Fresno State hires Garrett Klassy as new Athletic Director

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- Garrett Klassy has been named the caller Athletic Director astatine Fresno State.

Klassy was astir precocious the Deputy Athletic Director astatine the University of Houston.

He has besides worked astatine The University of Nebraska, University of Oregon and University of Alabama.

Klassy's hiring comes aft erstwhile Athletic Director Terry Tumey and Fresno State "mutually agreed" to portion ways successful March.

"I americium profoundly excited astatine the accidental to enactment with Garrett," said Fresno State President Jiménez-Sandoval successful a property release. "He comes with an awesome inheritance successful athletics, and demonstrates integrity, intentional passion, and strategical energy. As helium grew up connected a dairy farm, helium lives our values, understands our civilization and illustrates our enactment ethic astatine the highest levels."

Klassy volition statesman his relation connected July 23.

"This is an unthinkable infinitesimal for maine and my family, and I americium committed to moving tirelessly to determination Fresno State Athletics guardant aggressively during this changing scenery of assemblage athletics," Klassy said successful a property release.