This department was headed by Americans till 1931. Prof.John S. Edward was appointed as the first physical director in 1931 and served the department till 1965.He was a man of authority. He was known by jokes. He was very efficient in his work, created stadium fund in his time which was utilized to lay down the concrete basket ball court in 1991.He donated a huge trophy in his son’s name Hansaraj Santiago, who died in the air crash when he was a training pilot. He was a good athlete. To remember his achievements in sports and games,the Hansaraj Santiago trophy is being given to the champion athlete of the college every year .

In 1965 Mr.V.S .Austin took charge of the department and served the college till July 1967. He went to Canada in 1967 and settled down there.

Mr.K.Selwyn Samuel worked in the department for one and quarter of the year till October 1968. Due to some unavoidable reasons he had to leave the job and had gone to Australia.

In 1968 Mr.A.R.Dhanaraj took charge of the department as the physical director. Mr.J.S.James Devadoss joined in this college as a physical training instructor in 1973. Both of them worked together till 1985.In 1983 Mr.W.Chester Manuel joined in this great institution as an Assistant Physical Training Instructor.

Mr.A.R.Dhanaraj had been appointed in 1985 as the Director of Physical Education

The Madurai Kamaraj University. Mr.J.S.James Devadoss became the Director of physical Education of The American College in 1985, and Mr.W.Chester Manuel as the Physical Training Instructor. In 1988 Mr.M.Balakrishnan joined in this institution as an Assistant Physical Training Instructor. He was an old student of this college and a good athlete and a volley ball player.

The sudden demise of Mr.J.S.James Devadoss in 1999 created a shock to the members of the department. In 1999 Mr.W.Chester Manuel took charge of the department as the Director of Physical Education, and Mr.M.Balakrishnan as the Physical Training Instructor. They are still working and doing their best for the development of sports and games in the campus.