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***Nebraska Athletic Director Search Megathread***


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1 hour ago, Enhance said:

Here is the Omaha World-Herald's take on who could be the next athletic director.

 

 

 

I would consider Del Conte a home run AD hire. Here is a good summary of what's he's done at TCU that was published when he was in the running for the Arizona AD opening: https://www.azdesertswarm.com/2017/1/18/14286186/tcu-athletic-director-chris-del-conte-replace-greg-byrne-arizona-wildcats-search-candidates

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In my opinion, a search firm just validates who the administration wants.  They will do the usual background checks, reference check, and line up interviews.  The school knows who they want.  The boosters have said who they want.  These decisions are not that secretive.  They will line up the usual suspects with EOE involved.    

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Chris  Del Conte

 

Chris Del Conte was appointed TCU's director of intercollegiate athletics in October 2009.

 

Since his arrival on campus, Del Conte has overseen a series of historic moments for TCU Athletics that include the Horned Frogs' July 1, 2012 entrance into the Big 12 Conference and over $300 million in construction projects that were all donor funded.

 

The momentum around TCU is evident in its donor support. The 2017 fiscal year saw a new record-breaking Frog Club Annual Giving total of $13,231,727 with $31,876,783 in overall athletic giving. The three highest totals in overall athletic giving at TCU have come in the last four years.

 

The partnership between TCU, Fort Worth and the Metroplex has never been stronger. In 2016, a sellout of football season tickets occurred for the fourth time in five seasons. During that time, in addition to football, baseball, men's basketball, women's basketball, soccer, men's tennis, track and field and volleyball have set either season ticket or attendance records.

 

The Horned Frogs' success story extends to the classroom. In each of the last three semesters, dating back to Spring 2016, TCU student-athletes have posted the top-three cumulative grade-point averages in program history. In each case, it's been over a 3.0. In 2016-17, 120 student-athletes earned their degrees.

 

Under Del Conte, five TCU head coaches (Gary Patterson, football; Jim Schlossnagle, baseball; Karen Monez, rifle; David Roditi, men's tennis; Haley Schoolfield, equestrian) have been named National Coach of the Year in their respective sports.

 

During Del Conte's time on campus, two national team championships and five individual NCAA track and field titles have been won. In its opening five years of Big 12 play, TCU has captured conference team championships in football, baseball and men's tennis. Overall, 10 sports (baseball, women's basketball, football, women's golf, rifle, men's swimming and diving, men's tennis, women's tennis, women's indoor and outdoor track and field) have won conference titles under Del Conte, who has seen 17 of 21 sports represented in NCAA postseason play.

Other milestones on the playing fields under Del Conte include the football program winning the 2011 Rose Bowl, as part of back-to-back appearances in a BCS game, and the baseball program reaching the College World Series in four consecutive seasons (2014-17) and five times in eight years. Men's basketball won the 2017 NIT Championship in its first season under Dixon.

 

Del Conte was the recipient of a 2015 NACDA Under Armour AD of the Year Award and the 2010 Bobby Dodd Division I-A Athletic Director's Award. In February 2015, he was named to the NCAA Division I Baseball Championship Committee.

 

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1 hour ago, Red Five said:

This is a GREAT article from Bruce Feldman from August ranking ADs and what are their most important job responsibilities.  If we can get any of these guys consider ourselves lucky

 

Who's the Best Athletic Director in the Country

 

Nice find. Obviously some of those guys won't leave their current schools, but I would think Nebraska could get some of those guys. 

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