Overview

• John Donahoe, 65, will officially assume the athletic director role at Stanford University on Sept. 8, succeeding Bernard Muir.
• Donahoe brings extensive corporate experience from leadership roles at Nike, eBay and ServiceNow and earned his MBA at Stanford.
• He will oversee football general manager Andrew Luck, shifting Luck’s reporting line from university president Jon Levin to the athletic department.
• Stanford aims to harness Donahoe’s business acumen to navigate new collegiate sports dynamics such as athlete compensation policies and conference realignment.
• His mandate includes reviving underperforming marquee programs in football and men’s basketball while sustaining elite performance in Olympic sports.