University of Georgia deputy athletic director Carla Williams will be named athletic director at the University of Virginia, the Charlottesville (VA) Daily Press reports.
Williams, a Georgia alumna and a former professional basketball player, will be the only African-American female AD among 64 Power 5 conference schools.
Williams will succeed Craig Littlepage, who is retiring. Littlepage was the first African-American athletic director in the ACC upon his 2001 hiring.