ATLANTA — Georgia Tech athletic director Mike Bobinski has accepted the same position at Purdue.
Bobinski's decision was announced Tuesday by Georgia Tech President Bud Peterson, who said Bobinski will begin his work at Purdue this month.
"While I regret that Mike is leaving us, I appreciate his tremendous efforts the last three years to forge a unified, strategic direction for the Georgia Tech Athletic Association and to energize our coaches, student-athletes and fans,” Peterson said. “He has led with integrity, and we wish him the best.”
Bobinski started at Georgia Tech in April of 2013 coming from Xavier University in Cincinnati, Ohio. In Bobinski’s three years at Georgia Tech, 301 student-athletes earned their degrees, and those earning Dean’s List and Faculty Honors designation increased from 45 percent in 2013 to 49 percent this past spring. Since the beginning of the 2013-14 academic year, 498 Georgia Tech student-athletes, nearly half annually, received ACC Honor Roll acknowledgement.
On the field, Georgia Tech programs captured ACC titles in baseball (2014 tournament title) and golf (2014 and 2015), while producing 34 All-Americans. Other highlights during Bobinski’s tenure include the 2014 ACC Coastal Division football title, a Capital One Orange Bowl win and a No. 8 final ranking; three NCAA tournament appearances for the baseball team; top 10 NCAA finishes by the Yellow Jackets golf team in 2014 and 2015 to go along with their conference titles; and a Sweet 16 berth in the 2016 Women’s NCAA Tennis Championships.
Bobinski was hired by Georgia Tech from Xavier in April 2013.
At Purdue, Bobinski will replace Morgan Burke, who announced in February he would retire no later than the end of June 2017.
Peterson said a search committee will be formed to find Bobinski's replacement.
