University of Wisconsin athletic director Barry Alvarez announced on Thursday that Mario Morris has been named associate athletic director for business operations.
Morris, who played football at Alabama in the early 1990s, has worked in the UW Athletic Department since 2010, when he joined the department’s business office. He became director of financial operations in 2014.
The native of Decatur, Alabama, earned a law degree from UW-Madison in 2006 and is currently working toward a doctorate in educational leadership and policy analysis at the university.
“I am pleased to add Mario to our senior staff,” Alvarez said in a statement.