Former Stanford Athletic Director Ted Leland will become the athletic director at the University of the Pacific on July 1, the school announced on Thursday. Leland led Stanford Athletics from 1991 to 2005, presiding over the start of the program’s current run of 16 consecutive Director’s Cups.
Leland graduated from Pacific in 1970 and served as the school’s athletic director from 1989-91, prior to his tenure on the Farm. He left Stanford in 2005 to return to Stockton, where he became the vice president of advancement. He became vice president of external affairs for Pacific in 2009.
Pacific’s current athletic director, Lynn King, will move to a position as a special assistant to the university’s president, Pamela Eibeck.