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Chris Del Conte (born June 19, 1968) is an American college athletics administrator. He is the athletic director at the University of Texas at Austin, a position he has held since 2017. Del Conte served as the athletic director at Rice University from 2006 to 2009 and Texas Christian University (TCU) from 2009 to 2017.[1]
Current position | |
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Title | Athletic director |
Team | Texas |
Conference | SEC |
Biographical details | |
Born | June 19, 1968 |
Alma mater | University of California, Santa Barbara (BA) Washington State University (M.Ed) |
Playing career | |
c. 1990 | UC Santa Barbara |
Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
1994–1998 | Cal Poly (assistant AD) |
1998–1999 | Washington State (assistant AD) |
2000–2006 | Arizona (senior associate AD) |
2006–2009 | Rice |
2009–2017 | TCU |
2017–present | Texas |
Personal life
Del Conte is a graduate of the University of California, Santa Barbara, where he was a student-athlete in track and field and received a Bachelor of Arts degree in sociology. He also holds a master's degree in education, administration and supervision from Washington State University.[1]
Del Conte is married and has two daughters.
On May 22, 2024, Del Conte won the Sports Business Journal's 2024 Athletic Director of the Year award.[2][3]
References
- ^ a b "Vice President & Director of Athletics Chris Del Conte". University of Texas Athletics. Retrieved July 31, 2021.
- ^ @SBJ (May 22, 2024). "Athletic Director of the Year: @_delconte w/ @UTexasAthletics 🤘 Chris Del Conte oversaw a spectacular year for the University of Texas athletic department with astronomical revenue and their sights set on the SEC. #SBJAwards" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ Cahillane, Mollie; Karp, Austin; Lemire, Joe; Schaefer, Rob; Silverman, Alex; Friend, Tom (May 22, 2024). "Winners of the 2024 Sports Business Awards". sportsbusinessjournal.com.