US EditionSyracuse Hires Bryan Blair to Take over as Athletic Director Following 4 Years at Toledo
Bryan Blair, 40, known for increasing Toledo's fundraising by 282%, will lead Syracuse through rebuilding its declining basketball and football programs.
- On Thursday, Syracuse University hired Toledo athletic director Bryan Blair after the Board of Trustees approved the move; he will succeed John Wildhack, retiring July 1.
- After firing Adrian Autry on Wednesday, Syracuse men's basketball program has missed the NCAA Tournament for five seasons amid consecutive losing records and a 3-9 football campaign under Fran Brown.
- His resume includes prior roles at Washington State, Rice and South Carolina, and Blair secured national partnerships and NIL arrangements at Toledo.
- Blair inherits the immediate task of hiring a men's basketball coach, and his Toledo contract, extended through June 30, 2030, includes a $50,000 t buyout to leave.
- Syracuse's leadership turnover deepened after naming Mike Haynie chancellor on March 3, with trustees praising Bryan Blair's youth and revenue expertise to lead the program rebuild.
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Briggs: In exit interview with The Blade, Bryan Blair talks 'bittersweet' opportunity at Syracuse
CLEVELAND — After four years leading Toledo’s athletic department, Bryan Blair is headed to the same job at Syracuse, where his first order of business will be one of the biggest in college sports: hiring the next Orange men’s basketball coach.
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Syracuse hires Bryan Blair to take over as athletic director following 4 years at Toledo
Syracuse University has hired Bryan Blair as its athletic director at a time the ACC school is searching to regain relevance and with its once-proud men’s basketball program in transition.
SU has hired Toledo's Bryan Blair as new AD
SYRACUSE, N.Y. (WSYR) --Syracuse University chancellor-elect J. Michael Haynie announced the appointment of Bryan B. Blair as the university's next director of athletics on March 12, 2026. Blair has served as the vice president and director of athletics at the University of Toledo since 2022. The appointment, which was approved by the executive committee of [...]
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