University of Texas Vice President and Athletics Director Chris Del Conte is a proven, well-regarded and nationally recognized athletics administrator who has a long history of leading highly-successful athletic departments. In his fourth year at UT and 16th year as an athletics director overall, Del Conte has strong ties to the Lone Star State, having spent a dozen years at TCU and Rice before taking over leadership of Texas Athletics on December 9, 2017. Texas Athletics has had tremendous success during his tenure, winning nine NCAA team titles, posting 32 Top-5 and 47 Top-10 finishes, along with 41 Big 12 Championships. Those accomplishments were topped off by claiming the coveted LEARFIELD Director’s Cup as the nation’s top all-around, all-sports program in back-to-back years in 2020-21 and 2021-22. He’s also redefined fan engagement and the atmosphere at Longhorn sporting events with enhancements like Bevo Blvd., Longhorn City and Smokey’s Midway on Football gamedays, while also spearheading numerous facility upgrade and development projects designed to keep Texas at the forefront of college athletics.
University of Texas alum Seth Johnston, is a first-team All-American shortstop who led the Longhorns to four-straight College World Series appearances including NCAA titles in 2002 and 2005. Seth remains an example of the excellence ingrained in University of Texas Athletics and Longhorn culture. After being selected in the seventh round of the 2004 MLB Draft, Johnston returned to the Forty Acres for the 2005 season to lead Texas to its sixth National Championship. He set a single-season program record with 115 hits, while leading the team with a .378 batting average and 66 RBI. He was inducted into the Texas Athletics Hall of Honor in 2019.
