The Northwestern Wildcats have been looking for a new athletic director since June. With the start of Northwestern’s football season rapidly approaching, it looks like the position is about to be filled.
Northwestern is currently “targeting” Villanova athletic director Mark Jackson and “a deal is expected to come together in the next 24 hours” according to a report from ESPN College Football insider Pete Thamel.
Jackson began his career in college athletics administration in 2001, when he became the director of football and assistant athletic director at the University of Southern California. Jackson then became the Vice President of Athlete Development at Syracuse in 2005 and the director of football development with the Oakland Raiders in the NFL from 2006-2007 before returning to USC. In his second stint with the Trojans, Jackson was named senior associate athletic director and oversaw USC’s football, baseball and women’s lacrosse programs, along with their sports medicine, strength and conditioning, nutrition, security and equipment and apparel operations…