Stanford hires former Nike CEO John Donahoe as athletic director, AP source says

STANFORD Calif AP Former Nike CEO John Donahoe has been hired as athletic director at Stanford A person familiar with the decision commented Donahoe will become the school s eighth athletic director and replace Bernard Muir who stepped down this year The person spoke on condition of anonymity because the hiring hadn t been stated ESPN first informed the move Donahoe graduated from Stanford Business School and has worked at companies like Nike Bain Company and eBay in his career He was CEO at Nike from - He takes over one of the countries the bulk achieving athletic programs with Stanford having won at least one NCAA title in straight years starting in - and a record NCAA association titles overall But the Cardinal struggled in the high-profile sports of football and men s basketball under Muir s tenure leading to the decision to hire former Stanford and NFL star Andrew Luck to oversee the football undertaking as its general manager The Cardinal are looking to rebound in football after going to three Rose Bowls under former coach David Shaw in Muir s first four years as AD Shaw resigned in following a second straight - season and Muir s hire Troy Taylor has posted back-to-back - seasons The men s basketball activity hasn t made the NCAA Tournament since Muir s second season in - under former coach Johnny Dawkins Dawkins was fired in and replaced by Jerod Haase who failed to make the tournament once in eight years Muir hired Kyle Smith last March to take over and the Cardinal went - for their the bulk wins in years Muir also hired Kate Paye as women s basketball coach last year after Hall of Famer Tara VanDerveer retired The Cardinal went - this past season and in missed the NCAA Tournament for the first time since Muir also oversaw the Cardinal s transition to the ACC this past year after the school s long-term home the Pac- broke apart AP college sports https apnews com hub college-sports Source