Stanford is the former CEO of Nike John Donahu as a sports director

Donahu will become the eighth sports director at the school and replace Bernard Muyer, who resigned this year. It will officially start the role on September 8.

“Stanford is a unique place in the national athletics scene,” the head of the school, John Levin, said in a statement. “We needed a distinguished leader-a person with a vision, governance and strategic acumen for a new age of athletics, and with a deep appreciation of the Stanford Mathematical Excellence model. John embodies these characteristics.”

For the first time, Espn reported this step.

Donahu graduated from Stanford Business College and filed the CEO of Nike from 2020-24. Donahu also worked as an executive president servicenowGlobal Software Company and CEO EBay website. He held the position of Chairman of PayPal from 2015-25 and worked for Bain & Company for nearly 20 years, including the company’s CEO around the world.

He said: “Stanford has tremendous strengths and tremendous potential in a changing environment, including being a model for achieving both academic and athletic excellence at the highest levels.” “I cannot wait to work in partnership with the Stanford team to build a athletics momentum in Stanford and ensure the best possible experiences for sports students.”

Donahoe is one of the most successful sports programs in the country, as Stanford won the NCAA title at least in 49 years in a row starting from 1976-1977 and 137 NCAA title in general.

But the Cardinal struggled with prominent football sport and men’s basketball under the duration of Muir, which led to the decision to employ Stanford star and the star of the American Football Association Andrew Lak to oversee the football program as its general manager.

Cardinal is looking to recover in football after going to three Rose Powers under the leadership of former coach David Show in the first four years of Miri Kr.

Shaw resigned in 2022 after a second consecutive season 3-9 and the new MUIR employment, Troy Taylor, published consecutive seasons of 3-9 before his expulsion in March after a report that he was investigated twice due to the abuse of employees.

Luck rented former US Football Association coach Frank Raish as a temporary coach.

Men’s basketball program has not made NCAA championship since the second season of Mamir in 2013-14 under the leadership of former coach Johnny Dukens.

Dawkins was launched in 2016 and was replaced by Jerod Haase, who failed to make the tournament once in eight years.

Muir Kyle Smith rented last March to take over and Cardinal went 21-14 for most of his victories in 10 years.

Muir Kate Bay also rented the women’s basketball director last year after the retirement of the Verre Tara Vander Hall. Cardinal went 16-15 this season last season and missed the NCAA championship for the first time since 1987.

Muir also supervised the transfer of the Cardinal to the Administrative Coordination Committee last year after the school house separated in the long term, Pak 12.