At the SEC Spring Meetings a year, Jay Jacobs pushed the idea of Auburn moving to the league’s East Division.
While the Tigers have stayed put, Jacobs himself is now a member of the division as the Florida Gators’ new executive associate athletic director, UF announced Tuesday.
Jacobs will replace Mike Hill, who left this past winter to become the athletic director at Charlotte. Jacobs, whose 13-year stint as Auburn AD ended in January, will oversee communications, marketing, ticketing and GatorVision departments.
“Florida athletics is fortunate to have someone of Jay's caliber joining the UAA (University Athletic Association,” UF AD Scott Stricklin said in a statement.