New AD?

Sources are saying that former A-State Indian football player Terry Mohajir will be named the next Athletic Director at Arkansas State tomorrow morning at a 10:30 press conference.

Here is Mohajir's Bio...

Terry Mohajir

Senior Associate AD - External Relations

Kansas University

Terry Mohajir joined the Kansas Athletics staff May 31, 2011, assuming responsibility for the Williams Educational Fund. He also directs the efforts of the Marketing and Game-Day Experience staffs.  In July, 2011, Mohajir was named Senior Associate Athletics Director - External Relations.

Mohajir came to Kansas from his position as Senior Associate Athletics Director at Florida Atlantic University, where he oversaw development, marketing, ticket sales, corporate sales and the media relations department. Foremost among his responsibilities was a fundraising campaign for a $70 million on-campus football stadium. He also created and implemented the revenue plan (operations and personnel) for the new stadium, which includes corporate sales, premium seats, ticket sales and marketing. He also served on the design team for the stadium. His efforts helped FAU's football program reach the 2007 New Orleans Bowl in just its fourth year as a FBS (formerly I-A) program, an NCAA record for the fastest start-up program to go to a bowl game.

Mohajir joined the FAU staff in December 2004 as Associate Athletics Director for Development, and was heavily involved in creating a comprehensive fundraising program that focuses on major gifts, the annual fund and special events. During his tenure FAU's athletics department enhanced its major gift program 800 percent, Owl Club giving increased 400 percent, and special-events revenue increased 150 percent.

Mohajir joined FAU after serving in a similar role at the University of Missouri-Kansas City from 1997-2004. As the assistant athletics director for external relations at UMKC, Mohajir supervised marketing and promotions, sports information, fundraising, radio and TV contracts, corporate sales, tickets, event operations, sports medicine, strength/conditioning and men's soccer. While at UMKC, Mohajir was responsible for a 450 percent increase in the education athletics endowment. He oversaw an 80 percent increase in sponsorships and an 89 percent upswing in the athletics fund donor base. There was also a 33 percent increase in ticket revenue under his direction. One of his more visible accomplishments was leading the fundraising and construction efforts for a new training room and strength and conditioning center.

Prior to working at UMKC, Mohajir was a football ticket sales and promotions account executive for the University of Kansas from 1996-97, and was an assistant offensive line and game-day special team's football coach for the Jayhawks from 1993-96.

Mohajir graduated from Arkansas State with a major in sports management and a minor in marketing in 1993, where he was a starter on the football team. He earned a master's degree in sports management from the University of Kansas in 1997. Mohajir and his wife, Julie, have two daughters, Maria and Molly and son Marco.