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Terry Mohajir<\/strong> serves as the Â鶹ӳ»­´«Ã½’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 Â鶹ӳ»­´«Ã½\u2019s transition into the Big 12 Conference, driven historic fundraising, enhanced student-athlete support and spearheaded major facility upgrades across all sports.<\/p>\n

Under Mohajir, Â鶹ӳ»­´«Ã½ guarantees every graduating student-athlete either job placement or graduate school admission \u2014 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.<\/p>\n

A visionary fundraiser, Mohajir led Â鶹ӳ»­´«Ã½ 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 department\u2019s annual operating budget from $74 million in 2021 to an expected $117 million by 2025-26.<\/p>\n

Mohajir\u2019s 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 County\u2019s Tourism Development Tax. His \u201cMission XII\u201d vision for a consolidated football campus includes Nicholson Plaza and McNamara Cove, aimed at elevating Â鶹ӳ»­´«Ã½\u2019s competitiveness on-and-off the field.<\/p>\n

On the field, Â鶹ӳ»­´«Ã½ won 14 American Athletic Conference titles and made 18 NCAA Championship appearances from 2021\u201323, including a Sweet 16 in men\u2019s soccer, a super regional in softball, and Â鶹ӳ»­´«Ã½\u2019s first-ever No. 1 national ranking in men\u2019s soccer in 2023. Eight teams finished in the national top 25 in 2022-23, and more than half did so in 2023-24.<\/p>\n

In football, Mohajir hired Gus Malzahn in 2021, who led Â鶹ӳ»­´«Ã½ to three straight bowl games before departing in 2024. Mohajir then rehired Scott Frost \u2014 architect of Â鶹ӳ»­´«Ã½\u2019s 2017 undefeated season \u2014 as head coach ahead of the 2025 season. Additional coaching hires include leaders for baseball, rowing and volleyball.<\/p>\n

Â鶹ӳ»­´«Ã½ 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. Â鶹ӳ»­´«Ã½ also set a record with FOX\u2019s largest-ever Big Noon Kickoff crowd in 2024, generating 2.6 billion impressions.<\/p>\n

Beyond athletics, Mohajir helped form and transition \u201cThe Kingdom\u201d 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 Â鶹ӳ»­´«Ã½.<\/p>\n

Before Â鶹ӳ»­´«Ã½, Mohajir served as Arkansas State\u2019s AD from 2012\u201321, where he led the Red Wolves to 25 conference titles, quadrupled fundraising, tripled the athletics budget and oversaw $90 million in facility improvements.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

Visit the Â鶹ӳ»­´«Ã½ Athletics website<\/a>
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