Slade Larscheid is the Deputy Athletic Director at South Dakota State University and has over a decade of experience in athletic administration, fundraising and marketing. In his role Slade supports the day to day operations of the athletics department with oversight of all revenue generation, marketing and communications.
Prior to his current role, Slade served as director of athletics at Augustana University from 2014 to 2018. Under his leadership, the university had unprecedented success in the classroom, competition and revenue generation. It was capped off when Augustana won the NCAA Division II men’s basketball national championship in 2016.
A native of Spearfish South Dakota, Slade attended Northwestern University, where he received a bachelor’s degree in communications and master’s in sports administration. He was also a three-year letter-winner for the Wildcat football team, and earned academic All-Big Ten honors in 2006.