| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | April 18, 1961 Oakville, Ontario, U.S. |
| Playing career | |
| 1981–1984 | Georgia Institute of Technology |
| Position(s) | Linebacker |
| Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
| 1988–1995 | Georgia Institute of Technology (assistant AD) |
| 1997–2000 | Houston (associate AD) |
| 2000–2003 | East Tennessee State |
| 2003–2012 | Oregon State (ex. assoc. AD) |
| 2012–2015 | UCF |
| 2015–2016 | Oregon State |
| 2016–2022 | Georgia Institute of Technology |
| 2023– | NC State |
Todd Stansbury is a Canadian–American university sports administrator and former college athlete. Stansbury is the former athletic director for the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets sports program at the Georgia Institute of Technology.[1] He previously served as executive associate athletic director at Oregon State, assistant athletic director for academics at Georgia Tech, associate athletic director at the University of Houston, and athletic director at East Tennessee State University, the University of Central Florida, and the Georgia Institute of Technology.[2][3]
Stansbury was born in Oakville, Ontario, Canada.[4] He accepted an athletic scholarship to attend the Georgia Tech in Atlanta, Georgia, where he lettered as a linebacker for coach Bill Curry's Yellow Jackets football team. He graduated from Georgia Tech with a B.S. in Industrial Management in 1984. Despite an injury plagued career at Georgia Tech, Stansbury was a third round draft choice for the Saskatchewan Roughriders. In 1993, he graduated with a masters in sports administration from Georgia State University.[4]
Todd Stansbury commenced his professional journey in collegiate athletics after a tenure within the banking sector. With an interest in finance and accounting, he initially pursued a career within banking, assuming the role of credit manager at Citizens and Southern National Bank in Atlanta.
However, the trajectory of his career shifted markedly in the autumn of 1987, catalyzed by an unexpected phone call from an unlikely source. The caller, Scott Zolke, his former academic advisor, presented an offer for Stansbury to assume his position as the academic advisor to the football team.
Assuming the role as Director of Athletics at East Tennessee State University in July of 2000, he spearheaded a comprehensive array of initiatives. Updating budget controls for coaches and staff, rebranding the department of athletics which included modernizing marks and logos, and orchestrating fundraising campaigns, and implementing academic support and personal development programming for student athletes. Under his stewardship, ETSU witnessed the initiation and execution of a program-wide strategic plan alongside extensive reorganization and significant staff recruitment which led to stabilizing a program with a history of high staff turnover. Notably, he oversaw the completion of numerous infrastructure and capital projects, including the establishment of a golf practice facility for its nationally ranked golf program, added the sport of softball, and expanded the athletic training facility into a revenue producing outpatient rehabilitation center in partnership with the ETSU College of Medicine.