Of the 64 athletic director changes across Division I since June 25, 2025, 15 are at the Power Four level. The nine ADs listed below have begun or are about to begin their tenures.
Ryan Alpert
START DATE: July 2025
SCHOOL: Georgia Tech
PREVIOUSLY: Senior deputy AD/CRO, Tennessee (since 2021)
PREDECESSOR: J Batt, hired as Michigan State AD
Keli Zinn
START DATE: August 2025
SCHOOL: Rutgers
PREVIOUSLY: Executive Deputy AD/COO, LSU (since 2022)
PREDECESSOR: Pat Hobbs, self-employed consultant
John Donahoe
START DATE: September 2025
SCHOOL: Stanford
PREVIOUSLY: President/CEO, Nike (since 2020)
PREDECESSOR: Bernard Muir, adviser at Huron, DHR Global and Inner Circle Sports
Verge Ausberry
START DATE: November 2025
SCHOOL: LSU
PREVIOUSLY: Interim AD, LSU (since Oct. 2025)
PREDECESSOR: Scott Woodward, fired
Doug McNamee
START DATE: December 2025
SCHOOL: Baylor
PREVIOUSLY: President, Field & Stream (since 2022)
PREDECESSOR: Mack Rhoades, resigned
Fernando Lovo
START DATE: January
SCHOOL: Colorado
PREVIOUSLY: VP/AD, New Mexico (since 2024)
PREDECESSOR: Rick George, now special adviser to the Colorado chancellor and athletic director emeritus
Roger Denny
START DATE: February
SCHOOL: Oklahoma
PREVIOUSLY: Deputy AD, Illinois (since 2025)
PREDECESSOR: Joe Castiglione, retired
Bryan Blair
START DATE: July 1
SCHOOL: Syracuse
PREVIOUSLY: VP/AD, Toledo (since 2022)
PREDECESSOR: John Wildhack, retiring
Steve Newmark
START DATE: July 1
SCHOOL: North Carolina
PREVIOUSLY: Executive Associate AD (since 2025)
PREDECESSOR: Bubba Cunningham, shifting to special adviser to the UNC chancellor
Note: Jay Larson and Jenny Simon-O’Neill (California); Brian Baptiste and Rachelle Paul (Miami); and Marcus Sedberry (Wisconsin) are serving as interim ADs. AD posts at Kentucky, Purdue and Virginia Tech remain vacant as of June 10.
