Brad Bates

Brad Bates (born c. 1959) is a former American college athletics administrator. He was the athletic director at Boston College from 2012 to 2017. He resigned in February 2017 to join the executive search and consulting firm Collegiate Sports Associates.[1][2]

Brad Bates
Biographical details
Bornc. 1959
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
2002–2012Miami OH
2012–2017Boston College

Bates was previously the athletic director at Miami University from 2002 to 2012. He also spent 17 years working in athletic administration at Vanderbilt University.[3]

He played college football under Bo Schembechler as a defensive back at the University of Michigan where he received a varsity letter as a member of the 1980 team that won the 1980 Rose Bowl.[4] He received a bachelor of arts degree from Michigan in 1981.[3]

At BC, Bates finalized a $200 million strategic plan for new athletic facilities. He was responsible for hiring football coach Steve Addazio and men’s basketball coach Jim Christian. During Bates tenure as AD, the school’s marquee sports programs suffered from poor performance and decreased attendance.[5] During the 2015-16 academic year, Boston College went winless in the ACC in football and men's basketball and compiled an 8-70 record in football, men's basketball and women's basketball.[6]

References
  1. "Brad Bates resigns as Boston College athletic director". The Boston Globe. February 20, 2017.
  2. "Brad Bates out BC as athletic director". Boston Herald. February 20, 2017. Archived from the original on September 17, 2017. Retrieved September 17, 2017.
  3. "Brad Bates biography". Miami University. Archived from the original on September 17, 2017. Retrieved September 16, 2017.
  4. "1980 Michigan Wolverines football Roster". University of Michigan, Bentley Historical Library. Retrieved September 16, 2017.
  5. "Brad Bates out BC as athletic director". Boston Herald. February 20, 2017. Archived from the original on September 17, 2017. Retrieved September 17, 2017.
  6. Rittenberg, Adam (August 30, 2019). "Boston College AD Brad Bates leaving after school year". ESPN. Retrieved 24 December 2021.
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