Danny Morrison (sports executive)

Danny Morrison is the President of the Carolina Panthers and has worked in college sports administration.

Morrison was the Athletic Director at Wofford College from 1985 to 1997 and then as a Senior Vice President until 2001. As a student he played basketball for the Terriers.^[1] It was during this time the Panthers began holding training camp there. After this tenure, he served as Commissioner of the Southern Conference from 2001 to 2005. From 2005 until September 2009, he was the Athletic Director of Texas Christian University.^[2]

He was named President of the Panthers in September 2008, replacing Mark Richardson, son of owner, Jerry Richardson.^[3]

Personal life

He is a native of Burlington, North Carolina. He has degrees from Wofford (B.A. Mathematics, summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa), North Carolina (masters), and South Carolina (doctorate).

References

Wofford Terriers athletic directors

Ted Petoskey (1942–) Phil Dickens (1947–1952) Conley Snidow (1953–1971) Jack Peterson (1971–1973) Gene Alexander (1974–1976) George F. "Buddy" Sasser (1977–1982) Bill Parker (1983–1984) Danny Morrison (1985–1997) David S. Wood (1997–2001) Richard Johnson (2001– )

Southern Conference commissioners

Wallace Wade (1951–1960) Lloyd Jordan (1960–1974) Ken Germann (1974–1987) Dave Hart (1987–1991) Wright Waters (1991–1998) Alfred B. White (1998–2001) Danny Morrison (2001–2005) John Iamarino (2006– )

TCU Horned Frogs athletic directors

Howard Grubbs (1934–1950) Dutch Meyer (1950–1963) Abe Martin (1963–1975) Frank Windegger (1975–1997) Eric Hyman (1998–2005) Danny Morrison (2005–2009) Chris Del Conte (2009– )

Carolina Panthers team presidents

Mike McCormack (1993–1997) Mark Richardson (1997–2009) Danny Morrison (2009– )

Current team presidents/CEOs of the National Football League

National Football Conference

NFC East	NFC North	NFC South	NFC West

Jerry Jones (Dallas Cowboys) John Mara (New York Giants) Don Smolenski (Philadelphia Eagles) Bruce Allen (Washington Redskins)	Ted Phillips (Chicago Bears) Rod Wood (Detroit Lions) Mark Murphy (Green Bay Packers) Mark Wilf (Minnesota Vikings)	Rich McKay (Atlanta Falcons) Danny Morrison (Carolina Panthers) Dennis Lauscha (New Orleans Saints) Vacant (Tampa Bay Buccaneers)	Michael Bidwill (Arizona Cardinals) None (Los Angeles Rams) Gideon Yu (San Francisco 49ers) Peter McLoughlin (Seattle Seahawks)

Note - Some teams may have both a President and CEO, in those cases the highest ranked of the two (according to the team), not counting the owner, is listed
(*) - de facto, has president/CEO powers but under a different title

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