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Mike Holder to Retire, Chad Weiberg to Take Over as OSU’s Athletic Director

For the first time in 16 years, Oklahoma State’s Athletic Department will be under new guidance this summer.

Oklahoma State announced Thursday that university president Burns Hargis will present a leadership transition in the OSU Athletic Department at the OSU/A&M Board of Regents’ meeting Friday. Mike Holder, who took over as OSU’s Athletic Director in 2005, is set to retire, and Chad Weiberg will take over as AD starting July 1.

“Today is about the future of Oklahoma State University athletics,” Holder said in OSU’s release. “Chad Weiberg is the new sheriff in town, and he needs all of us to saddle up and ride for the brand.