Pitt hires Tennessee’s Greene as athletic director

Pete Thamel, ESPNOct 18, 2024, 11:55 PMCloseCollege Football Senior Writer for ESPN. Insider for College Gameday.Pittsburgh has hired veteran athletic director Allen Greene as the school’s next AD, the university announced Friday.Greene has been the senior deputy athletic director and chief operating officer at Tennessee, and he has served as the athletic director at Buffalo and Auburn. He twice worked at Ole Miss and worked for seven years at Notre Dame.He will start in his new role Nov. 1 and is taking over for Heather Lyke, who was fired last month.”I am inspired by the storied history of Pitt Athletics and am fully dedicated to helping our Panthers reach even greater heights in the future,” Greene said in a statement. “I am looking forward to meeting and working on behalf of Pitt’s student-athletes, coaches, staff and campus leaders.”Greene brings a strong background in football, finances, NIL and fundraising. Increasing revenue was one of the biggest objectives of Pitt’s…