Oct 30, 2019 12:00 PM
Doug Knuth, Athletic Director
University of Nevada, Reno Athletic Director Dough Knuth

Doug Knuth became the eighth director of athletics at UNR in April of 2013.  As special assistant to the president and director of athletics, he brings more than 25 years of professional experience and achievement in athletics administration.  He has guided significant achievement in the department's academic successes as well as multiple team championships.  Nevada is coming off of its third straight Mountain West championship in men's basketball and is ushering in a new era with the hire of a proven winner Steve Alford.  In football, the pack had its best record in the Mountain West with eight wins and a victory in the NOVA Home Loans Arizona Bowl in 2018. The women's basketball team played in the MW Championship game and in six conference tournament games overall in two years under Coach Amanda Levens.  Four-time All-American multi-sport star Nicola Ader and the re-birth of men's cross country program in 2019 have also occurred under Doug.

He holds master's degrees in sports administration and facility management from Ohio University (1998) and business administration (2002).  While at the University of Connecticut he was a four-year letter winner and captain on the men's tennis team.  A native of Fairfield, Conn., Knuth and his wife, Marci, married in 2019 and their family shares five children.