Jeremy Foley
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| Sport(s) | Football, lacrosse |
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| Current position | |
| Title | Athletic director |
| Team | Florida |
| Conference | SEC |
| Biographical details | |
| Born |
December 1, 1952 Washington, D.C. |
| Playing career | |
| 1974–1976 | Hobart |
| Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
| 1981–1986 | Florida (assistant AD) |
| 1986–1992 | Florida (associate AD) |
| 1992–2016 | Florida |
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Jeremy N. Foley (born December 1, 1952) is an American university sports administrator and former college athlete. Foley was an award-winning athletic director for the Florida Gators Division I sports program of the University of Florida located in Gainesville, Florida from 1992 to 2016, when he semi-retired and became an emeritus athletic director focusing on fundraising for the school.. He also served as the chief financial officer of the University Athletic Association (UAA), the private non-profit corporation that is responsible for the administration and financial management of the Florida Gators sports program.
Foley was born in Washington, D.C. in 1952, and raised in New London, New Hampshire. He graduated from the Holderness School in New Hampshire in 1970. He attended Hobart College in Geneva, New York, where he played football and lacrosse, and was a member of Kappa Sigma fraternity (Delta Phi chapter); he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in psychology in 1974. In 1976, he completed a master's degree in sports administration from Ohio University in Athens, Ohio. He is the older brother of Navy Cross recipient and Gulf War hero Lt. Col. James Lucian Foley USMC(Ret.)of Derry, NH.
Foley started his career at the University of Florida as an intern in the UAA ticket office in August 1976. When his internship ended, Foley was hired as a full-time employee and was soon promoted to ticket manager. Two years later he was named director of ticket and game operations. After just one additional year, he became an assistant athletic director and spent the next twelve years learning every facet of Gators athletics. From 1981 to 1986, Foley was the associate athletic director for business affairs.
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