Jeff Long (athletic director)
Jeff Long (born c. 1960) is currently the athletic director at the University of Arkansas and joined the university in 2008 after holding the same position at the University of Pittsburgh.[1] Long's career in administration includes positions at the University of Oklahoma, University of Michigan, Virginia Tech and Eastern Kentucky University.
Career
Long replaced Frank Broyles, who retired at Arkansas at the beginning of 2008. Prior to his term at Arkansas, Long was hired as Pittsburgh's athletic director after Steve Pederson left the University of Pittsburgh to take the same position at the University of Nebraska.[2]
Long hired controversial football coach Bobby Petrino in 2008 and later fired Petrino in 2012. The firing followed revelations that Petrino had been in an extramarital affair with a former Arkansas volleyball player, Petrino had hired his mistress to a staff position within the football program, when Petrino had attempted to cover up the fact that he had been riding with her when he was involved in a motorcycle accident in April 2012 Long fired him.[3]
In October 2013, Long was announced as the first chairman of the College Football Playoff selection committee, along with twelve other members.[4]
Personal life
Long is married to the former Fanny Gellrich of Ann Arbor, Michigan and the couple have two daughters, Stephanie and Christina.
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- Clyde H. Wilson (1910–1912)
- Charles A. Keith (1912–1913)
- Ben Barnard (1913–1917)
- Charles F. Miller (1917–1920)
- George Hembree (1920–1929)
- Thomas L. McDonough (1939–1942)
- Turkey Hughes (1942–1963)
- Glenn Presnell (1963–1971)
- Ned L. Warren (1972–1973)
- Donald C. Combs (1973–1990)
- Roy Kidd (1991–1995)
- Robert J. Baugh (1995–1999)
- Jeff Long (1999–2001)
- Joseph C. Smith (2001–2002)
- Jack Lengyel # (2002–2003)
- John Shafer (2003–2004)
- Robert "Jake" Bell # (2004–2005)
- Mark Sandy (2005–2015)
- Steve Lochmueller (2015– )
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