Senior associate athletic director Tim Fitzpatrick oversees the department's internal operations and serves as the administrative liaison for the football program. During his tenure, he helped the department negotiate a $21,000,000 contract with Adidas and also works extensively with Learfield Sports/IU Sports Properties and the Big Ten Network, who bring a combined $9,000,000 in revenue to the program each year. He also has seen his area help generate $1,971,183 in ticket sales revenue in excess of budgeted projections, a 15-percent improvement. Fitzpatrick came to IU in January 2005, after spending the previous five years as Chief Operating Officer and Associate Athletics Director For External Operations at the U.S. Military Academy. Fitzpatrick directed a fundraising effort that saw Army's donor base grow from 750 to 6,700 and funds grow from $500,000 to $1.8 million. Fitzpatrick also cultivated the Army Sports Network from two radio stations to 18, including 50,000-watt WEPN-AM 1050 in New York City, as well as affiliates in Boston, Philadelphia, Baltimore/Washington, D.C. and San Antonio. During Fitzpatrick's tenure at West Point, corporate sponsorship revenue jumped from $250,000 to $920,000, and this includes such national brands as Jeep, Coca-Cola and Gatorade. In addition, Fitzpatrick coordinated and executed the national "Request For Proposal (RFP)" for the 2004-09 Army-Navy football games. The RFP was circulated to 100 cities nationwide, and 15 cities submitted bids to host the game. The RFP process and subsequent negotiations raised the guaranteed sum split by the two military academies from $2.8 million to over $4 million. Fitzpatrick arrived at West Point from the University of North Carolina-Charlotte, where he served as the Associate Athletics Director for External Affairs and Executive Director of the Athletic Foundation. Fitzpatrick's work at Charlotte resulted in a 26-percent increase in annual gifts; a 39-percent increase in planned gifts and a nine-percent increase in men's basketball attendance in Conference USA. Prior to Army and Charlotte, Fitzpatrick served in a similar role at the University of Pittsburgh. In addition to serving as the Panthers' men's basketball sport administrator, Fitzpatrick directed a staff of 21 people that generated a school record $1.4 million in corporate sponsorship revenue and a $125,000 increase in annual giving. Fitzpatrick was a Senior Associate Athletics Director at the University of North Texas from May 1994 to June 1996. He was instrumental in UNT's transition from NCAA Division I-AA football to the Big West Conference, and during the 1994 football season, North Texas was one of three programs nationally to have every football game televised in its home market. This local television package generated more than $700,000 in corporate sponsorship revenue. He also gained considerable experience as Assistant Commissioner of the Southwest Conference from 1992-94. Fitzpatrick negotiated a $2.25 million, three-year men's basketball tournament title sponsorship with the Dr. Pepper Company, and he also oversaw the league's national and local television syndication efforts. Fitzpatrick began his athletic administration career as the Assistant Marketing Director at Army before moving on to Virginia Commonwealth as the Director of Marketing and Ticket Sales (1984-87) and Assistant Athletics Director for Marketing and Public Relations from 1987-92. A 1981 graduate of Hampden-Sydney College with a bachelor's degree in English, Fitzpatrick earned his master's degree in sports administration from Ohio University in 1982. Tim is married to Kerry Marks, and they have a son, James. |
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