Canes Welcome Senior Associate Athletic Director Tim Wise
May 24, 2012
CORAL GABLES, Fla. – University of Miami Director of Athletics Shawn Eichorst announced the hiring of Tim Wise to the position of Senior Associate Athletic Director for Facilities and Event Operations.
“Tim is a great match for the University of Miami and we are fortunate that he is joining our team,” said Eichorst. “His attention to detail, tireless work ethic, strategic mind and emphasis on customer service will pay dividends throughout our entire department and with our fan base.”
Wise, who has over 16 years of experience in college athletics as an event manager, facilities director and administrator, was hired by the University of Wisconsin Athletic Department as assistant athletic director for events and facilities in August, 2008. In January 2012, he was named Interim Associate Athletic Director and elevated to the Senior Management Team with oversight of the University Ridge Golf Course and $125 million in capital projects.
Wise also had supervisory oversight of the UW Athletics event management, facilities, food and beverage and guest services units and oversaw an annual budget of approximately $15 million. He also served in a lead role in administrative coordination of UW Athletics concerts, summer camps and event parking.
Wise will join the Hurricanes officially on June 4 and begin oversight of the following areas:
+ Facilities and Maintenance Services
+ Capital Projects/Construction
+ Facilities Master Planning
+ Event Management and Guest Services
+ Camps/Clinics
+ Risk Management
+ Information Technology
+ BankUnited Center/Global Spectrum Liaison
+ Sun Life Stadium Liaison
+ Marching Band Liaison
+ Sport Oversight (TBA)
“I am excited to be joining the University of Miami and I am grateful for this blessed opportunity,” Wise said. “The U has a rich and long tradition and I am looking forward to being a part of the team. I look forward to working with Shawn Eichorst and the rest of the staff and coaches and building on the academic and athletic excellence.”
Wise served as the director of facility maintenance at the University of Connecticut from August of 2005 to August 2008. He oversaw daily operations of athletic facilities, projects and event operations as the assistant athletics director for facilities and operations at Eastern Michigan University from November of 2003 to June of 2005.
Wise was hired as the athletics event manager at the University of Denver in August 2000 and promoted to the Director of Athletics Events in August of 2001 and served in that role until October of 2003. Prior to his time at Denver, Wise was the event services manager at The Ohio State University’s Schottenstein Center.
Wise was an event operations manager intern at Michigan State University from August of 1998 to May of 1999. His first position upon graduation from college was as a conference coordinator at the University of South Carolina from December of 1996 to January of 1998.
Wise has extensive experience working at NCAA and conference championship events. At Wisconsin he served on the departments Diversity Integration Group and is the representative to the City of Madison and UW Campus Joint Southeast Campus Area Committee. In the past, he served on Connecticut’s Environmental Compliance Team as well as the schools Environmental Policy Advisory Council. He also served on the NCAA Woman of the Year Selection Committee and the NCAA Minority Opportunities and Interests Committee, three years as the Vice Chair. Wise earned the University of Denver Center for Multicultural Excellence Outstanding Staff Award in 2002-03.
Wise is a member of Alpha Phi Alpha, Fraternity, Inc. and served as the President of the local Mu Eta Lambda alumni chapter. He is a member of the Collegiate Event and Facility Management Association and was named to the Board of Directors in September 2011. Wise also has membership in the Minority Opportunities Athletic Association, the Black Coaches and Administrators, the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics., and the Madison Network of Black Professionals. He has participated in the NCAA Leadership Institute Continuing Education Series, the NCAA Leadership Institute for Ethnic Minority Males, the NACDA Mentoring Institute and NCAA Diversity Education Training. Most recently, Wise completed and graduated from the highly prestigious collegiate athletics executive leadership training program at the Sports Management Institute.
Wise, who is single, is a 1996 graduate of the University of South Carolina with a bachelor’s degree in business administration and earned a masters’ degree in human performance and sport studies from the University of Tennessee in 1998.
