Brad Bates (born c. 1959) is a former American college athletics administrator. He was the athletic director at

Boston College Boston College (BC) is a private Jesuit research university in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts. Founded in 1863, the university has more than 9,300 full-time undergraduates and nearly 5,000 graduate students. Although Boston College is classifie ...

from 2012 to 2017. He resigned in February 2017 to join the executive search and consulting firm Collegiate Sports Associates. Bates was previously the athletic director at Miami University from 2002 to 2012. He also spent 17 years working in athletic administration at

Vanderbilt University Vanderbilt University (informally Vandy or VU) is a private research university in Nashville, Tennessee. Founded in 1873, it was named in honor of shipping and rail magnate Cornelius Vanderbilt, who provided the school its initial $1-million ...

. He played college football under

Bo Schembechler Glenn Edward "Bo" Schembechler Jr. ( ; April 1, 1929 – November 17, 2006) was an American football player, coach, and athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at Miami University from 1963 to 1968 and at the University of ...

as a defensive back at the

University of Michigan , mottoeng = "Arts, Knowledge, Truth" , former_names = Catholepistemiad, or University of Michigania (1817–1821) , budget = $10.3 billion (2021) , endowment = $17 billion (2021)As o ...

where he received a varsity letter as a member of the 1980 team that won the

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. He received a bachelor of arts degree from Michigan in 1981. At BC, Bates finalized a $200 million strategic plan for new athletic facilities. He was responsible for hiring football coach

Steve Addazio Stephen Robert Addazio (born June 1, 1959) is an American football coach and former player. He currently is the offensive line coach for Texas A&M University. Addazio served as the head football coach at Temple University from 2011 to 2012, Bos ...

and men’s basketball coach

Jim Christian James Patrick Christian (born February 6, 1965), known professionally as Jim Christian, is an American college basketball coach (sport), coach who most recently served as the head coach of the Boston College Eagles men's basketball, Boston Colleg ...

. During Bates tenure as AD, the school’s marquee sports programs suffered from poor performance and decreased attendance. During the 2015-16 academic year, Boston College went winless in the ACC in football and men's basketball and compiled an 8-70 record in football, men's basketball and women's basketball.

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