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The Latest from Rocky Top…

+ The attorneys general from Tennessee and Virginia have filed a federal antitrust lawsuit against the NCAA, alleging that the association has violated antitrust laws by denying athletes their ability to earn full compensation for their names, images and likenesses. CBS’ Dennis Dodd reports that “the plaintiffs…may, in a matter of days, seek a temporary injunction that could suspend the NCAA's NIL rules and limitations. …Considering what's at stake, this latest lawsuit could result in a possible ‘epic legal firefight with the NCAA,’ a source familiar with Tuesday's filing told CBS Sports.” (link)

+ Tennessee AD Danny White: “I appreciate the action of Tennessee AG Jonathan Skrmetti for standing up for the rights of student-athletes. At Tennessee, we are always going to work to support our student-athletes’ rights and give them all the tools needed to succeed on and off the field. This is what strong leadership looks like!” (link)

+ From the complaint: “The NCAA is thumbing its nose at the law. After allowing NIL licensing to emerge nationwide, the NCAA is trying to stop that market from functioning. This month, it announced new proposals related to ‘student-athlete protections in NIL.’ These ‘protections’ allow current athletes to pursue NIL compensation. But it bans prospective college athletes (including current college athletes looking to transfer to another school who are in the “transfer portal”) from discussing potential NIL opportunities before they actually enroll. It’s like a coach looking for a new job, and freely talking to many different schools, but being unable to negotiate salary until after he’s picked one (the depressive effect on coaches’ wages in such a dysfunctional market is obvious).” Full complaint. (link)

Reactions of Note…

+ The NCAA has released a statement regarding its investigation into Tennessee: “While the NCAA generally does not comment on specific infractions cases, it is important to remember that NCAA member schools and conferences not only make the rules but routinely call for greater enforcement of those rules and holding violators accountable. … This legal action would exacerbate what our members themselves have frequently described as a ‘wild west’ atmosphere, further tilting competitive imbalance among schools in neighboring states, and diminishing protections for student-athletes from potential exploitation. The NCAA remains firmly committed to protecting and expanding student-athletes’ NIL rights and opportunities. However, our membership has steadfastly supported the prohibition on impermissible recruiting contacts, booster involvement in recruiting prospects and the use of NIL offers as recruiting inducements.” (link)

+ Sportico’s Michael McCann and Daniel Libit boil down the NCAA’s current predicament to its most basic form, noting the “antitrust problem for the NCAA is that its rules restricting economic opportunities for athletes are formed through NCAA member schools and conferences. Members are competing businesses, such as when they compete for students, faculty and grants. Under antitrust law, competing businesses are forbidden from conspiring in ways that, on balance, harm economic competition—including, at least in some ways, the competition for college athletes. The NCAA and members engage in a form of ‘horizontal price fixing’ by not allowing athletes, who under NCAA rules can only be paid by schools up to the grant-in-aid, from obtaining their market value.” However, in the most recent suit brought the AGs of Tennessee and Virginia, McCann and Libit note the NCAA is “armed with a bevy of legal defenses,” including this: “The NCAA might portray the plaintiffs as proxies for influential state universities—specifically the University of Tennessee—and stress the high deference courts historically accord membership organizations when a member challenges application of a rule. NCAA rules prohibiting pay-for-play are not unilaterally imposed by the NCAA—they are formed through member institutions’ proposals, discussions and voting. As a member institution, UT and other NCAA colleges in Tennessee and Virginia contractually assent to follow those rules and accept the NCAA’s enforcement of them.” More analysis. (link)

+ On3’s Eric Prisbell observes that there are several “absurdities” regarding the NCAA’s targeting of Tennessee over NIL violations ranging from the fact that “the alleged transgressions are petty” to the fact that the “NCAA is attempting this NIL crackdown at the same time it is actively trying to fast-track legislation that would allow schools themselves to enter into NIL deals with athletes.” Perhaps most importantly, however, Prisbell submits that the NCAA is “choosing to make enemies with the very schools it most needs to placate. … College sports is on fire right now – set ablaze not because athletes can finally monetize their brands but because the current system is unsustainable, antiquated, and, increasingly in the eyes of the courts, in violation of antitrust law.” One conference commissioner tells Prisbell: “I keep saying that the next 18 months or so will determine whether the NCAA will exist as we know it moving forward.” Rather than evolve its model, Prisbell points out the NCAA is becoming increasingly reliant on Congress to toss it a lifeline that looks less and less likely to be thrown. He adds: “Keep picking fights with the Power Four schools over murky, contradictory NIL guidelines and they’ll gather their belongings and break away from the NCAA. Whispers along those lines are only getting louder.” (link)

+ This “feels like the big one,” according to On3’s Andy Staples, who observes that up to this point, “cases brought into federal court have skated around the margins of paying players in college sports.” The case brought by the AGs of Tennessee and Virginia, however, is “far more direct,” as “essentially, it asks the court to end the fantasy. NCAA leaders want a world where highly sought-after recruits, be they coming out of high school or in the transfer portal, don’t consider how much they’ll be compensated before they choose a school. That world doesn’t exist. That world has never existed. … This day was coming the moment the Supreme Court ruled 9-0 in Alston v. NCAA in 2021. Guess who was on the business end of that shutout? The majority opinion in that case made clear that any more NCAA price fixing rules that came before the court would be in extreme danger of being declared illegal.” Furthermore, Staples points out this isn’t just about the Vols. “If the NCAA can get Tennessee for Iamaleava, then it can get pretty much every school in a power conference. Why NCAA leaders assumed the schools would simply accept that possibility — even though they haven’t been given the usual opportunities to shape the rules as members of the organization — is mystifying. This wave of enforcement includes other cases that haven’t surfaced in the news yet. Every school is at risk. So of course the schools are going to act to nullify the risk as quickly as possible. They’ve chosen something close to a nuclear option.” (link)

More from Arizona President Robbins and Interim CFO John Arnold on the university’s plan to address its financial situation. Arnold noted that certain departments will be centralized by early March: business and finance, facilities management, human resources, information technology, marketing and communications, and the university advancement office. He also said that UA will seek to reduce administrative costs by reviewing positions across leadership, including “every single vice presidential position,” among others, “to see if we need those positions moving forward.” Arnold also asserted the current troubles are due to a confluence of factors, saying: “This is not an athletics problem” or “a problem in the president’s office.” Also from Arnold: “Some of the information the university put out—really from June forward—was incorrect. And it’s taken us a while to get our hands around the nature and depth of the problem. And I completely understand why the governor, the public and the on-campus community [have] been frustrated by those inaccuracies and those delays.” (link)

William & Mary has received a $2.3M gift from alumnus Rick Platt to support a total renovation of the men’s and women’s track & field and cross country locker rooms in Zable Stadium. Tribe AD Brian Mann: “His gift gave us some much-needed momentum as we neared the close of the All In campaign and it is a game-changer for our cross country and track programs. When the new locker rooms are finished, it will signal that our program has taken a huge step forward.” The project is expected to cost $3M in total. (link)

The Iowa Department of Public Safety has issued a statement indicating that it believes the evidence collected in its sports wagering investigation involving Iowa and Iowa State was “obtained in a constitutionally permissible manner,” as “Iowa Code section 99F.7A requires sports wagering licensees to ‘employ reasonable steps to prohibit coaches, athletic trainers, officials, players, or other individuals who participate in an authorized sporting event that is the subject of sports wagering, from sports wagering.’” The department also notes that “prior to using the [software] tools provided, the Department of Public Safety conferred with legal counsel to ensure lawful access to and use of the technology. Two county attorney offices also reviewed all relevant investigative information before making the ultimate decision to file charges. … Ultimately it is up to the courts to decide. We want to reassure Iowans that the Department always strives to scrupulously uphold the laws and constitutions of the United States and the State of Iowa.” (link)

Deals, Deals, Deals…

+ College Sports Communicators and SIDEARM Sports have agreed to a three-year partnership extension through 2026. (link)

+ UNC Asheville has a newly revamped website via the Bulldogs’ partnership with SIDEARM. (link)

+ The PGA Tour has officially signed a $3B investment agreement with Strategic Sports Group, which includes Boston Red Sox/Liverpool FC owner John Henry, New York Mets owner Steve Cohen, Atlanta Falcons owner Arthur Blank, Chicago Cubs owner Tom Ricketts, RedBird Capital Partners Founder Gerry Cardinale and several other pro team owners. According to Bloomberg, the deal, which includes $1.5B upfront and values PGA Tour Enterprises at $12B. As part of the agreement, nearly 200 PGA Tour members will have the opportunity to become equity holders in the new company, with the potential for future players to be included. The PGA Tour also says talks have progressed with the Saudis and that Strategic Sports Group has consented to a future investment from Saudi Public Investment Fund. (link)

+ The Messenger is ceasing operations less than a year after it launched. The shutdown is effective immediately, and the New York Times’ Benjamin Mullin writes: “By closing less than a year after it launched, The Messenger will now be one of the biggest busts in the annals of online news. And its collapse is the most substantial blow in recent months to the news industry, which is reeling from an unrelenting series of cutbacks.” Despite a stated goal of bringing in $50M in its first year, Mullin notes that “near the end of last year, the company had generated only $3 million and had just $1.8M in cash on hand. The Messenger lost about $38M — the majority of its initial $50M funding round — and was spending more than $8M on offices in Florida, Washington, D.C., and New York.” (link)

It’s Personnel…

+ Central Michigan President Robert O. Davies announces he will step down at the end of the calendar year. (link)

+ Illinois State announces several staff promotions, including Senior Assoc. AD Cindy Harris’ elevation to Executive Assoc. AD for Compliance and Student Services, Assoc. AD for Compliance and Student Services Scott Renfro’s ascension to Senior Assoc. AD for Compliance and Student Services, Asst. AD for Academics and Life Skills Joe Klausner’s rise to Assoc. AD for Academics and Life Skills and Asst. AD for Communications Mike Williams’ elevation to Assoc. AD for Communications. (link)

In addition to improved locker rooms for football, women’s lacrosse, and women’s soccer, Delaware State is setting the table for several more facilities upgrades, including a football field house that will house an indoor practice facility and athletic administration offices. HBCU Sports’ Chris Stevens notes that a new grandstand for Alumni Stadium, “which has remained largely unchanged since its opening in 1957, is also on the agenda,” while other facilities could be added to the plan in the near future. President Tony Allen: “We have to have great football and basketball teams and facilities – full stop. We can’t have parents coming to our campus, coming to our locker rooms, and thinking it’s Dover High School.” Hornets AD Alecia Shields-Gadson adds: “We have to get better on the field. That takes time and commitment. We are striving to provide our student-athletes with the opportunities to be the best that they can be. We can’t do that if we don’t have the facilities to accommodate that.” So far, the school has raised $10M to support facilities upgrades. (link)

Jared Wangler, founder of Valiant Management Group, which operates the Michigan-focused Champions Circle collective, talks with On3’s Andrew Graham about the importance of retaining football upperclassmen through NIL. Last year, the group launched the One More Year Fund, which helped retain players like Blake Corum and Zak Zinter, who led the Wolverines to the national championship. This year, the goal remains the same: keep Michigan’s best players at Michigan. To do so, the collective has launched the Those Who Stay campaign, and Wangler notes: “If you look at Zak Zinter and Trevor Keegan and their production this past year, it was like having four- or five-star recruits come in, right? And out of those four or five stars, 50% of them hit and you might have spent $2M trying to go get four- or five-star offensive linemen. And in this case, it’s like, ‘No, maintain these guys. Invest in your current guys. Because not only do they have the talent, but they also understand the culture and understand the program.” So far, the campaign, along with U-M’s decision to promote OC Sherrone Moore to HC, has helped the team retain key players like RB Donovan Edwards, CB Will Johnson and DT Mason Graham. The ultimate goal is to raise $1M through the campaign. (link)

The Washington Post’s Jesse Dougherty profiles Campus Ink’s growth, and CEO Steven Farag explains the process of pitching former Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban on investing. Farag explained how the company would vertically integrate, mainly with in-house shipping and printing, which would allow them to disrupt the market with their athlete-friendly revenue sharing model. Every NIL sale, Farag and co-owner Jedd Swisher noted, would include a cut for athletes, even with something like a championship shirt without a specific player’s name or number, for which Campus Ink often partners with collectives. They had shown via a partnership with Illinois that their model would work at scale. Farag: “[Cuban’s] first response was: ‘Why are you emailing me? To brag?’ I just forgot to say: ‘Do you want to invest?’” Cuban initially valued Campus Ink at almost $5M, leading him to offer $250,000 for 5% of the company. Six months later, Dougherty reports he led a group investment of another $2M, then made another investment for an undisclosed amount. While the company continues to grow (although Dougherty notes some bigger programs are wary of partnering to avoid friction with current licensing partners), there is some worry about what Congress will eventually have to say about NIL. Farag, however, insists “Things will change, but we’re built for the long haul.” Lots more. (link)

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Louisiana Tech would like to have a new AD before March, according to CollegeAD, which reports the school would like to begin virtual interviews on February 15 before meeting final candidates for interviews on February 20. CollegeAD also reports the Bulldogs are looking to pay the next AD around $275K per year. (link); Check out the D1.dossier for La Tech. (link)

The D1.dossier for the AD opening at Arizona is ready for those of you interested in leading the Wildcats. William & Mary AD Brian Mann on his use of a dossier: “It allowed me to focus on prep work, and not the research needed to pull it together. Worth every penny!” (link)

Florida State administrators spoke with both Sixth Street and Arctos Partners during much of the first half of 2023 about the possibility of providing private equity money to help fund the FSU athletic department, per Sportico’s Eben Novy-Williams and Daniel Libit, who explain the talks, which were internally nicknamed “Project Osceola,” focused on the creation of a “NewCo to house commercial rights from the school’s athletic department. That entity could then take on outside capital. This structure has become common for PE investments in sports, including…CVC’s financing of LaLiga.” According to documents obtained by Novy-Williams and Libit, initial discussions between JPMorgan and FSU date back to at least the summer of 2022, while Sixth Street – which is still reportedly in active discussions with FSU – joined the talks in February 2023. The heavily redacted documents also indicate Arctos – which is reportedly no longer in talks with the Seminoles – floated an initial investment amount of $75M. A financial model dated August 2023 projected significant increases in the Seminoles’ revenue in the coming years, including a conference distribution uptick from $44.3M in 2023 to $84.5M in 2027, owing to an anticipated “bump” in payouts from the College Football Playoff. The school projected those conference distribution figures reaching $187.7M by 2043. According to yet another document, FSU was “exploring various 3rd party [multimedia rights] relationships” and “running (a) bid process in September of 2023” with the expectation it would “make new partner selection mid-October [2023].” However, the school has not indicated publicly that it has or wants to make changes to its arrangement with LEARFIELD. Lots more. (link)

The Mountain West announces its new five-year strategic plan: Ascend Together: Our Path to Excellence, which establishes the league’s core principles of Competitive Excellence, Academic Achievement, Integrity, Relentless Drive, and Community and Inclusion. The plan’s strategic priorities include helping institutions provide holistic support to student-athletes; positioning the league through success, innovation and brand enhancement; enhancing revenue generation; energizing and engaging MWC institutions; maximizing the effectiveness of conference operations. (link); Full plan. (link); Fox Sports’ Bryan Fischer points out the new plan also includes the following two goals: “Develop a comprehensive plan to ensure multiple Conference teams are competing for annual berths in the College Football Playoff. Embrace and evaluate all opportunities regarding membership composition in order to maintain and enhance conference competitiveness.” (link)

The Latest from Rocky Top…

+ The Tennessee-focused Spyre Sports Group’s involvement with the recruitment of Vols QB Nico Iamaleava is reportedly part, if not the focus, of the NCAA’s investigation into UT. According to the New York Times’ Michael Schmidt, David Fahrenthold and Billy Witz, the “inquiry is looking at, among other things, the group’s role in flying a [Iamaleava] to campus on a private jet while the football team was wooing him.” (link)

+ Attorney Tom Mars represents Spyre and released a statement on the group’s behalf which reads, in part: “In early 2022, independent of the University of Tennessee or anyone associated with its athletics program, Spyre Sports entered into a mutually beneficial contractual relationship with Nico Iamaleava that involved a limited assignment of his NIL rights, no matter which school he chose to attend. Such 'representation agreements' have become increasingly common. The parties agreed that their contractual rights and obligations would be governed by California law, which freely allows prospective college athletes to enter into such agreements. … The agreement required Spyre to protect the value of Nico’s NIL rights and specifically stated that ‘nothing in the agreement constitutes any form of inducement to ATHLETE to enroll at any school and/or join any athletic team. In short, the agreement was fully consistent with then existing NCAA NIL 'guidelines' and had nothing to do with recruiting Nico to the University of Tennessee or any other school.” (link)

+ The Athletic’s Joe Rexrode reports the matter is being taken “very seriously” at UT, where Chancellor Donde Plowman and AD Danny White’s multiple requests to meet with NCAA President Charlie Baker were “rejected after the first was ignored and the second was met with an offer to meet with [NCAA EVP of Regulatory Affairs] Stan Wilcox. A Dec. 21 UT response asked to ‘let us know if (Baker) changes his mind in the new year,’ and a UT spokesman confirmed the NCAA did not come back with a written response.” (link)

+ On3’s Andy Staples wonders whether the NCAA has engaged in a conflict it can’t win and submits that if the “enforcement department — which understandably must justify its own existence lest the paychecks someday stop — thinks cracking down on what has now become standard procedure will somehow turn back the clock to a time when NCAA rules went unchallenged, it is making a grave and possibly fatal mistake.” Plowman will have no shortage of “weapons at her disposal,” Staples continues, including lawmakers like Congressman Tim Burchett (R-TN) who are already chiming in. “There is no act more bipartisan as an elected official in the Volunteer state than supporting the Big Orange against the NCAA. That particular activity has an approval rate between 95 and 100%. … What makes this even more absurd is that Baker himself has suggested changing the rules in a way that allows schools to have far more latitude and control when it comes to NIL. Under his own plan, NIL would move in-house at schools.” Lots more from Staples. (link) 

People & Places…

+ Mississippi State has promoted Assoc. AD for Business Operations Tim Padgett to Senior Assoc. AD/CFO, per CollegeAD. (link) Padgett’s LinkedIn bio confirms the bump (link)

+ Also per CollegeAD, Wyoming Assoc. AD for Communications Tim Harkins is set to retire today. (link)

+ Looks like Idaho State Asst. AD for Compliance Cody Sparrow has been promoted to Assoc. AD for Compliance & Academic Services. (link)

+ Texas A&M Women’s Swim & Dive HC Steve Bultman will retire after the season. Bultman has led the Aggies for 25 years. (link)

+ Former Michigan Football HC Jim Harbaugh’s five-year contract with the Los Angeles Chargers will pay him $16M per year. The Wolverines reportedly offered Harbaugh a 10-year, $125M to remain in Ann Arbor. (link)

+ Tons of additional coaching & support staff moves can be found in this morning’s Coaches.wire edition. (link)

Michigan finished FY23 with a $4M budget surplus on $229M in revenue and $225M in expenses. U-M's total revenue increased by $18.9M YoY, more than half of which came from an increase in ticket sales from $55.2M to $65.1M. Football ticket sales alone accounted for nearly $57M. The next largest three revenue streams for the department came from media rights contracts ($47.87M) which does include the portion from the Big Ten, contributions ($42.69M) and royalties, licensing and sponsorships ($33M). Expenses, meanwhile, jumped by $32M YoY. Support staff and administrative compensation was the most significant expense ($41.75M), followed by coaching compensation ($39.4M), and athletic student aid ($32.5M). Also notable: team travel costs increased by $5.4M to $16.5M. (link)

Stanford Women’s Basketball HC Tara VanDerveer tells the Arizona Daily Star’s Michael Lev the dissolution of the Pac-12 is “heartbreaking” and adds: “We love coming and playing (at) Arizona, Arizona State. I hope we can play them without it being a conference game — or maybe someday some smart people will get together and we'll be back in the conference together. … How did we ever get in the place we're in right now? It makes no sense. We have a great league, and it was destroyed by, I think, greed. Obviously, we know money's important to athletics because it's so expensive. But it seems like there should have been better vision and better leadership to not to get where we are.” As far as making the jump to the ACC, VanDerveer says it’s “not ideal,” but she’s excited about the competition. Travel is one component that gives her pause, and she notes the ACC will use a travel-partner system. Lev explains that “Stanford and Cal will each get a two-for-one when they go east. Stanford will strive to schedule its nonconference games on the West Coast — which could mean, for better or worse, that the Cardinal will be appearing at [Arizona’s] McKale [Memorial Center] again in the near future.” (link)

Construction on Georgia’s new outdoor track and field facility is slated to begin this summer, Bulldogs AD Josh Brooks told the UGA Athletic Association board’s facilities and development committee last week. As far as funding, Brooks noted: “We’re close but we want to refine that number before we come to the board for that funding request. I can tell you the fundraising’s already going very well for it so, as with most of our projects, we’re trying to stay ahead and fundraise well before we break ground.” Brooks also indicated the second phase of Sanford Stadium’s $68.5M renovations is on track to be completed by the 2024 season. Additionally, the new $26.7M six-court, indoor tennis facility is a few weeks from being completed, the $38.5M softball facility upgrade beyond left field will be completed as early as September, and the second phase of the $45M project at Foley Field will begin after the 2024 season. (link)

SBJ’s Bret McCormick reports Nations Group is opening an office in Charlotte, where it will be adding new staff. The firm is based in Scottsdale, Arizona, and is currently working on college projects at Penn State (Beaver Stadium), Florida State (Doak Campbell Stadium), Indiana (Memorial Stadium), Michigan State (Spartan Stadium) and Air Force (Falcon Stadium). (link)

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Associate Director, Marketing & Fan Experience (The University of Alabama / Tuscaloosa, AL): More details HERE.

 

Assistant AD for Marketing and Fan Engagement (Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi / Corpus Christi, TX): More details HERE.

 

Digital Content Manager (University of South Florida / Tampa, FL): More details HERE.

 

Director of Football Video (Louisiana State University (LSU) / Baton Rouge, LA): More details HERE.

 

Sport Information Director, Assistant (Texas A&M International University / Laredo, TX): (DII) More details HERE.

 

Assistant Director, Athletics Photography (Auburn University Athletics / Auburn, AL): More details HERE.

 

Assistant Director of Marketing & Fan Experience (University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Athletics Department / Lincoln, NE): More details HERE.

 

Athletics and Communications Video Specialist (Central College / Pella, IA): (DIII) More details HERE.

 

Assistant Director of Video Operations (Utah State University / Logan, UT): More details HERE.

 

Digital Streaming Specialist (Utah State University / Logan, UT): More details HERE.

 

Sports Marketing Associate (Duke University Athletics / Durham, NC): More details HERE.

Assistant Athletics Director - Athletic Compliance (Georgia Southern University / Statesboro, GA): More details HERE.

 

Assistant Athletic Director, Compliance (Boston University / Boston, MA): More details HERE.

 

Assistant Director of Compliance (Brown University / Providence, RI): More details HERE.

 

Associate Athletic Director, NCAA Compliance (Le Moyne College / Syracuse, NY): More details HERE.

 

Director of Compliance or Asst. Athletic Director - Compliance (Eastern Washington University / Cheney, WA): More details HERE.

 

Assistant Athletics Director, Compliance (Army West Point Athletic Association Inc. / West Point, NY): More details HERE.

 

Senior Associate AD for Compliance and Regulatory Affairs (Northwestern / Evanston, IL): More details HERE.

 

Director of Compliance (Rice Athletics / Houston, TX): More details HERE.

 

Assistant Athletic Director, Compliance (Wake Forest University / Winston-Salem, NC): More details HERE.

 

Compliance Coordinator (Missouri State University / Springfield, MO): More details HERE.

 

Assistant Director of Initial and Continuing Eligibility, Department of Athletics (Wake Forest University / Winston-Salem, NC): More details HERE.

 

Director of Athletics Compliance (Pennsylvania State University / University Park, PA): More details HERE.

 

Assistant or Associate Director of Athletics Compliance (Pennsylvania State University / University Park, PA): More details HERE.

 

Assistant Director for Compliance (University of Utah / Salt Lake City, UT): More details HERE.

 

Assistant Athletics Director for Compliance (Stephen F. Austin State University / Nacogdoches, TX): More details HERE.

Associate Director of Development - Premium, Corporate, and Annual Fund (Rutgers University Foundation / New Brunswick, NJ): More details HERE.

 

Director of Development (LEARFIELD Amplify - USA Baseball / Cary, NC): More details HERE.

 

Executive Director - 5430 Foundation (Blueprint Sports (University of Colorado) / Boulder, CO): More details HERE.

 

Assistant/Associate Commissioner (Conference Carolinas / Greenville, SC): (DII) More details HERE.

 

Director of Jayhawk Hospitality (University of Kansas / Lawrence, KS): More details HERE.

 

Director, Advancement Growth - Athletics (University of Oklahoma Foundation / Norman, OK): More details HERE.

 

Major Gift Operations & Analytics Coordinator (University of Pittsburgh / Pittsburgh, PA): More details HERE.

 

Coordinator, Reporting & Analytics (Kansas Athletics / Lawrence, KS): More details HERE.

 

Senior/Executive Associate Athletic Director - Chief Revenue Officer (University of South Dakota / Vermillion, SD): More details HERE.

 

Assistant Director of Development - Athletics (Texas Tech University / Lubbock, TX): More details HERE.

 

Deputy Athletic Director-External Affairs (Utah Valley University / Orem, UT): More details HERE.

 

Senior Associate Athletics Director for Development (University of Illinois Chicago / Chicago, IL): More details HERE.

 

Associate Director of Development (Georgia Tech / Atlanta, GA): More details HERE.

 

Assistant Athletic Director for Development, Annual Fund (The University of Connecticut Foundation, Inc. / Storrs, CT): More details HERE.

 

Associate Athletic Director for Revenue Generation (The University of Southern Mississippi / Hattiesburg, MS): More details HERE.

 

Senior Associate / Associate Athletic Director for Development (Appalachian State University / Boone, NC): More details HERE.

 

Assistant/Associate Director of Development - Major Gifts (Ole Miss Athletics Foundation / Oxford, MS): More details HERE.

 

Associate Director of Development, Michigan (University of Michigan Athletics / Ann Arbor, MI): More details HERE.

 

Assistant Athletic Director for Development (Texas A&M University-Commerce / Commerce, TX): More details HERE.

 

Director of Donor Engagement and Experience (University of North Carolina Rams Club/The Educational Foundation, Inc. / Chapel Hill, NC): More details HERE.

 

Associate Director of Development, Southern States (University of Michigan Athletics / Ann Arbor, MI): More details HERE.

 

Assistant Director of Development, Athletics and Recreation (American University / Washington DC): More details HERE.

 

Assistant Director - Development & Member Services (IPTAY / Clemson, SC): More details HERE.

Deputy Athletic Director for Revenue Generation (University of Texas at El Paso / El Paso, TX): More details HERE.

 

Vice President & Director of Athletics (Louisiana Tech University / Ruston, LA): More details HERE. The D1.dossier for this position is available HERE.

 

Director of Athletics (Florida Gulf Coast University / Fort Myers, FL): More details HERE. The D1.dossier for this position is available HERE.

 

Director of Intercollegiate Athletics (Arkansas - Little Rock / Little Rock, AR): More details HERE. The D1.dossier for this position is available HERE.

 

Senior Associate AD for Compliance and Regulatory Affairs (Northwestern / Evanston, IL): More details HERE.

 

Senior Associate Athletic Director for Internal Operations (University of Texas at San Antonio / San Antonio, TX): More details HERE.

 

Senior/Executive Associate Athletic Director - Chief Revenue Officer (University of South Dakota / Vermillion, SD): More details HERE.

 

Director of Athletics (Stetson University / DeLand, FL): More details HERE. The D1.dossier for this position is available HERE.

Director of Athletics and Recreation (American University / Washington, D.C.): More details HERE. The D1.dossier for this position is available HERE.

 

Commissioner (Northwest Conference (NWC) / Forest Grove, OR): (DIII) More details HERE.

 

Deputy Athletic Director-External Affairs (Utah Valley University / Orem, UT): More details HERE.

 

Senior Associate Athletics Director for Development (University of Illinois Chicago / Chicago, IL): More details HERE.

 

Deputy Athletic Director for Business Operations/CFO (University of California, Santa Barbara / Santa Barbara, CA): More details HERE.

 

Executive Associate Athletics Director for Peak Performance (Dartmouth College / Hanover, NH): More details HERE.

 

Senior Associate / Associate Athletic Director for Development (Appalachian State University / Boone, NC): More details HERE.

 

Conference Commissioner (East Coast Conference / West Babylon NY): (DII) More details HERE.

 

Director of Athletics (James Madison University / Harrisonburg, VA): More details HERE. The D1.dossier for this position is available HERE.

 

Director of Athletics (Albion College / Albion, MI): (DIII) More details HERE.

 

Commissioner (University Athletic Association / Rochester, NY):  (DIII) More details HERE.

 

Director of Intercollegiate Athletics (Henderson State University / Arkadelphia, AR): More details HERE.

Director of Jayhawk Hospitality (University of Kansas / Lawrence, KS): More details HERE.

 

Assistant Director - Facilities & Event Operations (Oregon State University Athletics / Corvallis, OR): More details HERE.

 

Graduate Assistant – Facilities & Events (Kansas Athletics / Lawrence, KS): More details HERE.

 

Athletics Equipment Services & Branding - Director (Wichita State - ICAA / Wichita, KS): More details HERE.

 

Associate Athletic Director for Operations & Facilities (Purdue University Fort Wayne / Fort Wayne, IN): More details HERE.

 

Associate Athletic Director - Facilities, Capital Projects, and Event Management (Rice Athletics / Houston, TX): More details HERE.

 

Director of Equipment Operations (Murray State University / Murray, KY): More details HERE.

 

Assistant Athletic Equipment Manager (Georgia Southern University / Statesboro, GA): More details HERE.

There are no current opportunities in this field.

Director of Sports Science (The University of Oklahoma / Norman, OK): More details HERE.

 

Assistant Athletic Trainer – Track and Field (University of Wyoming - Athletics / Laramie, WY): More details HERE.

 

Head Baseball Athletic Trainer (University of Kansas / University of Kansas Health System / Lawrence, KS): More details HERE.

 

Assistant Athletic Trainer, Football (University of Miami / Miami, FL): More details HERE.

 

Associate Director/Counseling & Sport Psychology Services, Assessment & Referrals (Mississippi State University / Starkville, MS): More details HERE.

 

Athletic Trainer I - Field Hockey/Women’s T&F (University of Delaware / Newark, DE): More details HERE.

 

Assistant Athletic Trainer (2 openings) (Rice Athletics / Houston, TX): More details HERE.

 

Executive Associate Athletics Director for Peak Performance (Dartmouth College / Hanover, NH): More details HERE.

 

Head Football Athletic Trainer (San Jose State University / San Jose, CA): More details HERE.

 

Sports Performance Coach, Olympic Sports (Duke University Athletics / Durham, NC): More details HERE.

 

Assistant Strength & Conditioning Coach-Football (Utah State University / Logan, UT): More details HERE.

Assistant/Associate Commissioner (Conference Carolinas / Greenville, SC): (DII) More details HERE.

 

Manager, Tour Sales - Ohio State University (LEARFIELD / Columbus, OH): More details HERE.

Assistant Director of Ticket Operations (Texas A&M University 12th Man Foundation / College Station, TX): More details HERE.

 

Director of Ticket Sales and Service - Athletics (University of Texas at San Antonio / San Antonio, TX): More details HERE.

 

Director, Ticket Sales and Service - Air Force Academy (LEARFIELD / Academy, CO): More details HERE.

 

Assistant Director, Ticket Sales & Retention (Auburn University Athletics / Auburn, AL): More details HERE.

 

Assistant Director of Ticket Operations (University of Georgia / Athens, GA): More details HERE.

 

Assistant Director - Development & Member Services (IPTAY / Clemson, SC): More details HERE.

 

Graduate Assistant - Ticket Operations & Sales (Auburn University Athletics / Auburn, AL): More details HERE.

 

Assistant Director of Ticket Sales & Operations (The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga / Chattanooga, TN): More details HERE.

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