Brian Mackin joined UNCG as Athletic Director in January.
Hecame to UNCG from Conference USA, where he served as deputy commissioner. Mackin’s career encompasses high-level corporate experience for PNC Bank and Vulcan Materials, among others, along with experience in collegiate and professional athletics.
He spent 13 years with the University of Alabama-Birmingham (UAB) Athletics, including the final eight years as athletic director. He is a UAB alumnus, a finance major.
“As a former student athlete myself, I know the life lessons athletics can teach you – with the time demands, the discipline, and the commitment you need,” he explains. You’re practicing, you’re competing, you’re in the classroom, you’re studying.”
When he was hiring in the corporate world, he took note of the student-athletes. “We knew that they were disciplined. We knew they went through the trials of winning and losing.” It helped prepare them for careers – and for life.
By Mike Harris ’93 MA
Photography by Martin W. Kane