Who is the best Athletic Director in the SEC?

Weren’t a lot of fans quite pleased with him when he brought in Heupel? What’s the deal?

I have not heard a real person criticize Byrne for Deboer. Only anonymous internet tards.

Interesting. Thanks.

Josh Brooks at UGA is on a heater

- Football is football

- Hired Wes Johnson for baseball - national seed first 2 years and currently ranked top 5. Foley Field finally got the first phase of a badly needed expansion that has done wonders for the fan experience and elevation of the program.

- Hired Mike white for men’s basketball, made NCAA tournament back to back years for first time since… 01-02. Women’s basketball is finally back in the NCAA tourney for the first time in a while.

- Hired Simone Biles personal coach for Gymnastics, ranked #6 heading into nationals in year 2 (far and away most competitive we’ve been in the sport we used to own in a decade)

- Men’s and Women’s Track each have recently won indoor/outdoo national titles and just opened its new gorgeous outdoor facility

- Women’s Tennis is dominating the sport under Drake Bernstein in his 3rd year. Tennis complex also got a badly needed modernization both for the indoor and outdoor courts and grandstand, finally seeing the NCAA tournament return this year where it was birthed and held for decades before our previous AD let it languish to the point of seeing the tourney leave Athens.

- Volleyball and soccer are both way more competitive than they’ve ever been, soccer won the SEC Tourney a couple of years ago

- Men’s golf is seeing Chris Haack finally retire and just brought in Mason Howell, reigning US Amateur Champion. Still have the most former players on Tour. New exclusive course is opening up on the edge of Athens, rumored to be the future home of UGA golf; limited membership and founders/main investors are all the UGA tour players

Biggest needs moving forward:
- Getting Mens Tennis back to its historic level of excellence after longtime coach Manny Diaz retired last year
- Same for swimming and diving after Team USA coach Jack Bauerle retired last year
- Softball needs a revamp. They’re a typical competitive SEC program but should be way better than what they are

I see a lot of Texas fans love Del Conte

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I see a lot of Texas fans love Del Conte

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This is the correct answer for “Jerry Jones of the SEC”.

Laird Veatch...doing less with way less for Mizzou since 2024 !




I kid, I kid. He seems like a nice fellow. Anything at Missouri is a hard sell.


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Since Keith Carter took over as our AD in 2019 we have won a national title in baseball, hired Lane Kiffin and had our best football run in 60 years, hired Chris Beard who made our second ever Sweet 16 and hired Coach Yo for women’s basketball. And donations have been through the roof. He finally got all of the boosters on one track and that has never been done by any of our previous ADs.

He’s far and away the best AD we’ve ever had

Cant believe you are back after how terrible LSU is this year in baseball.

Given CDC has won many Directors Cups which is for the entire Athletic Department I would say he has one of if not the best case for best AD in the SEC.

If you want to just talk big 3 mens sports thats a completely different discussion and Texas is probably 4 - 8