News broke late Sunday that Associate Athletic Director and Associate Vice Chancellor Jeremiah Donati had been hired as TCU’s new Athletic Director, replacing Chris Del Conte. Del Conte left for the same position at the University of Texas on Saturday, and TCU moved quickly to replace him.
TCU Chancellor Victor Boschini and Mark Johnston, TCU’s Board of Trustees Chairman made the hiring of Donati official on Monday, at a press conference.
“We’ve been greatly blessed with much success in both academics as well as athletics, “Johnson said, “We cannot afford to rest on those laurels, in the coming weeks and months and years we will need continued vision and perseverance.