Zach Stipe
Associate AD / Communications
CINCINNATI – University of Cincinnati Director of Athletics John Cunningham announced on Monday several updates to his executive staff.
Bria McLaurin, Keri Thoman and Trever Wright were added to Cunningham's executive staff, while three senior administrators received updated titles or responsibilities.
McLaurin joined the Bearcats in 2021 and oversees tickets sales and operations as the Associate AD/Ticketing, while Thoman, who joined Cincinnati in 2008, serves as the Associate AD/Director of Academic Services and oversees women's soccer and women's lacrosse.
Wright came to UC in 2014 and has served as the Associate AD for Compliance since 2018. He oversees track and field and cross country.
John Daniel was promoted to Deputy AD/Chief Financial Officer. He has served as UC's CFO and as a member of executive staff since April 2022. Daniel also is the administrative oversight for football.
Brad Pike moved to a newly created role of AD Chief of Staff where he will report directly to Cunningham and assist with all administrative operations for the athletic department in addition to taking on the role of oversight of the men's basketball program. Pike joined UC in in May 2022 as the Executive Senior Associate AD for Wellness. He will continue to oversee the Bearcats' student-athlete health and wellness initiatives.
Deputy AD/External Anthony Di Fino will expand his role to oversee the executive staff as well as UCATS – the fundraising arm for Cincinnati Athletics. Di Fino will continue to oversee all external operations, including ticket sales and service, fan experience and engagement and The Agency (creative/communications/digital).
"Heading into our new fiscal year and as we enter the Big 12, I spent time evaluating our department and determined this was the right moment to expand our executive staff to include all of our sport supervisors and those that lead our revenue generation efforts," Cunningham said. "Our mission, to connect our community, enhance our university and change the lives of student-athletes continues. These changes allow our department to run more efficiently and will make us better equipped to handle the constantly evolving world of college athletics – especially in the Name, Image and Likeness era."
Cincinnati Athletics Executive Staff – 2023-24
- John Cunningham, Director of Athletics
- John Daniel, Deputy AD/CFO
- Anthony Di Fino, Deputy AD, External Relations
- Maggie McKinley, Deputy AD, Senior Woman Administrator
- Brad Pike, Chief of Staff
- Karen Hatcher, Executive Senior Associate AD/Assistant VP, Principal Gifts – Athletics
- Joe Luckey, Executive Senior Associate AD, Student-Athlete Support Services
- Brad Okel, Executive Director of UCATs
- Ben Hofstetter, Senior Associate AD, Digital & Strategic Engagement
- Bria McLaurin, Associate AD, Ticketing
- Michael Thomas, Associate AD, Major and Principal Gifts/Senior Director of Development – Athletics
- Keri Thoman, Associate AD, Director of Academic Services
- Trever Wright, Associate AD, Compliance & Administration
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