Hunter Yurachek

Hunter Yurachek

Current position
Title	Athletic director
Team	Arkansas
Conference	SEC
Biographical details
Born	(1968-10-21) October 21, 1968 Richmond, Virginia, U.S.
Alma mater	Guilford College
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
1994–1998	Wake Forest (assistant director of marketing and promotions)
1998–2000	Vanderbilt (assistant athletics director)
2001–2004	Western Carolina (senior associate athletics director)
2004–2006	Virginia (associate athletics director)
2006–2010	Akron (executive senior associate athletics director)
2010–2015	Coastal Carolina
2015–2017	Houston
2017–present	Arkansas

Hunter Reid Yurachek (born October 21, 1968) is an American university sports administrator who is athletic director at the University of Arkansas, and previously for the University of Houston.

Early life and education

Yurachek was born on October 21, 1968, in Richmond, Virginia, and was raised in Charlotte, North Carolina. He lettered four years in basketball and received his bachelor's degree at Guilford College in 1990, and then his master's degree from the University of Richmond in 1994.

Athletic director

Coastal Carolina

After stints at Wake Forest, Vanderbilt, Western Carolina, Virginia, and Akron, Yurachek was named athletic director for Coastal Carolina University. He was named the 2014 FCS Athletic Director of the Year while at Coastal Carolina.

Arkansas

After a stint at Houston as vice president for athletics, Yurachek once again became an athletic director, this time at the University of Arkansas. Yurachek has helped improve Arkansas both in and out of sports, overseeing Arkansas programs win several SEC and national titles, along with setting a spring term GPA record with an average 3.43 GPA.