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TCU’s Ukaegbu to take part in NCAA’s Pathway Program, which grooms future ADs

By Drew Davison

Ike Ukaegbu is taking another step toward his dream of running an athletic department one day.

Ukaegbu (pronounced ooo-Kay-boo), TCU’s senior associate athletic director for compliance, will be one of 20 participants in the NCAA’s Pathway Program in the upcoming school year. More than 25% of the program’s alumni have gone on to become athletic directors or conference commissioners, including six of the 20 who participated last year.

“An opportunity like this is going to expose me to other aspects of athletics outside of compliance,” said Ukaegbu, who has been at TCU since May 2014. “It’ll help me immensely to hopefully get that opportunity to become an athletic director. I’m grateful and excited to participate in the program.”

Read more here: https://www.star-telegram.com/sport...niversity/article243600087.html#storylink=cpy
 
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