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WSU officially announces hire of Patrick Chun as its new athletic director

Washington State has hired Patrick Chun to be its new athletic director, the school announced Monday in a news release.

Chun will be WSU’s 14th athletic director, replacing Bill Moos, who left for Nebraska in October. Chun, 43, becomes the first Asian-American athletic director to lead a Power Five school. He will be introduced in a news conference at the Rankich Club Room at Martin Stadium on Tuesday, at 11 a.m.

Chun will begin his tenure as WSU athletic director on Feb. 5. He comes to WSU after five and a half years as athletic director at Florida Atlantic.