| Chris Del Conte | |
| Current Title: | Athletic director |
| Current Team: | Texas |
| Current Conference: | SEC |
| Birth Date: | 19 June 1968 |
| Birth Place: | Taos, New Mexico, U.S. |
| Alma Mater: | University of California, Santa Barbara (BA) Washington State University (M.Ed) |
| Player Team1: | UC Santa Barbara |
| Admin Years1: | 1994–1998 |
| Admin Team1: | Cal Poly (assistant AD) |
| Admin Years2: | 1998–1999 |
| Admin Team2: | Washington State (assistant AD) |
| Admin Years3: | 2000–2006 |
| Admin Team3: | Arizona (senior associate AD) |
| Admin Years4: | 2006–2009 |
| Admin Team4: | Rice |
| Admin Years5: | 2009–2017 |
| Admin Team5: | TCU |
| Admin Years6: | 2017–present |
| Admin Team6: | Texas |
Chris Del Conte (born June 19, 1968) is an American college athletics administrator. He is the athletic director at the University of Texas at Austin, a position he has held since 2017. Del Conte served as the athletic director at Rice University from 2006 to 2009 and Texas Christian University (TCU) from 2009 to 2017.[1] Under Del Conte, Texas has won the Directors' Cup as the nation's top performing athletic department in the 2020-21, 2021-22 and 2023-24 seasons.[2]
Del Conte grew up in New Mexico and Mexico. His parents were Christian missionaries who ran a service home for over 150 foster children and founded the San Felipe Humanitarian Alliance.[3] [4] He is a graduate of the University of California, Santa Barbara, where he was a student-athlete in track and field and received a Bachelor of Arts degree in sociology. He also holds a master's degree in education, administration and supervision from Washington State University.
Del Conte is married and has two daughters.
On May 22, 2024, Del Conte won the Sports Business Journal's 2024 Athletic Director of the Year award.[5] [6]