The Georgia athletic board has voted for a one-year contract extension for UGA athletic director Greg McGartiy.
McGarity, whose contract was set to expire at the end of the month, will stick around as Georgia’s athletic director for at least one more athletic year.
McGarity turns 66 in October and he will be entering his 11th school year as athletic director. Hired in 2010, McGarity is currently the SEC’s second longest tenured athletic director.
“I believe that continuity is particularly important during this time of uncertainty,” UGA president Jere Morehead said on a Zoom teleconference.
“Greg has expressed his willingness and desire to continue serving…. He has been a great leader of our athletic programs.”
McGarity had been working off of a one-year extension he received last February.
Morehead mentioned that SEC commissioner Greg Sankey views McGarity as one of the conference’s more valuable resources.
“You are one of the key athletic directors that he relies upon for most every issue,” Morehead said. “I know he will be particularly pleased to learn this development today.”