Daryl James Gross (born June 20, 1961) is currently the Executive Director of Intercollegiate Athletics at

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. Prior to serving in this position, Gross served as the

athletic director An athletic director (commonly "athletics director" or "AD") is an administrator at many American clubs or institutions, such as colleges and universities, as well as in larger high schools and middle schools, who oversees the work of coaches and ...

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for 11 years.

Education

Gross received his bachelor's degree and played

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. He received his master's and PhD degrees from USC.

Career

Gross began his career at the

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in intercollegiate athletics after being a graduate coaching assistant (while earning his doctorate). While serving as senior associate athletic director, Gross was credited for bringing in head coach

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for the Trojans football team.Bill Plaschke
Sorry, Pete, We Were Wrong
''Los Angeles Times'', December 30, 2003, Accessed January 16, 2009Michael Sokolove

''The New York Times'', November 2, 2008, Accessed February 11, 2009. Gross was a

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scout when Pete Carroll was the Jets head coach, a relationship that led to him pushing for Carroll to be hired by USC. In 2008, ESPN.com named Carroll's hiring #1 in a list of the Pac-10's Top 10 Moments Of BCS Era.Ted Miller
Trojans had no BCS peer once Carroll arrived
ESPN.com, May 22, 2008, Accessed May 22, 2008. In 2005, Gross became AD at Syracuse. In June 2015, the university announced that

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, of

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, was hired to succeed Gross as athletic director. Gross stayed on at Syracuse as the Vice President and Special Assistant to the

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at Syracuse University and Adjunct Professor in Sports Administration for two more years.

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External links

Syracuse profile
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Education

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