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Kraft and his wife, Betsy, have a daughter, Annabelle, and son, Joseph. An accomplished administrator, Dr. Patrick Kraft began his tenure as the Vice President for Intercollegiate...
Temple. 2020–2022. Boston College. 2022–present. Penn State. Patrick Kraft is an American college athletics administrator. He was named athletic director for Pennsylvania State University in April 2022. Kraft was previously an athletic director for Temple University, and Boston College.
- He Loves Football
- Kraft and Matt Rhule Are Good Friends
- Kraft Hired Three Football Coaches at Temple, Including Manny Diaz
- He's Been A Rising Star For A While
- He Has Lobbied For A New Football Stadium Before
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Kraft joined the Indiana football team as walk-on before earning a scholarship. At Temple, he helped oversee the mid-2010s football renaissance that included a 2016 AAC championship and five consecutive bowl appearances for the first time in school history. "He is a football guy and he gets football, and from my perspective that was real fun to be ...
Rhule, the Carolina Panthers head coach and former Temple coach, likely had some input into Kraft's decision. The two became close during their time at Temple, which helped progress the football revival. Rhule, of course, played at Penn State. After Rhule left Temple for Baylor in 2016, Kraft told reporters, "I love Matt Rhule. Matt and I are good ...
At Penn State, Kraft will reunite with defensive coordinator Manny Diaz, with whom he worked briefly at Temple. In 2018, Kraft hired Diaz to replace Geoff Collins, a relationship that lasted 18 daysuntil Diaz left for Miami.
In 2016, Sports Business Journal named Kraft to its "40 under 40"list of the top young professionals in sports. The piece focused on how Kraft helped to overhaul Temple's athletic department in a short time. "Among the deals engineered during what Kraft termed 'a complete rebuild' [at Temple] were a Learfield multimedia rights partnership that was ...
Kraft led the charge for Temple to build an on-campus stadium, using Temple's win over Penn State in 2015 as a launch pad for marketing and fundraising. "If it was up to myself, I’d be out there shoveling right now," Kraft told the Associated Pressin 2015. Just something to keep in mind as Penn State debates what to do with Beaver Stadium.
According to his Boston College bio, Kraft secured a $15 million gift for a new basketball practice facility. He also helped raised more than $10 million for athletics scholarships, financial aid,...He brokered a 10-year apparel and shoe partnership with New Balance, the largest in school history. Boston College was the only FBS school with a football-only apparel and shoe deal.At Temple, Kraft led planned and fundraised for $55 million in construction and renovation projects at athletics facilities.Temple set fundraising records for five consecutive years under Kraft.Jahan Dotson ends long Penn State drought at the NFL Draft Three questions Penn State will bring to training camp A 'perfect' recruiting pitch can't beat NIL opportunities, James Franklin says Observations from Penn State's Blue-White Game AllPennState is the place for Penn State news, opinion and perspective on the SI.com network. Publisher Mark W...
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Apr 30, 2022 · With outgoing university president Eric Barron and athletic director Sandy Barbour both set to retire, Penn State is hitting reset this summer. Advertisement “We will continue the tradition of ...
Apr 29, 2022 · Penn State names Patrick Kraft as next athletic director. Updated: Apr. 29, 2022, 4:43 p.m. |. Published: Apr. 29, 2022, 9:38 a.m. By. Chris Hopkins | chopkins@pennlive.com. Penn State has...
Apr 25, 2022 · By Matt Fortuna. Apr 25, 2022. Penn State has hired Patrick Kraft as its next athletic director, effective July 1, it announced on Friday. Kraft, who has been at BC since 2020, takes over for...
