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John Currie was born on 1 April, 1971 in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, U.S., is an A wake forest demon deacon athletic directors. Discover John Currie's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 52 years old?

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Age 52 years old
Zodiac Sign Aries
Born 1 April 1971
Birthday 1 April
Birthplace Chapel Hill, North Carolina, U.S.
Nationality United States

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1964

Currie is just the third individual to have held the position since 1964 following the 28-year tenure of Gene Hooks (1964–92) and 27-year tenure of Ron Wellman (1992–2019).

1971

John Angus Lauchlin Currie (born April 1, 1971) is a college athletics administrator, currently serving as the director of athletics at Wake Forest University.

1993

Currie earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in history with a minor in politics from Wake Forest University in 1993 and a Master of Science degree in sport management from the University of Tennessee in 2003.

Currie began his professional career at Wake Forest in 1993 as a Deacon Club intern before he was appointed assistant Deacon Club director in 1994 (a position he held until 1997).

1997

After a two-year stint as Assistant Athletics Director at Wake Forest, Currie joined the University of Tennessee in 1997 as executive director of its Athletic Scholarship Fund.

2008

As an athletic director, he fundraised more than $100 million from private donors, which made a record of receiving private gifts of $50 million at Tennessee in 2008 and $60 million at K-State in 2014.

At Tennessee as Executive Associate Athletic Director, Currie was among Knoxville business' "40 under 40".

2009

Currie served as Executive Associate Athletic Directory at University of Tennessee until 2009.

From 2009 to 2017 Currie was the athletic director of Kansas State University.

2010

He also served on the NCAA Division I Administrative Cabinet from 2010 to 2015, and became a Life Member of the Fiesta Bowl Board of Directors.

During Currie's tenure, the school's athletics budget has increased by $26 million over its 2010 budget of $44.1 million to $73 million.

KSU's athletics budget has had a surplus for six consecutive years.

The university invested $190 million in new and upgraded facilities, including the West Stadium Center at Bill Snyder Family Stadium and a basketball training venue.

2011

Currie was announced winner of Sports Business Journal Forty Under 40 awards in 2011.

2012

After the Kansas State Wildcats won or shared Big 12 Conference championships in football, men's basketball and baseball in the 2012–13 academic year, Currie was honored as one of four 2013 Under Armour Athletic Directors of the Year by the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics.

2014

In October 2014, Currie asked the KSU Athletic Board of Directors to discontinue Women's Equestrian and replace it with Women's Soccer to maintain Title IX compliance for the university.

Based on Currie's recommendation, K-State Athletic Board of Directors approved eliminating Women's Equestrian and replacing it with Women's Soccer.

However, the NCAA ultimately tabled their committee's recommendation, making no changes to Women's Equestrian and its relationship with the NCAA.

2015

In May 2015, a new football complex was under construction which was scheduled to open in September.

In a letter to supporters dated June 30, 2015, Currie wrote that the KSU athletics department's first goal was to provide "A World-Class Student-Athlete Experience".

2016

He had cultivated relationships with alumni and donors, and his department projected a $4.4 million budget increase for the 2016 fiscal year.

2017

Prior to his post at Wake Forest, Currie held the position of Vice Chancellor and director of athletics at the University of Tennessee from February 28, 2017 until December 1, 2017.

In 2017, Currie rejoined Tennessee but as an athletic director.

Currie took over as athletic director on February 28, 2017.

Currie was dismissed on December 1, 2017 related to agreeing to terms with then Ohio State defensive coordinator Greg Schiano to be the school's next head football coach.

The Schiano recruitment led to a large protest by fans claiming Schiano had involvement in a Penn State scandal during his time on the Penn State coaching staff, but Schiano has been cleared of any wrongdoing by officials from both Penn State and Ohio State.

Tennessee received criticism from national sportswriters for a perceived overreactive response to social media.

Currie later had a deal in place to hire Mike Leach, however the deal never came to be because of changes in UT’s administration.

Phillip Fulmer organized a “palace coup”, replacing John Currie as AD and ultimately hired Jeremy Pruitt as head football coach.

According to the Knoxville News Sentinel, Fulmer "wormed his way into the athletics director job after sabotaging the coaching search by former AD John Currie in 2017."

2018

In 2018, it was announced that he had joined the Columbia University's Sports Management graduate program as a professor.

2019

In 2019, Currie became the athletic director of Wake Forest.

Currie administered K-State Athletics' projected $71 million budget, managed 165 employees, and maintained relations with 450 student athletes.

John Currie became Wake Forest's sixth athletic director in school history when he was named to the position on March 3, 2019.