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Ross Bjork took over as The Ohio State University’s Senior Vice President and Wolfe Foundation-Eugene Smith Endowed Athletics Director on July 1, 2024. Bjork, who has more than 30 years of experience in intercollegiate athletics as a student-athlete and administrator, had worked at Ohio State as a Senior Advisor for Intercollegiate Athletics since March 1.

Bjork arrived at Ohio State after serving as director of athletics at Texas A&M University, overseeing more than 600 student-athletes competing at the Division I level in 20 varsity sports. During his tenure, the school set new records in overall grade point average, NCAA Graduate Success Rate and NCAA Academic Progress Rate. At the same time, Bjork played a leading role in launching the largest fundraising campaign in Texas A&M athletics’ history outside of the redevelopment of Kyle Field. 

Previously, Bjork served as the vice chancellor for intercollegiate athletics at the University of Mississippi and as the director of intercollegiate athletics at Western Kentucky University. He was also on the senior athletics staffs at the University of California, Los Angeles (2005-2010), University of Miami (2003-2005) and University of Missouri (1997-2003). He began his administrative career at Western Kentucky as an assistant development coordinator in 1996.