Rice University president on new AD hire: 'We're proud to hire someone with [McClelland's] experience and success'

By Craig Richardson | Aug 8, 2023

Rice University has a new director of athletics in Tommy McClelland, whose first official day on the job is slated for Aug. 14, according to a July 25 press release. The Owls hired McClelland from Vanderbilt University, where he’ll soon vacate the deputy athletic director position for the private research university in Houston.