Terry Mohajir serves as the ΒιΆΉΣ³»΄«Γ½’s vice president and director of Athletics, bringing dynamic leadership, bold vision and a proven track record of success. Since his appointment in February 2021, Mohajir has overseen ΒιΆΉΣ³»΄«Γ½βs transition into the Big 12 Conference, driven historic fundraising, enhanced student-athlete support and spearheaded major facility upgrades across all sports.
Under Mohajir, ΒιΆΉΣ³»΄«Γ½ guarantees every graduating student-athlete either job placement or graduate school admission β an unparalleled commitment in college athletics. Academically, the Knights boast a 94% graduation success rate and a 34-semester streak with a departmental GPA of 3.0 or higher, including a program-record 3.43 GPA in fall 2024.
A visionary fundraiser, Mohajir led ΒιΆΉΣ³»΄«Γ½ to secure $157.6 million in gifts and commitments through January 2025, including four pledges of $5 million or more. He also engineered groundbreaking partnerships, including a 13-year, $125 million deal with Playfly Sports and naming rights agreements with FBC Mortgage Stadium and Addition Financial Arena. These efforts expanded the departmentβs annual operating budget from $74 million in 2021 to an expected $117 million by 2025-26.
Mohajirβs leadership has sparked significant facility growth. Over $26 million has been invested in upgrades across all sports, highlighted by the Roth Tower project, a $90 million initiative supported by Orange Countyβs Tourism Development Tax. His βMission XIIβ vision for a consolidated football campus includes Nicholson Plaza and McNamara Cove, aimed at elevating ΒιΆΉΣ³»΄«Γ½βs competitiveness on-and-off the field.
On the field, ΒιΆΉΣ³»΄«Γ½ won 14 American Athletic Conference titles and made 18 NCAA Championship appearances from 2021β23, including a Sweet 16 in menβs soccer, a super regional in softball, and ΒιΆΉΣ³»΄«Γ½βs first-ever No. 1 national ranking in menβs soccer in 2023. Eight teams finished in the national top 25 in 2022-23, and more than half did so in 2023-24.
In football, Mohajir hired Gus Malzahn in 2021, who led ΒιΆΉΣ³»΄«Γ½ to three straight bowl games before departing in 2024. Mohajir then rehired Scott Frost β architect of ΒιΆΉΣ³»΄«Γ½βs 2017 undefeated season β as head coach ahead of the 2025 season. Additional coaching hires include leaders for baseball, rowing and volleyball.
ΒιΆΉΣ³»΄«Γ½ has also become a national leader in fan engagement and branding. Football season tickets have sold out five straight years, and total ticket revenue has exceeded $20 million annually since 2022. Licensing revenue grew from $650,000 pre-COVID to over $1 million in FY24. ΒιΆΉΣ³»΄«Γ½ also set a record with FOXβs largest-ever Big Noon Kickoff crowd in 2024, generating 2.6 billion impressions.
Beyond athletics, Mohajir helped form and transition βThe Kingdomβ NIL collective into an in-house, athletics-led unit launching in 2025 to support all programs with revenue sharing. His efforts have redefined strategic competitiveness at ΒιΆΉΣ³»΄«Γ½.
Before ΒιΆΉΣ³»΄«Γ½, Mohajir served as Arkansas Stateβs AD from 2012β21, where he led the Red Wolves to 25 conference titles, quadrupled fundraising, tripled the athletics budget and oversaw $90 million in facility improvements.
A former student-athlete and native of Overland Park, Kansas, Mohajir earned degrees from Arkansas State and Kansas. He and his wife, Julie, have three children: Maria, Molly and Marco.