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Dan Radakovich

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College	Georgia Tech
Years	2006-present
Title	Athletic Director
School as a player
1977-1980	Indiana University of Pennsylvania
Position	tight end / punter[1]
Positions
2006 - present 2001-2006 2000-2001 1994-2000 1989-1994 1983-1985	AD, Georgia Tech Senior Associate AD, LSU AD, American University Associate AD, South Carolina Associate AD, Long Beach State Athletics Business Manager, Miami

Dan Radakovich is the Athletics Director at Georgia Tech. He has held that position since February 22, 2006, beating out former Tech player and head coach Bill Curry and former Tech baseball and football player and baseball assistant coach Cam Bonifay for the job.^[2][3][4] Radakovich has a long background in dealing with program finance, as well as large scale renovation and facility improvement. Over the course of his career, Radakovich has managed over a quarter of a billion dollars for various University's athletic departments.

Radakovich, a Serbian American^[5], hails from Monaca, PA where he attended Center High School, just outside of Aliquippa, PA. Among his academic accomplishments is a master's degree in business administration from the University of Miami in 1982.

Career

Georgia Tech

• Dramatically improved the sales of season tickets for the 2006 football season, especially "chairback" or "club level" season tickets
• Praised nationally for the hiring of Head Football Coach Paul Johnson

LSU

• Developed football ticket donation program
• Involved in $90,000,000 renovation of Tiger Stadium

American University

• Helped get American into the Patriot League

South Carolina

• Responsible for managing $33,000,000 in facility improvements
• Helped managed logistics of new Colonial Center Arena, now the home of USC's basketball teams as well as other sports

Long Beach State

• Revamped radio broadcast agreements

References

External links

• Georgia Tech bio
• Atlanta-Journal Constitution profile
• Buzz Words: Radakovich Named Athletics Director
• GT Alumni Association interview