Virginia Tech hires FAU’s Brian White as new AD

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - MARCH 25: Vice President and Director of Athletics, Brian White of the Florida Atlantic Owls celebrates after they defeated the Kansas State Wildcats in the Elite Eight round game of the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament at Madison Square Garden on March 25, 2023 in New York City. (Photo by Al Bello/Getty Images)
FAU men's basketball made its first Final Four appearance in 2023 under AD Brian White. Getty Images

Virginia Tech has hired longtime FAU AD Brian White to the same position and will “introduce White at a news conference Wednesday morning at Lane Stadium.” White replaces Whit Babcock, who served 12 years in the position and is “remaining with Tech for three years in an emeritus role.” White, a 2023 SBJ Forty Under 40 honoree, has spent the last eight years at FAU and led the school’s move from Conference USA to the American Conference three years ago. VT football coach James Franklin served on the search committee that “interviewed several finalists in Northern Virginia in the last few days” (Norfolk VIRGINIAN-PILOT, 6/22).



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