[Ucrfacultyandstaff] Search Announcement: Director of Intercollegiate Athletics

[ExecutiveSearch ExecutiveSearch]

Dear Campus Community:



I write to announce the launch of a national search for the Director of
Intercollegiate Athletics
<https://provost.ucr.edu/director-intercollegiate-athletics-0> at UC
Riverside. The search officially launched on Friday, October 31, and we are
encouraging prospective candidates to submit their materials no later than
11:59 p.m. (PST) on January 2, 2026.



The campus has retained Parker Executive Search, a national executive
search firm, to assist in this critical search. Screening of complete
applications will begin immediately and continue until the completion of
the search process. Candidates will be recruited over the coming months,
and we plan to conduct finalist interviews in early February.



As a valued member of our campus community, we encourage you to participate
in the process by offering feedback and submitting nominations of
individuals who may be well-suited for this opportunity using the links
provided below:



Click here to submit feedback
<https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/UCR_AD_CAMPUS_FEEDBACK>



Click here to nominate a candidate
<https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/UCR_AD_NOMINATIONS>



I also want to take this opportunity to thank the members of the Search
Advisory Committee, listed below, and especially Vice Chancellor for
Student Affairs, Dr. Brian Haynes for serving as Chair.



Brian Haynes, Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs (Chair)

Michelle Almazan, Interim Director of Intercollegiate Athletics

Luis Alvarez, Interim Chief Financial & Administrative Officer, Student
Affairs

Gus Argenal, Men’s Basketball Head Coach

Leila Haidar, ASUCR President

Selina Hernandez, Marketing & Events Specialist

Damon Richardson, UCR Foundation Board Member

Kathryn Uhrich, Faculty Athletics Representative & Distinguished Professor
of Chemistry

Jakob Schnitzler, Graduate Student & Student Athlete, Men’s Soccer

Makena Tong, Undergraduate Student & Student Athlete, Women’s Volleyball

Denise Woods, Vice Chancellor for Health, Well-being & Safety

Fatimat Yusuf-Olukoju, Assistant Track & Field Coach



Your willingness to provide feedback, along with input from other campus
constituents and the search committee, helps to shape the overall picture
and ideal candidate characteristics for this vital campus leadership
position.



For questions regarding the search, please contact our search partners
at *Parker
Executive Search* using the information provided below. You may also reach
out to *Tanya Adams, UCR’s Director of Human Resources & Executive Search*,
at tanya.adams at ucr.edu.



Daniel Parker, Vice President and Managing Director

Grant Higgison, Principal

Gray McGee, Executive Recruiting Coordinator

Khristian Carr, Executive Recruiting Coordinator

ghiggison at parkersearch.com | gmcgee at parkersearch.com |
KCarr at parkersearch.com

Parker Executive Search

770-804-1996 ext. 118 | 770-804-1996 ext. 132





Best regards,



S. Jack Hu, Ph.D.

Chancellor

University of California, Riverside
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