- Jack Swarbrick
John B. "Jack" Swarbrickcite web|url=http://www.bakerdaniels.com/attorneys/detail.aspx?attorney=145 |title=Bio Page (Baker Daniels) |accessdate=2008-07-15] is the
athletic director at theUniversity of Notre Dame .cite web|title=Jack Swarbrick appointed director of athletics at Notre Dame |url=http://newsinfo.nd.edu/content.cfm?topicid=28666&seltopicid=3427 |author=Dennis Brown |date=2008-07-16 |accessdate=2008-07-16] cite news|url=http://sports.espn.go.com/ncaa/news/story?id=3490653|title=Sources: Swarbrick to replace White as athletics director in South Bend|author=Graham Watson|publisher=ESPN.com|accessdate=2008-07-15|date=July 15 ,2008 ] His appointment was announced in July 2008, replacing Kevin White, who resigned in June 2008 to take the same position at Duke University. [cite web|url=http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/chi-15-irish-adjul15,0,4733506.story |title=Notre Dame opts for attorney John "Jack" Swarbrick as next athletic director |publisher=Chicago Tribune |accessdate=2008-07-15 |date=2008-07-15 |author= Brian Hamilton and Teddy Greenstein]Swarbrick, who earned an undergraduate degree in economics from Notre Dame in 1976 and a law degree from Stanford in 1980, practiced law for 28 years and was a partner in the law firm of Baker & Daniels immediately prior to accepting his position at Notre Dame.cite web|title=Sports Corp’s ownership of Pan Am Plaza a ... BROKEN PLAY |url=http://www.ibj.com/html/detail_page_Full.asp?content=17090&NoFrame=1 |publisher=Indianapolis Business Journal |date=2008-07-11 |accessdate=2008-07-15 |author=Cory Schouten] From 1992 until 2001, he also served as chairman of the Indiana Sports Corp., during which time he helped convince the NCAA to relocate its headquarters to Indianapolis.
Swarbrick was previously considered for athletic director positions at Indiana University and Stanford University. In 2007, he was considered for the position of commissioner of the
Big 12 Conference , and in 2002 he was a finalist for the position of NCAA president, which went toMyles Brand . [cite news| title=Beebe picked as Big 12 commissioner |author=Brian Davis |publisher=Dallas Morning News |date=2007-09-06 |accessdate=2008-07-15]He was the vice-president of the team that successfully bid to host
Super Bowl XLVI in 2012 in Indianapolis. [cite news|date=2008-05-25 |title=Dennis Hopper makes super pitch |publisher=Richmond Times-Dispatch |accessdate=2008-07-15]From 2000-2002, Swarbrick was
CEO of LMiV, an internet firm funded partially byEmmis Communications . [cite journal|publisher=Indianapolis Business Journal |title=LMiV failure hasn't soured CEO's ambition; Internet venture was a victim of bad timing |date=2002-09-02 |accessdate=2008-07-16 |author=Andrea Muirragui |volume=23 |issue=25 |pages=25]Swarbrick has been a member of the Indiana bar since 1980 and is also admitted to practice in the Supreme Court and the
Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals .Personal
Swarbrick is married to Kimberly, and they have four children.
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