Be aware: A press convention to formally introduce Dannen to the media and Nebraskans shall be scheduled early subsequent week.
College of Nebraska Interim President Chris Kabourek introduced at the moment that he has named Troy Dannen, a number one voice in collegiate athletics with in depth expertise as an athletic director and deep ties to the Midwest and Large Ten, as Nebraska’s subsequent AD, efficient Friday.
Dannen at present serves as Director of Athletics on the College of Washington, a fellow Large Ten establishment. Beforehand, he was AD at Tulane, and earlier than that led athletics at his alma mater, the College of Northern Iowa. Dannen brings Midwestern roots, having grown up on a farm simply outdoors Marshalltown, Iowa.
“From my first dialog with Troy Dannen, I knew he was an ideal match for Nebraska,” Kabourek stated. “He’s a fierce competitor, he holds himself and his applications to uncommonly excessive requirements, and he cares personally concerning the success of student-athletes in sports activities, faculty and life. Troy sees the imaginative and prescient and momentum we’ve right here at Nebraska, from our daring investments in services to our file success within the classroom to our daring plan to raise our nationwide status and competitiveness, and he’s excited to be part of it. I’m thrilled that we’ve discovered somebody who’s 100% aligned with our excessive expectations and shall be all-in on Nebraska.
“Husker Nation, we’ve discovered a winner in Troy Dannen. I can’t wait to welcome him and his household to Nebraska.”
Dannen stated: “Becoming a member of the Nebraska household is really an honor. My household and I are humbled by the chance to be a part of such a proud athletics program, establishment, neighborhood and state. Rising up in Iowa, I watched quite a lot of Nebraska soccer on Saturdays with my household. I’ve spent quite a lot of time within the state and I’ve discovered that we share an identical lifestyle, work and sports activities: Work laborious, keep humble, compete and count on to win.
“There’s a storied custom at Nebraska, however extra work to be performed. I really imagine our greatest years are forward of us. I couldn’t be extra grateful to Interim President Chris Kabourek for this chance. Chris has championed an inspiring imaginative and prescient for excellence throughout the College of Nebraska and he and I are utterly aligned on the place Nebraska must go sooner or later. I sit up for doing my half to serving to Nebraska win championships throughout the board, graduate our student-athletes and elevate the world-class status of the College of Nebraska. I can’t wait to reach in Nebraska and get to work.”
Head Soccer Coach Matt Rhule stated: “I’m so fired up about this rent. Interim President Kabourek has discovered precisely the suitable individual to steer the Huskers ahead. Troy sees what we see – that Nebraska is a particular place, with particular individuals, an excellent imaginative and prescient and the braveness to be unabashed about eager to win throughout the board. The truth that somebody of Troy’s caliber needs to affix Workforce Nebraska will mild a fireplace throughout our complete division. Let’s go!”
Dannen has been at Washington since 2023. He’s additionally in his fourth yr as chair of the NCAA Soccer Competitors Committee and as an Government Committee member of the Soccer Oversight Committee.
From 2021 via 2023, Dannen served on the NCAA Structure Committee after which the Division I Transformation Committee, as one in every of a small group of chancellors, presidents, administrators of athletics, commissioners and School Athletic Representatives throughout all three NCAA divisions tasked with charting a future path for school athletics. In 2022, Dannen was a finalist for Sports activities Enterprise Journal’s Athletic Director of the Yr award, and he acquired the Distinguished American Award by the Sugar Bowl Chapter of the Nationwide Soccer Basis.
He arrived at Washington after serving as Director of Athletics at Tulane College since 2015. Whereas at Tulane, Inexperienced Wave student-athletes earned 49 All-American honors, received a nationwide championship, 21 convention championships and earned 41 postseason appearances.
In 2022-23, Tulane soccer received their first American Athletic Convention soccer championship, and received the Cotton Bowl over USC, ranked ninth within the nation at the moment. Males’s basketball received 20 common season video games for the primary time in twenty years. Males’s tennis superior to its sixth NCAA match in seven years, each bowling and seaside volleyball completed ranked within the Prime 20, and baseball received the convention championship.
Tulane’s soccer program participated in an unprecedented three consecutive bowl video games from 2018-20, successful back-to-back bowl video games for the primary time in 128 years of soccer on the College.
Within the classroom, Tulane student-athletes excelled at a high-level. On the finish of the 2022-2023 educational yr, over 68% of Inexperienced Wave student-athletes earned a 3.0 GPA or higher, with a 93% Commencement Success Fee and a record-setting division Tutorial Progress Report of 992, with seven groups incomes an ideal 1000 APR rating.
Dannen spearheaded fundraising efforts and quite a few capital initiatives at Tulane. He helped safe the biggest unrestricted reward in Tulane Athletics historical past, an endowment reward which funds the operation of a brand new sport (crusing), and a $10 million lead reward for capital renovations, which is the second largest reward in division historical past. As well as, advertising and marketing and licensing income grew four-fold, and in 2022-23, Tulane soccer, basketball and volleyball set ticket gross sales and income data. Beneath Dannen’s management, the Inexperienced Wave Membership Annual Fund grew by 40% when it comes to donors, and 45% when it comes to {dollars}.
Will increase in fundraising and main reward donors positively impacted capital challenge improvement and completion. A $13 million renovation to the Reilly Natatorium, dwelling of the swimming and diving program, in addition to $8 million in renovations to locker rooms and the Wilson Heart sports activities drugs middle had been accomplished in 2023. Dannen additionally oversaw building of a brand new eating facility, weight room, basketball and volleyball locker rooms. Tulane additionally accomplished a $2.4 million educational middle renovation and a $5 million tv and digital manufacturing middle.
Dannen got here to Tulane after serving eight years because the Director of Athletics on the College of Northern Iowa (UNI) from 2008-15. Throughout his tenure, the Panthers loved success at each the convention and nationwide ranges, as UNI was acknowledged with 39 All-Individuals, 13 Coaches of the Yr and 9 Missouri Valley Convention (MVC) Gamers of the Yr. UNI soccer, males’s basketball, ladies’s basketball, volleyball and softball mixed to succeed in 15 NCAA tournaments and 20 postseason berths throughout that stretch. For his efforts, Dannen was acknowledged as NACDA’s FCS Athletic Director of the Yr in 2014
Previous to his time at UNI, Dannen served because the Iowa Ladies Excessive College Athletic Union’s Government Director for seven years.
Dannen graduated from UNI in 1989 with a level in communications. He’s married to Amy, and collectively they’ve 4 youngsters: Elle, Emily, Holly and William.