After what President Elliot Hirshman said was an “intensive national search” over the last six weeks to fill the vacant Athletic Director position, Hirshman introduced John David Wicker as the new San Diego State AD at a news conference on Oct. 24.
The arrival of Wicker is in turn a homecoming, as he worked under former AD Jim Sterk, who left SDSU for an identical position at the University of Missouri.
Wicker was Sterk’s deputy AD from June 2011 until his eventual departure in July 2015 for a similar position at Georgia Tech.
“We envisioned someone who cares about student athletes, whose integrity is paramount and whose competitive fire will inspire greatness,” Hirshman said of the decision to hire Wicker.