13 Facts About Andy Geiger

Ferdinand "Andy" Geiger was born on March 23,1939 and is an American former athletic director at six different institutions, most recently holding that position from May 10,2012, to August 30,2013, at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.

Andy Geiger was a member of the US squad that won a gold medal in the 1959 Pan American Games.

Andy Geiger left Syracuse in 1970 to become assistant commissioner of the Eastern College Athletic Conference.

In 1971, at age 32, Andy Geiger became athletics director at Brown University.

Andy Geiger held that position until 1975, when he moved to the University of Pennsylvania in a similar capacity.

Andy Geiger accepted the head athletics position at Stanford University in 1979.

In 1990, Andy Geiger left Stanford to take over a Maryland program that was on NCAA probation.

Andy Geiger spent a little more than three years at Maryland, working to return the athletics department to stability.

Andy Geiger officially assumed the position on May 16,1994, succeeding the former NACDA president Jim Jones.

Andy Geiger hired both Jim Tressel and Thad Matta as the head coaches to the American football team and men's basketball team respectively.

On January 1,2005, it was announced that Andy Geiger would retire as athletic director with effect from June 30,2005, and would remain with the university until June 2006.

Andy Geiger was an honorary captain for the Buckeyes for their September 15,2007, game when they visited the Washington Huskies.

Andy Geiger became the third athletic director there within a two-year span, succeeding Rick Costello who resigned in April 2012.