John Currie

John Currie was introduced as the sixth Director of Athletics at Wake Forest University by President Emeritus Nathan Hatch on March 4, 2019. An award-winning college athletics leader with 28 years of experience in the ACC, Big 12 and SEC, Currie previously served as athletics director at Kansas State and Tennessee. The 2021-2022 academic year will mark his 12th as a Power-5 athletics director.

On March 15, 2022 Currie received a signal honor for the second time by the National Association of College Directors of Athletics (NACDA) when he was recognized as the Cushman & Wakefield Athletics Director of the Year. The NACDA ADOY Award recognizes administrative excellence within college athletics and highlights positive contributions of athletics directors to student-athletes, campuses and their surrounding communities.

Previously, he was recognized in 2013 as both a NACDA Under Armour Athletic Director of the Year and as the recipient of the Bobby Dodd Athletic Director Award. He was a Sports Business Journal Forty Under 40 winner in 2011, currently serves as an adjunct faculty member at Columbia University in New York and is a life member of the Fiesta Bowl Board of Directors.

Since his appointment in 2019, Currie has focused on supporting student-athletes and building relationships throughout the Wake Forest, Winston-Salem and ACC communities as he has led the Demon Deacons through a historically unique and turbulent period amidst a worldwide pandemic.