President & Athletic Senior Staff Dr. Michael F. Adams President
Damon Evans Athletic Director
Dr. Michael F. Adams was named the 21st president of the University of Georgia on June 11, 1997. He immediately focused on securing UGA’s future as one of America’s premier public research universities. Widely recognized as a leader in higher education administration, Dr. Adams has held a number of significant leadership positions in intercollegiate athletics. He is chairman of the NCAA Executive Committee. A strategic plan, completed in 2001 at his direction, identified three themes for UGA’s growth in the first decade of the 21st century: Building the New Learning Environment, Maximizing Research Opportunities and Competing in a Global Economy. Under Dr. Adams’ leadership, student quality has risen steadily and the University of Georgia has been recognized as one of the nation’s very best public research universities for eight of the past 10 years by U.S. News & World Report. External funding for research, public service and instruction totals more than $200 million annually. Private giving to the university is at its highest level ever; UGA completed the Archway to Excellence Campaign on June 30, 2008 with more than $630 million. “The people of the state of Georgia deserve a flagship institution every bit as good as the citizens of Virginia or Michigan or California or North Carolina,” Dr. Adams said when he was named president. “I am committed to making the University of Georgia that kind of institution.”
University of Georgia football letterwinner and double degree holder Damon Evans was selected as Director of Athletics in December, 2003, and assumed duties officially on July 1, 2004. At the time, he was just 34, and one of the youngest athletic directors in the country. However, he had already established himself as an up-and-coming athletic administrator. Evans has received several honors including the Street & Smith’s Sports Business Journal “40 Under 40 Award” for 2004, 2005 and 2007, the UGA Terry College of Business Award as the “Outstanding Young Alumnus,” and Sports Illustrated’s “101 Most Influential Minorities in Sports.” Today, Evans oversees a nationally recognized program with 21 intercollegiate sports teams involving more than 600 student-athletes, an $84 million budget and a 260 person staff. He is a member of several Southeastern Conference and NCAA committees, Chairman of the NCAA Division I Leadership Council, and is involved in volunteer and community service roles across the state of Georgia. He was born in Nebraska but spent much of his youth in Gainesville, Georgia where he graduated from Gainesville High School after a stellar career both athletically and academically. He is married to the former Kerri Budd of Atlanta, and they have two children, Cameron and Kennedy.
Frank Crumley
Dr. Carla Williams
Arthur Johnson
Alan Thomas
Claude Felton
Executive Assoc. AD (Finance & Business)
Sr. Assoc. AD (Student Services/SWA)
Assoc. AD (Internal Operations)
Assoc. AD (External Operations)
Assoc. AD (Sports Communications)
Craig White
Eric Baumgartner
Matt Brachowski
Glada Horvat
Charlie Whittemore
Assoc. AD (Sports & Operations) Baseball Administrator
Asst. AD (Compliance)
Asst. AD (Event Management)
Asst. AD (Academics/Eligibility)
Asst. AD (Facilities)
DID YOU KNOW?
UGA ranked first among national universities, both public and private, in payback ratio, according to the January 2009 issue of Smart Money magazine. The magazine, published by the Wall Street Journal, quantified the long-term value of education based on tuition costs and graduates’ earning power at different stages in their lives. UGA’s payback ratio is 338%. Jere Morehead Faculty Athletics Representative
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Dave Muia
Special Assistant to the Athletic Director 6 SEC Titles: 1933, 1953, 1954, 2001, 2004, 2008