Penn State athletic director Sandy Barbour, who has led the department since 2014, will retire this summer, it was announced Wednesday.
Barbour, 62, came to Penn State in July 2014 after a 10-year tenure as athletic director at Cal. She also spent 1996 to 1999 as Tulane's athletic director before a long stint as a Notre Dame administrator under AD Kevin White.
She was the first female athletic director in Penn State history.
"These last eight years have been the most incredible and satisfying of my career," Barbour said in a prepared statement. "The passion, the commitment and the purpose with which the Penn State community pursues excellence is like nothing I've ever experienced, and I am honored and privileged to have had the opportunity to serve Penn State students, coaches, faculty, staff and our incredible community.