Stanford announced the hiring of Kurt Svoboda as the new Senior Assistant Athletics Director of Media Relations & Communications on Tuesday, ending a six-month vacancy at the position that had been filled in the interim by Assistant Athletics Director of Football Administration Mike Eubanks.
Although many college football programs have recently incurred heavy financial losses due to bowl game participation, the Stanford athletics department has seen both an increase in season-ticket renewals and national profile in the aftermath of the 2013 Rose Bowl.
Two years ago, Director of Football Administration Mike Eubanks declared: “No successful program can operate without a strong walk-on program.” His statement, said well before Stanford had achieved a No. 9 national ranking, has proven to be prophetic…