Board Member

JEREMIAH DONATI, J.D.
Director of Intercollegiate Athletics
Texas Christian University

Jeremiah Donati was appointed December 11, 2017, as TCU’s Director of Intercollegiate Athletics. Previously the Horned Frogs’ Deputy Athletics Director, Donati became just the eighth director of intercollegiate athletics in TCU’s history.

Donati arrived at TCU in 2011 and played a major role in the success of athletic development and facility upgrades. He was instrumental in the final stages of fundraising for the $164 million rebuild of Amon G. Carter Stadium as well as being the point person on the $72 million renovation of the Ed and Rae Schollmaier Arena, Lupton Stadium upgrades, the Huffman Football Center, refurbishing of the Schollmaier Basketball Complex and the new playing field and improved lighting at Garvey-Rosenthal Soccer Stadium. He has also overseen record levels of donor support in Frog Club annual giving and overall athletics giving. The three highest totals in overall athletic giving at TCU came in the four years before he was named the Horned Frogs’ director of intercollegiate athletics.

Donati began at TCU as a Frog Club gift officer before becoming executive director of the TCU Frog Club. In 2013, he was promoted to associate athletics director and associate vice chancellor for athletic development. He was named Deputy AD in 2016.

Prior to TCU, Donati was with Leigh Steinberg Sports and Entertainment as general counsel and director of player representation. His extensive experience in professional and intercollegiate athletics includes fundraising positions with the University of Arizona Wildcat Club, Washington State University Cougar Athletic Fund, and the Cal Poly University Mustang Club.

Donati earned a B.A. in politics and government in 2001 from the University of Puget Sound and a Juris Doctorate from Whittier Law School in 2005.

Donati and his wife, Nicole, live in Fort Worth and have two children.