Army has promoted Tom Theodorakis to be the school's new athletic director, it was announced Thursday.
Theodorakis had served as Army's deputy athletics director, external operations and chief revenue officer. He will replace his former boss, Mike Buddie, who took the athletic director job at TCU in late December.
"Theo has been an energizing force within Army athletics and is the ideal candidate to continue leading our NCAA athletic programs," said Lt. Gen. Steve Gilland, superintendent of the U.S. Military Academy. "He exemplifies Duty, Honor, Country and will ensure that our cadet athletes who today compete upon the fields of friendly strife are prepared to lead honorably on tomorrow's battlefields."
Theodorakis' background suits the modern athletic director job, as it is heavy in revenue generation. That includes leading all external units for Army.
He has been at Army since July 2022, and his familiarity with the academy proved an asset in his candidacy. He brings 16 years of total Division I experience, including external operations work at Harvard, Arizona and UCLA.
"It is both an honor and a privilege to have the opportunity to serve as the director of athletics at Army West Point," Theodorakis said in a statement. "I look forward to contributing to the academy's mission of developing leaders of character while instilling the values of Duty, Honor, Country. There's tremendous momentum within our department, and I am excited to help Army West Point Athletics reach even greater heights."
Army is coming off the school's first 12-win football season in school history, which included an American Athletic Conference title in the program's first year after going 8-0 in league play.
Theodorakis is a graduate of Syracuse, where he played lacrosse and was part of the 2004 national title team.