Todd Stansbury, UCF’s Athletic Director, is leaving to take the same position at Oregon State, according to the Orlando Sentinel.
“Todd has obviously done a lot of good things here,” UCF coach George O’Leary told the Orlando Sentinel, “but he’s going back to where he came from and Oregon State is a Power 5 school. I can certainly see the enticement of him wanting to take the job.”
Stansbury took over the UCF athletics program on March 1, 2012 after spending nine years at Oregon State as the school’s executive associate athletic director, according to the Orlando Sentinel.
During the time Stansbury was overseeing the UCF athletic department, the Knights have moved from Conference USA to the American Athletic Conference. UCF’s football team went 12-1 their first year as a part of the new conference and won the Fiesta Bowl against Baylor. The UCF Knights finished as a top 15 ranked football team that year.
UCF athletics captured a total of seven championships from various sports this past year.
Stansbury will also be named to the newly-formed Football Oversight Committee in early April. The group was created as part of the new governance changes to the NCAA and is chaired by Big 12 commissioner Bob Bowlsby. It will be in charge of looking at issues affecting college football including an early signing period, satellite camps and over signing, according to the Orlando Sentinel.
UCF athletics was ranked No.56 for total revenue production amongst other Division 1 schools across the country this year. USF athletics was ranked right behind UCF at No.57.
UCF athletics also is ranked No.1 in average graduation rate for athletes over the last six years under Stansbury.
