[82lsju]

Stanford Athletics Chief Operating Officer Alden Mitchell has been asked to serve as Interim Athletics Director, effective immediately, until a permanent hire is made.

Search committee members include:

• Amy Brooks  (Co-Chair), Member of the Stanford Board of Trustees and President, New Business Ventures, National Basketball Association
  
• Jay Mitchell (Co-Chair), Stanford Faculty Athletics Representative and Professor of Law, Emeritus
  
• Alia Crum, Associate Professor of Psychology and, by courtesy, of Medicine
  
• Asher Hong, Men’s Gymnastics Student-Athlete
  
• Condoleezza Rice, Tad & Dianne Taube Director of the Hoover Institution
  
• Jesse Rogers, Stanford Alumnus, Co-Founder and Managing Director of Altamont Capital Partners, Former Stanford Athletics Board and DAPER Investment Fund Member
  
• Tara VanDerveer, Former Stanford Head Women’s Basketball Coach
  
• Howard Wolf, Vice President for Alumni Affairs and President of the Stanford Alumni Association
  

Though a definitive timeline for the search process has not been established, a selection for the position is anticipated this summer.

https://gostanford.com/news/2025/03/28/s...-athletics

more on Alden Mitchell

https://www.linkedin.com/in/aldenmmitchell/

[82lsju]

Stanford Athletics Chief Operating Officer Alden Mitchell has been asked to serve as Interim Athletics Director, effective immediately, until a permanent hire is made.

Search committee members include:

• Amy Brooks  (Co-Chair), Member of the Stanford Board of Trustees and President, New Business Ventures, National Basketball Association
  
• Jay Mitchell (Co-Chair), Stanford Faculty Athletics Representative and Professor of Law, Emeritus
  
• Alia Crum, Associate Professor of Psychology and, by courtesy, of Medicine
  
• Asher Hong, Men’s Gymnastics Student-Athlete
  
• Condoleezza Rice, Tad & Dianne Taube Director of the Hoover Institution
  
• Jesse Rogers, Stanford Alumnus, Co-Founder and Managing Director of Altamont Capital Partners, Former Stanford Athletics Board and DAPER Investment Fund Member
  
• Tara VanDerveer, Former Stanford Head Women’s Basketball Coach
  
• Howard Wolf, Vice President for Alumni Affairs and President of the Stanford Alumni Association
  

Though a definitive timeline for the search process has not been established, a selection for the position is anticipated this summer.

https://gostanford.com/news/2025/03/28/s...-athletics

more on Alden Mitchell

https://www.linkedin.com/in/aldenmmitchell/

[BobK]

An excellent group. However what is an AD without football under him /her

[BobK]

An excellent group. However what is an AD without football under him /her

[Goose]

An excellent group.  However what is an AD without football under him /her

Good question. I am sure lots of potential candidates may ask about that.

[Goose]

An excellent group.  However what is an AD without football under him /her

Good question. I am sure lots of potential candidates may ask about that.

[PVTree]

I'll take a guess and predict that Stanford will hire one of the many well-qualified women out there as its new AD.

[PVTree]

I'll take a guess and predict that Stanford will hire one of the many well-qualified women out there as its new AD.

[GK3]

I'll take a guess and predict that Stanford will hire one of the many well-qualified women out there as its new AD.

No problem unless it is someone with no experience managing Football and Basketball programs.

[GK3]

I'll take a guess and predict that Stanford will hire one of the many well-qualified women out there as its new AD.

No problem unless it is someone with no experience managing Football and Basketball programs.

[Mick]

I'll take a guess and predict that Stanford will hire one of the many well-qualified women out there as its new AD.

No problem unless it is someone with no experience managing Football and Basketball programs.

Just out of curiosity, which woman AD hired the best football coach and/or MBB coach?

[Mick]

I'll take a guess and predict that Stanford will hire one of the many well-qualified women out there as its new AD.

No problem unless it is someone with no experience managing Football and Basketball programs.

Just out of curiosity, which woman AD hired the best football coach and/or MBB coach?

[82lsju]

I'll take a guess and predict that Stanford will hire one of the many well-qualified women out there as its new AD.

No problem unless it is someone with no experience managing Football and Basketball programs.

Just out of curiosity, which woman AD hired the best football coach and/or MBB coach?

probably Nina King who hired Duke's current MBB coach, although she started as AD only a bit before he was hired but may have been part of the process since she had been at Duke for 13 years before that.

[82lsju]

I'll take a guess and predict that Stanford will hire one of the many well-qualified women out there as its new AD.

No problem unless it is someone with no experience managing Football and Basketball programs.

Just out of curiosity, which woman AD hired the best football coach and/or MBB coach?

probably Nina King who hired Duke's current MBB coach, although she started as AD only a bit before he was hired but may have been part of the process since she had been at Duke for 13 years before that.

[Giants]

I'll take a guess and predict that Stanford will hire one of the many well-qualified women out there as its new AD.

No problem unless it is someone with no experience managing Football and Basketball programs.

Just out of curiosity, which woman AD hired the best football coach and/or MBB coach?

Jennifer Cohen hired Chris Petersen at UW.

[Giants]

I'll take a guess and predict that Stanford will hire one of the many well-qualified women out there as its new AD.

No problem unless it is someone with no experience managing Football and Basketball programs.

Just out of curiosity, which woman AD hired the best football coach and/or MBB coach?

Jennifer Cohen hired Chris Petersen at UW.

[mutoo1]

i don't want "one of the many well-qualified women out there as [stanford's] new AD."

just hire the best, most qualified candidate.

[mutoo1]

i don't want "one of the many well-qualified women out there as [stanford's] new AD."

just hire the best, most qualified candidate.

[terry]

It's interesting that Alden Mitchell has been named the interim AD "effective immediately." When Muir's resignation was announced, the press release said he would step down "at the end of this academic year." I guess the timeline for the transition has been accelerated.

[terry]

It's interesting that Alden Mitchell has been named the interim AD "effective immediately." When Muir's resignation was announced, the press release said he would step down "at the end of this academic year." I guess the timeline for the transition has been accelerated.

[Bampa]

i don't want "one of the many well-qualified women out there as [stanford's] new AD."

just hire the best, most qualified candidate.

 + 1000

[Bampa]

i don't want "one of the many well-qualified women out there as [stanford's] new AD."

just hire the best, most qualified candidate.

 + 1000

[crackpot]

It's interesting that Alden Mitchell has been named the interim AD "effective immediately." When Muir's resignation was announced, the press release said he would step down "at the end of this academic year." I guess the timeline for the transition has been accelerated.

Didn't you like how they snuck that in there? I'm guessing they gave him the rest of the fiscal year off...

[crackpot]

It's interesting that Alden Mitchell has been named the interim AD "effective immediately." When Muir's resignation was announced, the press release said he would step down "at the end of this academic year." I guess the timeline for the transition has been accelerated.

Didn't you like how they snuck that in there? I'm guessing they gave him the rest of the fiscal year off...

[Mick]

Football, men's basketball, and baseball rank first, second, and third, respectively, in revenue production across U.S. colleges and universities, yet our committee of eight has two gymnasts and two representatives of women's basketball accounting for half the membership. Alia Crum is an impressive human being who will bring solid perspective on athletic performance. Jesse Rogers is a leader of Lifetime Cardinal and would understand the importance of NIL. Why no John Elway or John Lynch, both of whom played football and baseball at Stanford? Tara VanDerveer has at least tangential involvement in the Troy Taylor fiasco, through her counseling of Heather Owen. Can she be objective? I have my doubts.

Stanford athletics needs to take a turn toward hardness and grit. I don't see this group improving on what we had. Will happily be proven wrong.

I'm guessing that's why Condoleeza Rice is on the committee?

[Mick]

Football, men's basketball, and baseball rank first, second, and third, respectively, in revenue production across U.S. colleges and universities, yet our committee of eight has two gymnasts and two representatives of women's basketball accounting for half the membership. Alia Crum is an impressive human being who will bring solid perspective on athletic performance. Jesse Rogers is a leader of Lifetime Cardinal and would understand the importance of NIL. Why no John Elway or John Lynch, both of whom played football and baseball at Stanford? Tara VanDerveer has at least tangential involvement in the Troy Taylor fiasco, through her counseling of Heather Owen. Can she be objective? I have my doubts.

Stanford athletics needs to take a turn toward hardness and grit. I don't see this group improving on what we had. Will happily be proven wrong.

I'm guessing that's why Condoleeza Rice is on the committee?

[chrisk]

Football, men's basketball, and baseball rank first, second, and third, respectively, in revenue production across U.S. colleges and universities, yet our committee of eight has two gymnasts and two representatives of women's basketball accounting for half the membership. Alia Crum is an impressive human being who will bring solid perspective on athletic performance. Jesse Rogers is a leader of Lifetime Cardinal and would understand the importance of NIL. Why no John Elway or John Lynch, both of whom played football and baseball at Stanford? Tara VanDerveer has at least tangential involvement in the Troy Taylor fiasco, through her counseling of Heather Owen. Can she be objective? I have my doubts.

Stanford athletics needs to take a turn toward hardness and grit. I don't see this group improving on what we had. Will happily be proven wrong.

I'm guessing that's why Condoleeza Rice is on the committee?

As the "football expert?" That may be the idea. An unimaginative idea, if so. This is a really important hire for Stanford. Consider what Chris Del Conte has accomplished at the University of Texas.

Stanford needs someone comparably ambitious and determined.

Have we established that football will report to the new AD going forward?

[chrisk]

Football, men's basketball, and baseball rank first, second, and third, respectively, in revenue production across U.S. colleges and universities, yet our committee of eight has two gymnasts and two representatives of women's basketball accounting for half the membership. Alia Crum is an impressive human being who will bring solid perspective on athletic performance. Jesse Rogers is a leader of Lifetime Cardinal and would understand the importance of NIL. Why no John Elway or John Lynch, both of whom played football and baseball at Stanford? Tara VanDerveer has at least tangential involvement in the Troy Taylor fiasco, through her counseling of Heather Owen. Can she be objective? I have my doubts.

Stanford athletics needs to take a turn toward hardness and grit. I don't see this group improving on what we had. Will happily be proven wrong.

I'm guessing that's why Condoleeza Rice is on the committee?

As the "football expert?" That may be the idea. An unimaginative idea, if so. This is a really important hire for Stanford. Consider what Chris Del Conte has accomplished at the University of Texas.

Stanford needs someone comparably ambitious and determined.

Have we established that football will report to the new AD going forward?

[2006alum]

It's interesting that Alden Mitchell has been named the interim AD "effective immediately." When Muir's resignation was announced, the press release said he would step down "at the end of this academic year." I guess the timeline for the transition has been accelerated.

If I had to guess, I'm betting the University Admins changed their tune once the Taylor scandal started unfolding in public. To the extent Muir had a hand in keeping Taylor even after the *second* damning internal investigation, it's possible they felt it was time to escalate how quickly the door would hit him in the a$$.

[2006alum]

It's interesting that Alden Mitchell has been named the interim AD "effective immediately." When Muir's resignation was announced, the press release said he would step down "at the end of this academic year." I guess the timeline for the transition has been accelerated.

If I had to guess, I'm betting the University Admins changed their tune once the Taylor scandal started unfolding in public. To the extent Muir had a hand in keeping Taylor even after the *second* damning internal investigation, it's possible they felt it was time to escalate how quickly the door would hit him in the a$$.

[82lsju]

It's interesting that Alden Mitchell has been named the interim AD "effective immediately." When Muir's resignation was announced, the press release said he would step down "at the end of this academic year." I guess the timeline for the transition has been accelerated.

If I had to guess, I'm betting the University Admins changed their tune once the Taylor scandal started unfolding in public. To the extent Muir had a hand in keeping Taylor even after the *second* damning internal investigation, it's possible they felt it was time to escalate how quickly the door would hit him in the a$$.

the original announcement of his retirement on Feb 25, 2026 did say

Stanford will appoint an acting athletics director in the coming weeks before a search for a permanent replacement for Muir gets underway.

https://gostanford.com/news/2025/02/25/b...-athletics

of course it also implied his intention to stay through this academic year

Bernard Muir has announced his intention to step down as director of Stanford Athletics at the end of this academic year.

of course that may just be to help with the transition to the next AD or he may be getting paid but not actually working until then

[82lsju]

It's interesting that Alden Mitchell has been named the interim AD "effective immediately." When Muir's resignation was announced, the press release said he would step down "at the end of this academic year." I guess the timeline for the transition has been accelerated.

If I had to guess, I'm betting the University Admins changed their tune once the Taylor scandal started unfolding in public. To the extent Muir had a hand in keeping Taylor even after the *second* damning internal investigation, it's possible they felt it was time to escalate how quickly the door would hit him in the a$$.

the original announcement of his retirement on Feb 25, 2026 did say

Stanford will appoint an acting athletics director in the coming weeks before a search for a permanent replacement for Muir gets underway.

https://gostanford.com/news/2025/02/25/b...-athletics

of course it also implied his intention to stay through this academic year

Bernard Muir has announced his intention to step down as director of Stanford Athletics at the end of this academic year.

of course that may just be to help with the transition to the next AD or he may be getting paid but not actually working until then

[martyup]

My guess is that Muir intended to stay "on payroll" until the end of the academic year but otherwise was done as AD.

[martyup]

My guess is that Muir intended to stay "on payroll" until the end of the academic year but otherwise was done as AD.