After four years as the Syracuse Orange’s director of athletics, John Wildhack has received a contract extension through mid-2025, according to a Thursday announcement by SU.
Since taking over the AD role in 2016, Wildhack’s overseen 23 conference championships for Syracuse (four team, 19 individual), and two national championships, both from Justyn Knight in 2017-18. Among his other most notable accomplishments, in my book:
- Prioritizing smarter football scheduling
- ACC Network
- Extending Dino Babers
- Making us all forget that Jim Boeheim had been set to retire in April 2018
- Pushing Dome renovation forward
Since Syracuse is a private school, we’re not going to be seeing the financial details of this extension any time soon.