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The top ten most-clicked jobs of the week...
#10: Virginia: Assistant/Associate Director for Student Success, Football
#9: Mississippi State: Assistant AD for Principal Giving
#8: USC: Coordinator/Assistant Director of Athletic Compliance
#7: Florida Gulf Coast: General Manager, Athletics
#6: North Carolina: Associate AD for Compliance and Governance
#5: Missouri: Assistant AD for Compliance
#4: San Diego State: Associate AD for the Aztec Club
#3: Fairfield: Executive Associate AD/Director of Athletic Development
#2: Mississippi State: Executive Associate/Deputy AD for Athletics Advancement
#1: Mid-American Conference: Senior Associate Commissioner for Institutional Services
#10: Ohio State released renderings outlining a major renovation and expansion of the Woody Hayes Athletic Center. The plan in Columbus is to target an upgrade of the 39-year-old facility that will expand the weight room, team meeting spaces, locker rooms, training areas, and office complexes, with construction estimated to begin in roughly 18 months. Football HC Ryan Day: "When you look at our facility, we have completely outgrown it.” Buckeyes AD Ross Bjork: “When I think about this investment, it's really about what's required to maintain and also innovate in the modern era to support our student-athletes." No construction timeline released. (link)
#9: Georgia Tech Assoc. AD/Chief of Staff Brittany Sander has left the department and is now the Experiential Marketing Manager at Freeman Mathis & Gary, LLP. (link)
#8: West Virginia names North Carolina Assoc. AD for Compliance Nathan Wood as Executive Senior Assoc. AD for Governance and Compliance. (link)
#7: Clemson shares a first look inside Brown Family Pavilion, the Tigers’ new $40M men’s basketball practice facility. Clemson Wire’s Drew Landon notes the facility “includes about 30,000 square feet of new construction and renovations to more than 51,000 square feet of existing space around Littlejohn Coliseum and Swann Pavilion. The Brown Family Pavilion houses the men's practice gym, team areas, and coaches' offices, while the women's program is receiving upgrades to its practice gym, offices, and recruiting spaces. Clemson also expanded the strength and conditioning, nutrition, and sports medicine areas shared by both programs.” (link)
#6: CBS’ Jon Rothstein reports that “an injunction was granted in California for the Glancey v. NCAA case, giving all members of the Class of 2022 involved eligibility through the end of the 2026-27 college basketball season. … Key players involved in the California case: Donovan Dent (LSU), Skyy Clark (LSU), Oziyah Sellers (SMU), Jaxon Kohler (BYU), Jordan Pope (Texas A&M), Nick Townsend (Stanford), Corey Stephenson (Ole Miss), Xaivian Lee (Gonzaga), Reed Bailey (St. John's), Aidan Mahaney (UC Santa Barbara).” (link, link)
#5: Wisconsin welcomes back Big Ten VP of Policy and Compliance Katie Ahrens Smith as Senior Assoc. AD for Administration. Ahrens Smith previously worked for the Badgers for 25+ years, most recently as Senior Assoc. AD/SWA before heading to the league office in 2024. (link)
#4: Nevada has unveiled a new institutional brand positioning initiative, including a modern visual system, new logos and a brand campaign, “Where World Changers Get to Work.” The new identity marks the start of multi-year phased implementation across the institution beginning with high-visibility items such as recruitment materials and digital communications. The University’s old logos will be phased out while incorporating updates for items on- and off-campus into normal replacement cycles whenever possible. The Nevada Wolf, formerly the Sport Wolf, has evolved as the University's new spirit logo, and paired with a new Interlocked UN logo, it creates a cohesive brand system that unites academics, athletics and the broader university community under one shared identity. Nevada Athletics will begin incorporating both logos into future designs and brand activations over time. (link, link)
#3: Le Moyne is “on the cusp” of moving from the NEC to The Metro starting in 2027-28, per ESPN’s Pete Thamel, with a deal “expected to come together in the near future.” (link)
#2: New Mexico introduces “Jeff,” its newest ticket sales representative. Like most new-hires, “Jeff” immediately called the staff together to get loose for the sales day before drawing up some plays on the grease board. Watch until the end for the shocking twist! (link)
#1: Iowa State hires Auburn Executive Deputy AD Jared Benko as its next AD, starting October 30. President David Cook: “Athletics is vital to the strength of our university. Jared Benko brings the leadership experience and strategic vision to build on our success, support our student-athletes as students first and ensure Iowa State is well positioned for the future of college athletics.” ESPN’s Pete Thamel first reported the hire. Parker Executive Search assisted with the process. (link)
