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Search underway for new athletics director

E.J. Whitmire Stadium during a 2024 football game

 

By Julia Duvall

Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ has launched a search for a new intercollegiate athletics director following the resignation of Alex Gary earlier this month. Chancellor Kelli R. Brown has appointed a 13-member committee to assist in selecting Gary's successor.

The search committee will be chaired by Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµProvost Richard Starnes '92, '94 and includes:

  • Cameron Cooper '07, former Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµstudent athlete
  • Mike Crawford '87, Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµFoundation Board chair
  • Nora Lynn Finch '70, former Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµstudent athlete and former deputy AD at NC State University
  • Bailey Hartsough, Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµstudent athlete (volleyball)
  • James Hogan '03, Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµassistant vice chancellor for engagement
  • Alex Macaulay, faculty athletics representative and head of Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµHistory Department
  • Micah Nelson, Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµstudent athlete (football)
  • Ashleigh Simmons, Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµsenior associate athletics director
  • Jonathan Tsipis, head coach of Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµwomen’s basketball
  • Melissa Wargo, Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµchief of staff
  • Eddie Wells '03, Catamount Club founder of Cullowhee Collective NIL
  • Shea Browning, general counsel (ex officio)

The university has enlisted Collegiate Sports Associates to aid in the search. Inquiries can be directed to info@collegiatesportsassociates.com.