STANFORD, Calif. -- Stanford University announced a nationwide search for a new director of Athletics has ended with an alumnus with Bay Area ties getting the job. Stanford has hired former Nike CEO ...

Stanford University announced this week the hiring of John Donahoe as its new athletic director. Photo courtesy David Bernal. Stanford University has hired a new athletic director, tapping school alum ...

Stanford has hired former Nike CEO John Donahoe as the school's new athletic director, the university announced Thursday. Donahoe, 65, will arrive in the collegiate athletic director space with a vast ...

Stanford late Thursday named former Nike CEO John Donahoe its next athletic director, a seemingly unlikely hire, but one the university said is a perfect fit given the ongoing turmoil in college ...