Josh Whitman
| Illinois Fighting Illini | |
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| Position: | Athletic director |
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| Date of birth: | August 5, 1978 |
| Place of birth: | West Lafayette, Indiana |
| Height: | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) |
| Weight: | 245 lb (111 kg) |
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| High school: | West Lafayette (IN) Harrison |
| College: | Illinois |
| Undrafted: | 2001 |
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| * Offseason and/or practice squad member only | |
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Josh Whitman (born August 5, 1978) is a university administrator, a lawyer, and a former American football player. He is currently the athletic director at the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign. Whitman served as the athletic director at University of Wisconsin–La Crosse from 2011–2014, and Washington University in St. Louis from 2014–2016.
When graduated from Harrison High School in West Lafayette, Indiana in 1997. He played tight end at Illinois from 1997-2000 under head coach Ron Turner. Whitman graduated from Illinois in 2001 as a bronze tablet scholar with his bachelor's degree in finance. After retiring from the NFL in 2004, Whitman enrolled in the Illinois College of Law. As a law student, Whitman spent time as a law clerk for Michael P. McCuskey and Michael Stephen Kanne, both of whom are United States federal judges. From 2005-2008 Whitman also worked in the Illinois athletic department as a special assistant to athletic director Ron Guenther. After graduating summa cum laude in 2008 Whitman took a job in Washington D.C. working as an attorney for Covington & Burling, which serves as outside legal counsel for the NFL.
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