Troy University has a new athletic director.

Over the weekend, it was reported by Pete Thamel of ESPN that the school is promoting interim AD Kyle George to the full time role after he has served in it since August of 2025.

George has been at Troy since 2017 and prior to his promotion to interim AD, he was serving as the Deputy AD for external relations.

A Hoover native, George has also previously worked at Southern Miss in the marketing department there. Since 2017 when he was hired to be the Trojan Associate Athletics Director for Marketing and Sales before his promotion to Deputy AD, the school has taken major leaps in athletics.

Jon Sumrall led Troy to consecutive Sun Belt titles in 2022 and 2023, and the basketball program won both the Sun Belt regular season and tournament titles to advance to the NCAA Tournament for just the third time in school history.

George graduated with his a bachelor’s degree from Samford University in 2011 before heading to Southern Miss where he secured a master’s degree in sports administration from in 2013.