Todd Stansbury
| Todd Stansbury | |
|---|---|
| Current position | |
| Title | Athletic director |
| Team | University of Central Florida |
| Conference | The American |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | Oakville, Ontario, Canada |
| Playing career | |
| 1981–1984 | Georgia Tech football |
| Position(s) | Linebacker |
| Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
| 1988–1995 1997–2000 2000–2003 2003–2012 2012–Present |
Georgia Tech (Assis. AD) University of Houston (Assoc.) East Tennessee State University (AD) Oregon State University (Ex. Assoc.) UCF (AD) |
Todd Stansbury is a Canadian–American university sports administrator and former college athlete. Stansbury is currently the athletic director for the UCF Knights Division I sports program of the University of Central Florida located in Orlando, Florida, United States.[1] He previously served as executive associate athletic director at Oregon State University, assistant athletic director for academics at Georgia Tech, associate athletic director at the University of Houston, and athletic director at East Tennessee State University.[2]
Early life and education
Stansbury was born in Oakville, Ontario, Canada.[3] He accepted an athletic scholarship to attend Georgia Tech in Atlanta, Georgia, where he lettered as a linebacker for coach Bill Curry's Yellow Jackets football team. He graduated from Georgia Tech with a B.S. in Industrial Management in 1984, and was a third round draft choice for the Saskatchewan Roughriders. In 1993, he graduated with a masters in sports administration from Georgia State University.[3]
Athletic administrator
Stansbury began his career at his alma mater, as an academic counselor for football in 1988, rising to become assistant athletic director for academics at Georgia Tech. In 1995, he left Georgia Tech to become the international coordinator for the Institute for International Sport. Upon returning to the United States, he accepted the position of associate athletic director at the University of Houston in 1997. Stansbury was hired as the Director of Athletics at East Tennessee State University in July 2000.[4]
In January 2012, he was hired as the athletic director of the UCF Knights.[2] He also serves as the executive vice president for the University of Central Florida Athletics Association, the private non-profit corporation that is responsible for the administration and financial management of the UCF Knights athletic programs.[2] As UCF's director of athletics, Stansbury oversaw the Knights transition from Conference USA to the American Athletic Conference in 2013, and will direct over $70 million in pending athletic facility construction and upgrades.[2][5]
References
| ||||||
| ||||||