Tennessee hires Danny White as athletics director

The University of Tennessee has hired Danny White as its Director of Athletics. 

The University of Tennessee has hired Danny White as its Director of Athletics.

White comes to Tennessee from Central Florida.

His background is extensive, serving as director of athletics at Buffalo (2012-15) and UCF (2015-2021).

Josh Heupel, right, is introduced as the new Central Florida head football coach by Danny White, UCF Athletic director in Orlando, Fla., Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2017. Heupel has been the offensive coordinator at Missouri the past two seasons. He replaces Scott Frost, who accepted the Nebraska coaching job after leading UCF to a 12-0 record and the American Athletic Conference title. (Red Huber/Orlando Sentinel via AP)

His father, Kevin White, is the athletics director at Duke. His brother, Brian White, is the vice president and director of athletics at Florida Atlantic. Mike White, his other brother, is the men’s basketball head coach at Florida. His sister, Mariah Chappell, is the assistant athletics director for administration at SMU.

The newly-hired UT athletics director played basketball at Notre Dame. He is a graduate from Notre Dame, Ohio and Ole Miss.

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