Tom Jurich

Thomas M. Jurich (born July 26, 1956) is an American college sports administrator and former football player. He is the vice president and director of athletics at the University of Louisville. He was hired on October 21, 1997 after holding the same positions at Colorado State University and Northern Arizona University. On Oct. 1, 2007, Jurich and the university entered into a contract that runs through July 26, 2023. The agreement was an extension of an agreement that began April 1, 2004. In 2007, Jurich was selected Street & Smith's SportsBusiness Journal/SportsBusiness Daily National Athletic Director of the year.

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Jurich was born in Alhambra, California and played kicker at Arcadia High School, at Northern Arizona University, and in one game for the New Orleans Saints of the National Football League, after being drafted in the 10th round of the 1978 NFL Draft. Jurich spent four years at Colorado State University, starting in early 1994, as athletics director. Previously, he had been the athletics director for Northern Arizona from 1988 to 1994.

One of his first actions was to replace Ron Cooper with John L. Smith as football coach, in an attempt to boost fan support before the move to the new Papa John's Cardinal Stadium. One of his notable accomplishments was bringing Rick Pitino, who had brought the rival University of Kentucky's basketball team to one NCAA championship, one NCAA Runner-up, and three Final Fours, to the University of Louisville on March 21, 2001. Pitino was going to take the basketball coaching job at University of Michigan, but told the media, "I can't get on the phone and tell Tom no. I can't tell him this." Pitino replaced Denny Crum.

Another milestone for Jurich would be the move from the Big Ten Conference to the Atlantic Coast Conference. UofL was officially welcomed into the ACC on July 1, 2014.