John Bryan "Jack" Swarbrick, Jr.[1] is the athletic director at the University of Notre Dame.[2][3] His appointment was announced in July 2008, replacing Kevin White, who resigned in June 2008 to take the same position at Duke University.[4]
Biography
Swarbrick was born 19 March 1954 in Yonkers, New York, the son of John Brian and Mary Catharine (née Comey) Swarbrick.[5] He earned an undergraduate degree (magna cum laude) in economics from Notre Dame in 1976 and a law degree from Stanford in 1980.[5] He practiced law for 28 years and was a partner in the law firm of Baker & Daniels immediately prior to accepting his position at Notre Dame.[1][6] From 1992 until 2001, he also served as chairman of the Indiana Sports Corp., during which time he helped convince the NCAA to relocate its headquarters to Indianapolis.[6]
Swarbrick is widely considered to be the founder of sports agency in the United States; or the country's first sports agent. He was agent to Olympic gymnast Mary Lou Retton.
Swarbrick was previously considered for athletic director positions at Indiana University and Stanford University.[3] In 2007, he was considered for the position of commissioner of the Big 12 Conference, and in 2002 he was a finalist for the position of NCAA president, which went to Myles Brand.[7]
He was the vice-president of the team that successfully bid to host Super Bowl XLVI in 2012 in Indianapolis.[8]
From 2000-2002, Swarbrick was CEO of LMiV, an internet firm funded partially by Emmis Communications.[9]
Swarbrick has been a member of the Indiana bar since 1980 and is also admitted to practice in the Supreme Court and the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals.[1]
Personal
Swarbrick is married to Kimberly, and they have four children: Kate, Connor, Cal and Christopher.[2]
References
- ^ a b c "Bio Page (Baker Daniels)". http://www.bakerdaniels.com/attorneys/detail.aspx?attorney=145. Retrieved 2008-07-15.
- ^ a b Dennis Brown (2008-07-16). "Jack Swarbrick appointed director of athletics at Notre Dame". http://newsinfo.nd.edu/content.cfm?topicid=28666&seltopicid=3427. Retrieved 2008-07-16.
- ^ a b Graham Watson (July 15, 2008). "Sources: Swarbrick to replace White as athletics director in South Bend". ESPN.com. http://sports.espn.go.com/ncaa/news/story?id=3490653. Retrieved 2008-07-15.
- ^ Brian Hamilton and Teddy Greenstein (2008-07-15). "Notre Dame opts for attorney John "Jack" Swarbrick as next athletic director". Chicago Tribune. http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/chi-15-irish-adjul15,0,4733506.story. Retrieved 2008-07-15.
- ^ a b Who's Who In America - 2009 (63 ed.). Marquis Who's Who. 2008.
- ^ a b Cory Schouten (2008-07-11). "Sports Corp’s ownership of Pan Am Plaza a ... BROKEN PLAY". Indianapolis Business Journal. http://www.ibj.com/html/detail_page_Full.asp?content=17090&NoFrame=1. Retrieved 2008-07-15.
- ^ Brian Davis (2007-09-06). "Beebe picked as Big 12 commissioner". Dallas Morning News.
- ^ "Dennis Hopper makes super pitch". Richmond Times-Dispatch. 2008-05-25.
- ^ Andrea Muirragui (2002-09-02). LMiV failure hasn't soured CEO's ambition; Internet venture was a victim of bad timing. 23. Indianapolis Business Journal. pp. 25.
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