The University of Toledo is now on the hunt for its next athletic director after Bryan Blair went east to become the athletic director at Syracuse University. Let’s dive into the vacancy.
Blair was hired in February of 2022 as the 14th athletic director in program history. He came to Toledo after serving as Deputy AD at Washington State University, replacing the retiring Mike O’Brien. He was hired by Gregory Postel, who left roughly two years later to become Senior Vice President for Health Affairs and Dean of the College of Medicine at the University of Cincinnati.
Current president Dr. James Holloway began his tenure on July 15, 2025. If you’ve read any of these search pieces before, you know the pattern: new president, new direction, and often a new athletic director within 12 months. Holloway came from the University of New Mexico and has ties to Michigan, Illinois, Virginia, and Cambridge. (And yes, a nuclear engineer leading the Rockets is almost too perfect.)…