Joe Karlgaard

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Joe Karlgaard
Current position
TitleAthletic director
Team Rice
Conference C-USA
Biographical details
Born (1974-08-02) August 2, 1974 (age 47)
Bismarck, North Dakota
Alma mater Stanford University
University of Minnesota
Playing career
Track & Field
1992–1996 Stanford
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
2005–2011 Oberlin (DIII)
2011-2013 Stanford (Sr. Assoc. AD)
2013–present Rice

Joe Karlgaard (born August 2, 1974) is an American college athletics administrator who is currently the athletics director at Rice University. Prior to Rice, Karlgaard served as the senior associate athletics director for development at Stanford University and as athletics director at Oberlin College.

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Early life and education

Born in Bismarck, North Dakota, Karlgaard attended Stanford University, earning a bachelor's degree in history in 1996. He also ran track and field for the Cardinal, where he lettered all four years. [1] [2] He later received a master's degree and Ph.D. in educational policy and administration from the University of Minnesota. [1]

Sports administration career

Karlgaard began his career as the administrative assistant for the Stanford track and field program and then coached cross country and track at the University of Minnesota. [1] In 2004, he joined his former coach Vin Lananna as an assistant athletics director at Oberlin College. [1] [2]

In 2005, he was named athletics director at Oberlin following the departure of Lananna to coach track and field at the University of Oregon. In 2011, he returned to Stanford as the senior associate athletics director for development. [1] [2] He was named director of athletics at Rice University on September 9, 2013. [3]

Karlgaard is a past chair of the NCAA Division I Baseball Committee, which selects teams to compete in the College World Series. [1] He also served on the LEAD1 Association's Working Group on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in 2020. [4]

Personal life

Karlgaard and his wife Jill have three sons. [1] His father, Dick, was a former high school athletics director who won the National High School Athletic Coaches Association national athletic director of the year award in 1991. [5] His brother, Rich Karlgaard, is the publisher of Forbes Magazine.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Joe Karlgaard, Director of Athletics, Recreation, and Lifetime Fitness". Rice University. Retrieved August 24, 2021.
  2. 1 2 3 Peterson, Cindy (September 10, 2013). "Karlgaard is new Rice A.D." The Bismarck Tribune. Retrieved August 24, 2021.
  3. "Leebron announces Joe Karlgaard as Rice's next director of athletics". Rice University. Retrieved August 24, 2021.
  4. "LEAD1 Association Working Group to Examine Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Issues". LEAD1. Retrieved August 29, 2021.
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