Former Fresno State athletic director Jim Bartko has landed back at Oregon, accepting a position with university advancement as interim director of major gifts. He will work with school and college fundraisers to build a portfolio of prospects and donors.
“I’m excited,” Bartko said. “It’s good to get back at it. It has been a rough year and a half. I took a couple of body blows but I made it. Some people don’t make it, and I made it.”
Bartko, who was hired by Fresno State president Joseph I. Castro, abruptly resigned in November 2017 after three trying years at the head of the Bulldogs athletic department.