Georgia Tech is ready to rent Ryan Alpert as its subsequent athletic director, pending board approval Tuesday, in accordance with a number of reviews. The 37-year-old has served as Tennessee’s deputy athletics director and chief income officer since 2023 and has agreed to a five-year deal, per ESPN.
Alpert will take over following the departure of J Batt, who left for Michigan State in June. Interim athletic director Jon Palumbo additionally joined Batt in East Lansing, accepting a brand new position because the Spartans’ govt deputy athletics director and chief working officer.
Alpert first joined Tennessee in August 2021 as deputy AD and chief working officer. He helped lead a interval of unprecedented monetary progress, with UT athletics surpassing $220 million in working income in fiscal yr 2024. The Tennessee Fund additionally posted a report $139.7 million in donations.
Throughout his time in Knoxville, Alpert oversaw practically $500 million in capital tasks, together with the $337 million renovation of Neyland Stadium and the Neyland Leisure District — a public-private partnership to develop a year-round vacation spot alongside the Tennessee River.
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Earlier than making the transfer to Tennessee, Alpert served as deputy athletics director at Florida Atlantic from 2018 to 2020 underneath Brian White — brother of Tennessee AD Danny White. At FAU, Alpert oversaw improvement, ticket gross sales, gear and strategic planning, serving to develop giving totals by greater than 600%.
He returned to Missouri in 2020 as deputy AD for exterior operations after an earlier stint there from 2016 to 2018. Throughout that point, he was promoted to senior affiliate AD and led record-setting fundraising efforts, together with a $55.5 million marketing campaign throughout the COVID-impacted 2020-21 fiscal yr.
Alpert started his athletics profession with internships at Miami and South Carolina. He earned his grasp’s diploma at Memphis, the place he spent 5 years working in fundraising and improvement. He helped lead a $32.5 million capital marketing campaign and secured one of many largest presents within the historical past of Memphis girls’s athletics.
A local of Columbia, South Carolina, Alpert is a graduate of the College of South Carolina.