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'{{short description|American college sports administrator}} {{use mdy dates|date=May 2021}} {{Infobox college coach | name = Hunter Yurachek | image = | alt = | caption = | current_team = [[Arkansas Razorbacks|Arkansas]] | current_title = [[Athletic director]] | current_conference = [[Southeastern Conference|SEC]] | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1968|10|21}} | birth_place = [[Richmond, Virginia]], U.S. | death_date = | death_place = | alma_mater = [[Guilford College]] | admin_years1 = 1994–1998 | admin_team1 = [[Wake Forest Demon Deacons|Wake Forest]] (assistant director of marketing and promotions) | admin_years2 = 1998–2000 | admin_team2 = [[Vanderbilt Commodores|Vanderbilt]] (assistant athletics director) | admin_years3 = 2001–2004 | admin_team3 = [[Western Carolina Catamounts|Western Carolina]] (senior associate athletics director) | admin_years4 = 2004–2006 | admin_team4 = [[Virginia Cavaliers|Virginia]] (associate athletics director) | admin_years5 = 2006–2010 | admin_team5 = [[Akron Zips|Akron]] (executive senior associate athletics director) | admin_years6 = 2010–2015 | admin_team6 = [[Coastal Carolina Chanticleers|Coastal Carolina]] | admin_years7 = 2015–2017 | admin_team7 = [[Houston Cougars|Houston]] | admin_years8 = 2017–present | admin_team8 = [[Arkansas Razorbacks|Arkansas]] }} '''Hunter Reid Yurachek''' (born October 21, 1968) is an American university sports administrator who is athletic director at the [[University of Arkansas]], and previously for the [[University of Houston]]. ==Early life and education== Yurachek was born on October 21, 1968, in Richmond, Virginia, and was raised in [[Charlotte, North Carolina]]. He lettered four years in basketball and received his bachelor's degree at [[Guilford College]] in 1990, and then his master's degree from the [[University of Richmond]] in 1994.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://news.uark.edu/articles/40446|title=Hunter Yurachek Named University of Arkansas Athletic Director|website=University of Arkansas News}}</ref> ==Athletic director== ===Coastal Carolina=== After stints at Wake Forest, Vanderbilt, Western Carolina, Virginia, and Akron, Yurachek was named athletic director for Coastal Carolina University. He was named the 2014 FCS Athletic Director of the Year while at Coastal Carolina. <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ssl.uh.edu/magazine/2015-fall/leadership/hunter-yurachek|title=Hunter Yurachek — University of Houston Magazine|website=ssl.uh.edu}}</ref> ===Arkansas=== After a stint at Houston as vice president for athletics, Yurachek once again became an athletic director, this time at the University of Arkansas. Yurachek has helped improve Arkansas both in and out of sports, overseeing Arkansas programs win several SEC and national titles, along with setting a spring term GPA record with an average 3.43 GPA.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://arkansasrazorbacks.com/support-staff/hunter-yurachek/|title=Hunter Yurachek|date=December 4, 2017|website=Arkansas Razorbacks}}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} {{Southeastern Conference athletic director navbox}} {{Coastal Carolina Chanticleers athletic director navbox}} {{Houston Cougars athletic director navbox}} {{Arkansas Razorbacks athletic director navbox}} {{authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Yurachek, Hunter}} [[Category:Arkansas Razorbacks athletic directors]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:1968 births]] [[Category:Basketball players from Richmond, Virginia]] [[Category:Basketball players from Charlotte, North Carolina]] [[Category:Guilford College alumni]] [[Category:University of Richmond alumni]] [[Category:Coastal Carolina Chanticleers athletic directors]] [[Category:Houston Cougars athletic directors]] [[Category:Guilford Quakers men's basketball players]] [[Category:Basketball players from North Carolina]]'