GEORGIA EQUESTRIAN Greg McGarity J. Reid Parker Director Of Athletics
Georgia Administration
Athens native and University of Georgia graduate Greg McGarity was named Director of Athletics at UGA on August 13, 2010, after serving 18 years in the athletic department at the University of Florida. Since that time, McGarity has emphasized exploring new ideas and initiatives designed to move the organization forward in all areas of competition, academics, service, and exceptional experiences for student-athletes and supporters. McGarity oversees a 21-sport athletics program supported by a budget of $123 million. Since he became Director of Athletics, UGA teams have won national championships in women’s swimming and diving (2013, 14, ‘16) and equestrian (2014) and SEC championships in men’s tennis (2011, ’13, ‘14, ‘15, ‘16), men’s tennis SEC Tournament (2012 and 2013), women’s tennis (2013), women’s tennis SEC Tournament (2014), women’s swimming and diving (2011, ’12, ’13, ’14, and ‘15), equestrian (2015), and two SEC eastern division titles in football (2011 and 2012). During McGarity’s tenure as AD, 18 different Georgia teams have been ranked in the nation’s top 20 and 10 in the top ten. Georgia’s standing in the Learfield Directors’ Cup, which annually measures athletic teams success in NCAA championships, has improved from 20th in 2011 to 10th in 2013 and is consistently in the top 20. McGarity has also been a standard bearer for academic achievement. Since his arrival, Georgia student-athletes have been the recipients of 14 NCAA Post Graduate Scholarships, 28 CoSIDA Academic All-American awards, three NCAA Top Ten honors, three SEC Boyd McWhorter SEC Scholar-Athletes of the Year, and two SEC Brad Davis Community Service Awards. In the last six years, UGA has three winners of the SEC Boyd McWhorter Scholar-Athlete of the Year Award, two winners of the SEC Brad Davis Community Service Award, and one SEC Sportsmanship Award winner. In addition, McGarity has been at the forefront of facility expansion and renovation. The construction of the new Indoor Athletic Facility adjacent to the Butts-Mehre Building is scheduled for completion in January, 2017, and will provide a facility for use by multiple sports. A new soccer stadium, football locker rooms at Sanford Stadium, and a Stegeman Coliseum center-hung scoreboard are projects on the current drawing board. Other recent projects include a $12 million Foley Field (baseball) facility renovation, and new scoreboards/ video boards at baseball, softball and soccer. New sound systems in Stegeman Coliseum and Sanford Stadium have also been installed to improve the fan experience.
Carla Williams Deputy Director of Athletics
Claude Felton
Jim Booz
Exec. Associate AD Compliance
Glada Horvat
Ted White
Senior Associate AD Sports Medicine
Andy Platt
Matt Brachowski
Senior Associate AD Sports Communications
Senior Associate AD Academics & Eligibility
Senior Associate AD CFO
Tim Cearley
Alan Thomas
John Bateman
Associate AD Ticket Operations
Associate AD External Operations
Emily Dietz
Steve Flippen Assistant AD Compliance
Assistant AD Sports Medicine
Christie Purks
Stephanie Ransom
Melvin Robinson
Assistant AD Promotions
Assistant AD Event Management
Assistant AD Business Operations
Ron Courson
Exec. Associate AD Academic Services Sport Administrator
Assistant AD Marketing
Anna Randa
Assistant AD Facility Operations
Associate AD Event Management
Evin Beck,
Assisstant AD Development
Rhonda Kilpatrick
Assistant AD Academics and Eligibility
David E. Shipley Faculty Athletics Representative
Mark Slonaker Executive Director Bulldog Club
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