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Troy has had its athletic director on campus the whole time. Pete Thamel, citing sources, reports the Trojans are promoting Kyle George to permanent athletic director. George has served as the interim AD since August. He’s been on Troy’s staff since 2017 and was deputy AD for external relations before that. He replaces Brent Jones, who left to become associated vice president and executive deputy athletics director at Georgia Tech in July. Jones, an Atlanta-area native, had been the Trojans’ AD since 2019. He was instrumental in the hiring of head football coaches Jon Sumrall and Gerad Parker, basketball coach Scott Cross and baseball coach Skylar Meade, among others. George also served as the associate athletic director for marketing and sales for two years. He was also the sport administrator for Troy’s baseball and football programs. In his first year as a member of the Troy staff, George and the marketing team established several new records including the highest attended football season in program history. This also extended to several top-10 highest attended games in sports such as soccer, men’s and women’s basketball, baseball, softball and football. New gameday events were introduced such as pregame concerts in tailgate terrace, boy scouts campout, halftime fireworks, T-Roy’s Fall Festival and other fan entertainment options. George joined the Troy staff following six years in a variety of roles within the marketing department at Southern Miss. A native of Hoover, George earned a bachelor’s degree from Samford University in 2011 and completed his master’s degree in sports administration from Southern Miss in 2013.
