South Carolina is set to hire TCU athletic director Jeremiah Donati as its new AD, sources confirmed to ESPN’s Pete Thamel on Wednesday.
The university’s board of trustees scheduled a meeting for Thursday, when Donati’s hiring is set to become official.
Donati will take over for longtime South Carolina athletic director Ray Tanner, who announced in September he was moving to a different role as special adviser to university president Michael Amiridis when his successor was selected.
When Tanner made his choice to leave public, Amiridis said he wanted an athletic director who had experience. Donati certainly fits that bill.
Donati was named TCU’s athletic director in December 2017. During his tenure, TCU’s football team played in the national championship game, where it was beaten by Georgia in 2022.
Donati, 47, will take over a South Carolina athletic program that is excelling in many areas.
Dawn Staley and the women’s basketball team are coming off their third national title since 2017. The men’s basketball team reached the NCAA tournament last season for the first time in seven years.
And the South Carolina football team went 9-3 after six straight victories, including Saturday’s 17-14 win over rival Clemson.
Before coming to TCU, Donati was with Leigh Steinberg Sports and Entertainment as general counsel and director of player representation. He has also worked at college fundraising positions at Arizona, Washington State and Cal Poly.
Information from The Associated Press was used in this report.
