Jason and Lori. The Cogdills reside in Buies Creek where they are active members of Memorial Baptist Church.
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