Iowa State announced Jared Benko as its new athletics director. Benko previously served as the executive deputy athletics director at Auburn.
He takes over for longtime athletics director Jamie Pollard, who led a transformative era at Iowa State over the last two decades, but Benko will be tasked with taking the Cyclones to even greater heights while navigating an ever-changing college sports landscape.
Here's what you need to know about Iowa State's new athletics director:
Who is Iowa State athletics director Jared Benko?
Benko was named Iowa State's new athletics director on Oct. 16.
He has nearly two decades of experience working in collegiate athletics and most recently was Auburn's executive deputy athletics director.
At Auburn, he was in charge of business operations, name-image-likeness, revenue sharing and generation, NIL events and strategic initiatives. He also oversaw contracts, sports performance, sports medicine, equipment and player management.
He is credited with negotiating a 10-year multimedia rights agreement with Playfly that is projected to exceed $230 million.
Prior to Auburn, he racked up experience working in administrative and leadership roles at...
Source: Yahoo Sports