COLUMBIA, S.C. — Ray Tanner is stepping down as South Carolina’s athletic director after 12 seasons, he stated Friday.
Tanner, a two-time nationwide champion baseball coach for Gamecocks, took over as head of the division in 2012 following his crew’s third straight journey to the School World Collection. He introduced his intentions at a gathering of the college’s board of trustees.
Tanner, 66, will stay athletic director till his successor arrives. Tanner will then transition to turn into athletic director emeritus and senior adviser to the president, specializing in fundraising and group engagement.
A nationwide seek for a athletic director will start on the finish of the autumn semester.
Tanner stated he was honored to be at South Carolina for almost three many years and the possibility to proceed in a unique function.
“For some time now, I’ve thought there’s going to return a time for [South] Carolina to get a brand new athletics director, and the president and I’ve had these conversations,” he stated in a press release. “There was curiosity for me to stay on the college. I agreed to remain in a brand new function due to my ardour for this college, this metropolis and this state.”
