Hunter Yurachek | |
Current Team: | Arkansas |
Current Title: | Athletic director |
Current Conference: | SEC |
Birth Date: | 21 October 1968 |
Birth Place: | Richmond, Virginia, U.S. |
Alma Mater: | Guilford College |
Admin Years1: | 1994–1998 |
Admin Team1: | Wake Forest (assistant director of marketing and promotions) |
Admin Years2: | 1998–2000 |
Admin Team2: | Vanderbilt (assistant athletics director) |
Admin Years3: | 2001–2004 |
Admin Team3: | Western Carolina (senior associate athletics director) |
Admin Years4: | 2004–2006 |
Admin Team4: | Virginia (associate athletics director) |
Admin Years5: | 2006–2010 |
Admin Team5: | Akron (executive senior associate athletics director) |
Admin Years6: | 2010–2015 |
Admin Team6: | Coastal Carolina |
Admin Years7: | 2015–2017 |
Admin Team7: | Houston |
Admin Years8: | 2017–present |
Admin Team8: | Arkansas |
Hunter Reid Yurachek (born October 21, 1968) is an American university sports administrator who is athletic director at the University of Arkansas, and previously for the University of Houston.
Yurachek was born on October 21, 1968, in Richmond, Virginia, and was raised in Charlotte, North Carolina. He lettered four years in basketball and received his bachelor's degree at Guilford College in 1990, and then his master's degree from the University of Richmond in 1994.[1]
After stints at Wake Forest, Vanderbilt, Western Carolina, Virginia, and Akron, Yurachek was named athletic director for Coastal Carolina University. He was named the 2014 FCS Athletic Director of the Year while at Coastal Carolina. [2]
After a stint at Houston as vice president for athletics, Yurachek once again became an athletic director, this time at the University of Arkansas. Yurachek has helped improve Arkansas both in and out of sports, overseeing Arkansas programs win several SEC and national titles, along with setting a spring term GPA record with an average 3.43 GPA.[3]