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Hartzell surprised many this winter when he stepped down as president of UT Austin, a campus he’d called home for 29 years, and announced he was heading to SMU. "It's all about the opportunity ...
The university's longest-tenured president talks about increasing endowment five-fold, the athletic department's new era as part of the ACC, and his expectations for incoming president Jay Hartzell.
I know Hartzell is excited, as is his wife, for the opportunity, but I sure hate to lose him over how the top legislators have treated him.
Damon Evans shakes President-elect Jay Hartzell’s hand. Hartzell, who will become SMU’s 11th president, helped in the search for the new athletic director. (David Sedman) “When I saw the news that ...
In the midst of an NCAA Tournament run, Maryland athletics has officially lost its Athletic Director. Damon Evans, who was with Maryland since 2018, has left Co ...
He and his wife, Kerri, have two children, Cameron and Kennedy. Evans takes over an SMU Athletics Department on the ascendancy. In 2023–24, SMU set a program record with eight championship teams, ...
Jay Hartzell was a key part of the Longhorns move to the SEC starting talks with Oklahoma President Joe Harroz back in 2021 with SEC Commissioner Greg Sankey. Texas and Oklahoma were unanimously ...
Clemson stole Penn State defensive coordinator Tom Allen. Penn State responded by stealing Ohio State defensive coordinator Jim Knowles on Sunday, much to the disappointment of OU and Notre Dame ...
Hartzell, who previously served as the dean of the McCombs School of Business, has guided the university to record heights in application, enrollment, graduation rates, research expenditures, and ...
University of Texas President Jay Hartzell poses for a photo at Dallas Hall following a news conference announcing Hartzell as the new Southern Methodist University president on Jan. 7, 2025, in ...
AUSTIN, Texas -- University of Texas at Austin President Jay Hartzell said Tuesday he is leaving the UT System's flagship school to become the next president of Southern Methodist University ...
SMU's Board of Trustees voted unanimously to hire Hartzell. He'll succeed R. Gerald Turner, who announced in August that he would retire after 30 years on the job on May 31, 2025. “With Dr ...