Current position | |
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Title | Athletic Director |
Team | South Florida Bulls |
Conference | American Athletic Conference |
Biographical details | |
Born | Washington, D.C., U.S. | July 20, 1970
Alma mater | Wake Forest University |
Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
1995-1998 | Wake Forest University (Director of Athletics Facilities/Event Management) |
1998–1999 | Tampa Bay Final Four Organizing Committee (Executive Director) |
1999–2001 | Tampa Bay Super Bowl Host Committee (President) |
2001–2002 | University of South Florida (Associate AD) |
2002–2005 | Jacksonville Super Bowl Host Committee (President) |
2005–2007 | South Florida Super Bowl Host Committee (President) |
2007–2012 | Atlantic Coast Conference (Sr. Associate Commissioner) |
2012–2018 | College Football Playoff (Chief Operating Officer) |
2018–present [1] | University of South Florida (VP/Director of Athletics) |
Michael Kelly is an American college athletics administrator. He is currently the athletic director at the University of South Florida, a position he has held since 2018, as well as a member of the NCAA Division I Council since 2021.[2] Prior to becoming the AD at USF, Kelly served in many high level positions throughout college athletics, including as associate commissioner of the Atlantic Coast Conference and the chief operating officer for the College Football Playoff. He is the first person to serve as the president of the Super Bowl host committee for three different communities, doing so for Super Bowl XXXV in Tampa, Super Bowl XXXIX in Jacksonville, and Super Bowl XLI in Miami. He was also the executive director for the organizing committee for the 1999 Men's Final Four, which was held in St. Petersburg.[3]