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• Reaction to 4 AD Hires and 3 AD Openings
  by Travis Smith
  March 18, 2026
  According to the HEA D1 AD Hiring Tracker there are 15 available D1 athletic director jobs. Today I will discuss the openings at Toledo, San Francisco, and Kentucky. First, I want to give a reaction to four recent AD hires at New Mexico, Charlotte, Syracuse, and Oklahoma.… Read more: Reaction to 4 AD Hires and 3 AD Openings

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