Eddie Nunez has agreed to a five-year deal to develop into athletic director on the College of Houston, the college introduced Saturday.
Nunez will depart the College of New Mexico for the Cougars and the Large 12 Convention. He was named the Lobos’ athletic director in 2017, and his title was modified to incorporate vp in 2021.
Nunez, who performed basketball for former coach Billy Donovan and the Florida Gators, additionally labored for LSU’s athletic division, and can now head a college attempting to realize its footing within the clogged Large 12. He might be launched Wednesday.
“Eddie Nunez brings a wealth of expertise and a confirmed monitor document of success throughout a time of nice transformation in faculty athletics,” Houston president Renu Khator stated in an announcement. “His management might be important as we proceed to raise our athletics applications, improve the student-athlete expertise and construct on the great momentum on the College of Houston.”
In its first season within the new league, Houston’s soccer staff went 4-8 final 12 months, ending the schedule on a four-game shedding streak. After the season, former coach Dana Holgorsen was fired and changed by Willie Fritz, who led Tulane to a program renaissance.
Nunez will change Chris Pezman, who was dismissed after seven years in that put up, in June. On the time, in an announcement, Khator stated, “Chris Pezman ushered our athletics program by a interval of unimaginable transformation, and we’re grateful for his management over the previous six years. He has been a pivotal a part of our entry into the Large 12 Convention and championed the success of pupil athletes on the sphere and within the classroom.
“This was a troublesome however needed choice as we navigate a paradigm shift in collegiate athletics.”
The Cougars open the soccer season on Aug. 31 vs. UNLV.
