UNDERGROUND HUDDLE #9: Jeremy Foley

Once per quarter, Ben and Sam Rogers with BUILD Coaching Company host The Underground Huddle - an interview with a prominent leader in sports or business with BUILD clients and other select guests present. All attendees live our mission to build an army of Disciplined Leaders and share our vision to be a resource for and a connector of current and aspiring leaders in small business, sports, and other areas of life. For the 9th Underground Huddle we welcomed Jeremy Foley, who served as the Director of Athletics for the University of Florida from 1992 – 2016. Foley’s career path was a unique one, having started as an intern in 1976 and moving through the ranks all the way up to his appointment as AD…all at the same school. Foley was responsible for hiring two of the most successful head coaches in college sports history: Urban Meyer (football) and Billy Donovan (basketball). During his tenure at UF, Meyer won two national titles and coached players such as Tim Tebow, Brandon Spikes, Maurkice Pouncey, and Mike Pouncey. Donovan also won two national titles and served as the head coach for Al Horford and Joakim Noah. Under Foley’s leadership, the University of Florida became the first college program in history to own both the men’s basketball and football national titles in the same calendar year. In total, Foley led the Gators to 27 national championships and it’s no surprise that Foley has won multiple Athletic Director of the Year awards in his career. According to University of Florida’s athletics’ website, Foley “handled virtually every aspect of the $119.3 million athletic program during his athletic administrative career.”