TCU has discovered its new athletic director, as the varsity is anticipated to rent Army AD Mike Buddie within the upcoming days, sources informed ESPN on Tuesday.
The college has begun to tell key stakeholders of the rent, sources informed ESPN.
Buddie, who has been at Army since 2019, heads to TCU within the wake of one of many Black Knights’ most profitable soccer seasons in fashionable historical past. Army, with 12 wins in soccer for the primary time in class historical past, gained the American Athletic Conference in its first 12 months within the league.
Buddie, 54, led Army from independence in soccer into the AAC throughout his tenure, bringing a league affiliation whereas nonetheless permitting the Black Knights to compete for the Commander-in-Chief’s Trophy.
At TCU, he’ll substitute Jeremiah Donati, who left for the athletic director job at South Carolina in early December. Buddie takes over an athletic division the place the soccer program is coming off a 9-4 season and performed for the nationwide title after the 2022 season.
In the reconfigured Big 12, TCU looms as one of many league’s prime jobs. The athletic division has established coaches in Sonny Dykes in soccer and Jamie Dixon in males’s basketball.
Buddie brings intensive expertise as a fundraiser, as he oversaw a number of key fundraising efforts at West Point.
Prior to his time at Army, Buddie labored because the athletic director at Furman. Before that, he labored within the athletic division at his alma mater, Wake Forest, for almost a decade.
Buddie is a former Major League Baseball pitcher. He gained a World Series with the New York Yankees in 1998 and likewise pitched for the Milwaukee Brewers.
