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Ex-Nike CEO Named AD at Stanford University
STANFORD UNIVERSITY, STANFORD, CALIFORNIA, AUG 1 – John Donahoe brings extensive CEO experience and Stanford connections to revitalize programs amid football struggles and Olympic success with 39 medals in 2024, officials said.
- Stanford has appointed John Donahoe, who led Nike as CEO from 2020 to 2024, to serve as its new athletic director, with his tenure starting on September 8, 2025.
- The hire follows Bernard Muir's stepping down this year and comes amid Stanford's recent move from the Pac-12 to the ACC and struggles in key sports.
- Donahoe, a 1986 Stanford MBA graduate with executive experience at Bain, eBay, and Nike, replaces Muir after a tenure marked by football and basketball challenges.
- Stanford’s football team has posted four straight 3-9 seasons, and the men's basketball program last made the NCAA Tournament in 2014, while the school holds 137 NCAA titles.
- Donahoe aims to leverage his business acumen to support Andrew Luck’s leadership, rebuild struggling programs, and sustain Stanford’s scholar-athlete model amid college sports changes.
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Stanford University announced this week the hiring of John Donahoe as its new athletic director. Photo courtesy David Bernal. Stanford University has hired a new athletic director, tapping school alum and former Nike CEO John Donahoe for the high-profile role, the university announced on Thursday, Aug. 1. In his new role, which he will begin […] The post Stanford hires former Nike CEO as its new athletic director appeared first on Palo Alto Onli…
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