Former Nike CEO John Donahoe has been hired as Stanford's athletic director. He will officially start on September 8th, ...

Former Nike CEO John Donahoe will take over as the athletic director at Stanford, where he earned his graduate degree. His first day on the job will be Sept. 8. Donahoe, 65, comes to the position with ...

Stanford is set to hire former Nike CEO John Donahoe as the school's new athletic director, sources told ESPN on Thursday.

Stanford named former Nike CEO John Donahoe MBA ’86 as its next Jaquish & Kenninger Director of Athletics, the University announced on Thursday. Best known for holding top positions at Nike ...

Stanford named former Nike chief executive officer John Donahoe as the school's new athletic director, a move reflecting the transformation of college sports in recent years.

Stanford's new athletic director has taken quite a unique path to his job. The school announced the hiring of former Nike CEO John Donahoe as its next athletic director Thursday. Donahoe joins ...

Stanford late Thursday named former Nike CEO John Donahoe its next athletic director, a seemingly unlikely hire, but one the university said is a perfect fit given the ongoing turmoil in college ...

Donahoe, 65, worked at Nike from 2020-24 and had been on the company’s board of directors since 2014. Prior to that, he was the CEO at ServiceNow, a global software company, and eBay.

Donahoe's hiring comes months after longtime athletic director Bernard Muir announced he would step down at the end of the school year. Muir served as Stanford's athletic director from 2012-25.