Purdue Athletics has appointed Tanner Ball because the athletic division’s new assistant athletics director for useful resource and contract administration.
Ball, who was elevated to the place from his prior position as director of strategic initiatives, will support the Boilermakers in efficiently implementing measures related to the Home Settlement case, together with planning and monitoring the distribution of income share funds to student-athletes. Ball can be liable for the division’s contract administration protocols, sustaining a aggressive edge within the adherence to rising guidelines and rules, in addition to ongoing compliance to NCAA parameters and College insurance policies.
“Tanner Ball’s experiences at Purdue, in addition to his profession accomplishments and academic background, make him uniquely certified to assist us excel on this new frontier inside faculty athletics,” stated Deputy Athletics Director and Chief Working Officer Ken Halpin. “Tanner has bolstered our athletics division’s revenue-generating endeavors throughout his time on campus, and his experience can be of super profit to us as we forge forward within the income sharing period.”
As Purdue’s director of strategic initiatives from 2022-25, Ball oversaw key income producing relationships on behalf of the Boilermakers, together with the administration of the Birck Boilermaker Golf Advanced, the Schwartz Tennis Middle, and the division’s partnership with the Purdue Staff Retailer. Ball was additionally important to the expansion of Purdue’s efforts within the identify, picture and likeness area, as he aided in quite a few merchandising alternatives that straight benefited Purdue student-athletes.
“I’m thrilled to have this chance to information Purdue via a interval of considerable change within the construction of intercollegiate athletics,” stated Ball. “Within the identify, picture and likeness period, we had been capable of set a right away commonplace of success for our athletics division, sports activities packages and student-athletes, and I do know I converse for everybody at Purdue in that we stay up for seeing that proceed as we implement these new income sharing processes and procedures.”
Previous to his arrival in West Lafayette, Ball served as assistant athletics director for administration at East Tennessee State from 2018-21. Throughout his grad faculty days at ETSU, Ball particularly labored within the division’s growth workplace.
A graduate of the College of Tennessee with a Bachelor’s diploma in sport administration in 2013, Ball went on to earn his MBA from East Tennessee State College in 2016 and adopted that together with his JD from the Cecil C. Humphreys Faculty of Regulation on the College of Memphis in 2018.
