Dan Radakovich
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Dan Radakovich is the Athletics Director at Georgia Tech. He has held that position since February 22, 2006, beating out former Tech player and head coach Bill Curry
and former Tech baseball and football player and baseball assistant coach Cam Bonifay
for the job. Radakovich has a long background in dealing with program finance, as well as large scale renovation and facility improvement. Over the course of his career, Radakovich has managed over a quarter of a billion dollars for various University's athletic departments.
Radakovich, a Serbian American
, hails from Monaca, PA where he attended Center High School, just outside of Aliquippa, PA. Among his academic accomplishments is a master's degree in business administration from the University of Miami
in 1982.
Bill Curry
William Alexander "Bill" Curry is an American football coach and former player. He is the current head coach at Georgia State University, which began competing in college football in 2010...
and former Tech baseball and football player and baseball assistant coach Cam Bonifay
Cam Bonifay
Cameron Hubert Bonifay is a former major league baseball executive and scout, best known as general manager of the Pittsburgh Pirates from 1993 to 2001....
for the job. Radakovich has a long background in dealing with program finance, as well as large scale renovation and facility improvement. Over the course of his career, Radakovich has managed over a quarter of a billion dollars for various University's athletic departments.
Radakovich, a Serbian American
Serbian American
Serbian Americans are citizens of the United States who are of Serbian ancestry. For the 2000 US Census, 140,337 Americans indicated Serbian as their first ancestry, while 170,312 persons declared to have Serbian ancestry...
, hails from Monaca, PA where he attended Center High School, just outside of Aliquippa, PA. Among his academic accomplishments is a master's degree in business administration from the University of Miami
University of Miami
The University of Miami is a private, non-sectarian university founded in 1925 with its main campus in Coral Gables, Florida, a medical campus in Miami city proper at Civic Center, and an oceanographic research facility on Virginia Key., the university currently enrolls 15,629 students in 12...
in 1982.
Georgia Tech
- Dramatically improved the sales of season tickets for the 2006 football season, especially "chairback" or "club level" season tickets
- Praised nationally for the hiring of Head Football Coach Paul Johnson
LSU
- Developed football ticket donation program
- Involved in $90,000,000 renovation of Tiger StadiumTiger Stadium (LSU)Tiger Stadium is an outdoor stadium located in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. It is best known as the home stadium of the Louisiana State University football team.Tiger Stadium opened with a capacity of 12,000 in 1924...
South Carolina
- Responsible for managing $33,000,000 in facility improvements
- Helped managed logistics of new Colonial Center Arena, now the home of USC's basketball teams as well as other sports