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Penn head coach departing for senior leadership position

After two decades leading the Penn men’s soccer program, head coach Rudy Fuller is departing the post to take a senior leadership position in the Ivy League school’s athletic department.

Fuller has been named Senior Associate Athletic Director for Intercollegiate Programs, the university announced on Thursday. Fuller will provide administrative oversight for all 33 intercollegiate sports with specific responsibility for football and men’s and women’s basketball, in addition to overseeing compliance, student development and sports performance.

“I take great pride in having been a part of such a storied and successful program, and I am confident that the program is poised for significant success in the years ahead,” Fuller said in a news release.