Notre Dame athletic director Jack Swarbrick will step down from his position in 2024 and be replaced by Pete Bevacqua, chairman of NBC Sports Group, the school announced Thursday. Here’s what you need to know:
- Bevacqua will join the university on July 1 as a special assistant to the president of athletics and will be mentored by Swarbrick before assuming leadership.
- Swarbrick returned to his alma mater Notre Dame in 2008 as athletic director, the only school he has ever held that position for.
- Bevacqua, a 1993 Notre Dame graduate, has been chairman of NBC Sports since 2020. He previously served as president of the broadcasting network, and before he spent six years as CEO of the PGA of America.
- Notre Dame has won four national championships (in women’s basketball, men’s soccer, women’s soccer and men’s lacrosse) in Swarbrick’s tenure. The Fighting Irish football team made one national championship game appearance and two College Football Playoff appearances in that time.
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