Pete Boone is the athletics director (AD) for the University of Mississippi (Ole Miss).
Boone is a 1972 graduate of the University of Mississippi and a native of Grenada, Mississippi. Boone has served as Ole Miss AD since 2002 and is in his second stint as AD having served previously from 1995 to 1998 before stepping down from his position as Athletics Director. During his current tenure tremendous strides have been made in the improvement of athletic facilities. Under Boone as Director of Athletics, Ole Miss has experienced continued growth from adding sports to his overseeing in excess of $140 million in athletics improvements.
He also represents Ole Miss and the Southeastern Conference on a number of regional and national committees. In August 2008, Boone was elected Chairman of the SEC Athletics Directors Committee.
Under Pete Boone Ole Miss football has gone 80-80 overall and 38-68 in SEC play. On Monday Nov. 7, 2011 it was announced Pete Boone will step down from his AD position by December, 2012.
Boone is a former CEO and president of the Sunburst Bank which was acquired by Union Planters Bank in 1994. Between 1998 and 2002, he was instrumental in starting The Business Bank of Baton Rouge, which was acquired by BancorpSouth in 2003.
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