UB officially announced on March 21 that Mark Alnutt will be the new athletic director, effective April 11. Alnutt heads in after serving as deputy director of athletics at the University at Memphis. He is also a former division-I football player at the University of Missouri.
The announcement comes almost two months after former director, Allen Greene accepted the athletic director position at Auburn University. During Greene’s tenure, the department's biggest changes included the announcement of the Murchie Family Fieldhouse and the cutting of four Division-I teams. Kathy Twist will step down as interim Athletic Director after successfully signing men’s basketball head coach Nate Oats to an extension until 2023.