Derrick Gragg
| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Athletic director |
| Team | Tulsa |
| Conference | AAC |
| Biographical details | |
| Born |
November 16, 1969 Huntsville, Alabama |
| Alma mater |
Vanderbilt (BS, 1992) Wayne State (MA, 1999) Arkansas (PhD, 2004) |
| Playing career | |
| 1988–1991 | Vanderbilt |
| Position(s) | Wide receiver |
| Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
| 1993–1995 | Vanderbilt (dir. student life) |
| 1995–1997 | Missouri (dir. compliance) |
| 1997–2000 | Michigan (assistant AD) |
| 2000–2006 | Arkansas (senior associate AD) |
| 2006–2013 | Eastern Michigan |
| 2013–present | Tulsa |
Dr. Derrick Gragg (born November 16, 1969) is the vice president and director of athletics at the University of Tulsa. He previously spent seven years as director of athletics at Eastern Michigan University, and played four years of NCAA football for the Vanderbilt Commodores.
Gragg was born and raised in Huntsville, Alabama, playing football and basketball at Lee High School. He attended Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee, and played wide receiver for the Vanderbilt Commodores football team from 1988 to 1991. He was recruited and played for head coach Watson Brown, before Gerry DiNardo took over as head coach his senior season.
Gragg graduated from Vanderbilt in 1992 with a bachelor of science in human development. He went on to earn a master's degree in sports administration from Wayne State University in 1999, and a doctorate in higher education administration at the University of Arkansas in 2004. He is a member of Kappa Alpha Psi fraternity.
In 1993, Gragg was hired as an academic counselor at Vanderbilt University. Soon after he was promoted to director of student life in the athletics department. From 1995 to 1997, he was director of compliance at the University of Missouri. He went on to the University of Michigan, where he was an assistant athletic director from 1997 to 2000. Gragg joined the University of Arkansas athletic department in 2000 as an associate athletic director. In 2003, he was promoted to senior associate athletic director and then deputy director.
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