Chris Del Conte
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| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Athletic director |
| Team | Texas |
| Conference | Big 12 |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | June 19, 1968 |
| Alma mater | University of California, Santa Barbara (BA) Washington State University (M.Ed) |
| Playing career | |
| c. 1990 | UC Santa Barbara |
| Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
| 1994–1998 | Cal Poly (assistant AD) |
| 1998–1999 | Washington State (assistant AD) |
| 2000–2006 | Arizona (senior associate AD) |
| 2006–2009 | Rice |
| 2009–2017 | TCU |
| 2017–present | Texas |
Chris Del Conte (born June 19, 1968) is an American college athletics administrator. He is the athletic director at the University of Texas at Austin, a position he has held since 2017. Del Conte serve as the athletic director at Rice University from 2006 to 2009 and Texas Christian University (TCU) from 2009 to 2017.[1]
Personal life[edit]
Del Conte is a graduate of the University of California, Santa Barbara, where he was a student-athlete in track and field and received a Bachelor of Arts degree in sociology. He also holds a master's degree in education, administration and supervision from Washington State University.[1]
Del Conte is married to Robin Ward and has two daughters, Sienna and Sophia.
On May 22, 2024, Del Conte won the Sports Business Journal's 2024 Athletic Director of the Year award.[2][3]
References[edit]
- ^ a b "Vice President & Director of Athletics Chris Del Conte". University of Texas Athletics. Retrieved July 31, 2021.
- ^ @SBJ (May 23, 2024). "Athletic Director of the Year: @_delconte w/ @UTexasAthletics 🤘 Chris Del Conte oversaw a spectacular year for the University of Texas athletic department with astronomical revenue and their sights set on the SEC. #SBJAwards" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ Cahillane, Mollie; Karp, Austin; Lemire, Joe; Schaefer, Rob; Silverman, Alex; Friend, Tom (May 22, 2024). "Winners of the 2024 Sports Business Awards". sportsbusinessjournal.com.