Strengthen Athletics Endowment to Secure Our Future!
Collegiate athletics open doors to the lifelong benefits of higher education to students from all walks of life. Recruiting these young people and providing them with financial support in the form of athletics scholarships is an investment in their boundless potential: as students, as athletes, as leaders, and as citizens. Attracting and retaining top coaching talent is another key factor in advancing the mission of Hurricane Athletics. Our ability to do both—now and for future generations of Hurricane student-athletes—depends in large part on visionary donors whose support builds and sustains the Athletics endowment.
The University’s Athletics endowment is undersized compared with our peers in the Atlantic Coast Conference and across the nation. Our goal for the campaign is to raise our endowment by $50 million through a combination of new endowed gifts and full funding of established endowments, and with an increased focus on planned gifts.
Endowment Thresholds
Partial Endowed Student-Athlete Scholarships: $100,000-$1.49 million
Endowed scholarships provide much-needed financial support for our student-athletes across all our Hurricane sports teams. Expanding our endowed scholarships will enable these and future generations of young people to continue to pursue their undergraduate educations while competing as Miami Hurricanes. Across the range of Hurricane varsity sports are different models or opportunities for giving, such as endowing scholarships for a specific team.
Full Endowed Student-Athlete Scholarships: $1.5 million
Full endowed scholarships provide much-needed financial support for our student-athletes across all our Hurricane sports teams. Expanding our endowed scholarships will enable these and future generations of young people to continue to pursue their undergraduate educations while competing as Miami Hurricanes. Across the range of Hurricane varsity sports are different models or opportunities for giving, such as endowing scholarships for a specific team. Donors with a full endowed scholarship will be recognized with a named student-athlete.
Endowed Coordinators & Assistant Coaching Positions: $1 million-$3 million
Endowments for coordinators & assistant coaching positions in all our sports will provide support for these positions and help maintain the competitiveness of these teams. A naming gift to endow these positions would also cement the donor’s public legacy as a loyal and generous supporter of Hurricane Athletics.
Endowed Head Coaching Positions: $3 million-$10 million
Endowments for head coaching positions in men’s and women’s basketball, baseball, and Olympic sports will provide support for these positions and help maintain the competitiveness of these teams. A naming gift to endow these positions would also cement the donor’s public legacy as a loyal and generous supporter of Hurricane Athletics.
Endowed Head Football Coaching Position & Endowed Athletic Director Position: $10 million-plus
Endowments for these positions will provide support and help to maintain the high public profile of University of Miami Athletics. A naming gift to endow these positions would also cement the donor’s public legacy as a loyal and generous supporter of Hurricane Athletics.
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