According to Sports Illustrated’s Pat Forde, the University of Louisville is set to name interim athletic director Josh Heird as its new permanent AD.
Forde reports that U of L interviewed multiple other candidates, all of them sitting athletic directors, before deciding on Heird.
Following Vince Tyra’s abrupt departure from the position, Heird was named as Louisville’s interim AD on Dec. 13, 2021. He worked in the U of L athletic department from 2007-2016, serving as the Assistant Athletic Director for Championships and Facilities from 2012-16. He then left for Villanova in 2016, working as the associate AD for internal operations and finance for nearly two years before spending the 2018-19 athletic season as senior associate athletics director and chief athletics operating officer.