Mary Ellen Gillespie is leaving the University of Wisconsin Green Bay to become Athletic Director at Hartford, a Division 1 school in her home region of Connecticut.
Gillespie was hired by Green Bay in October of 2013 and in her relatively short tenure as the first female AD in school history, she developed the Phoenix Fund balance to over one million dollars, hired Linc Darner who ressurected the men’s basketball program with a trip to the NCAA tournament in her first year and also served on the NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament selection committee.
The University will start a national search for her replacement immediately as Gillespie takes over at Hartford in July.