{{short description|American college athletics administrator}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}} {{Infobox college coach | name = Brad Bates | image = | caption = | sport = | current_title = | current_team = | current_conference = | current_record = | contract = | birth_date = c. 1959 | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | alma_mater = | player_years1 = | player_team1 = | player_positions = | admin_years1 = 2002–2012 | admin_team1 = Miami OH | admin_years2 = 2012–2017 | admin_team2 = Boston College | overall_record = | bowl_record = | tournament_record = | championships = | awards = | coaching_records = }} '''Brad Bates''' (born c. 1959) is a former American college athletics administrator. He was the athletic director at Boston College from 2012 to 2017. He resigned in February 2017 to join the executive search and consulting firm Collegiate Sports Associates.<ref>{{cite news|title=Brad Bates resigns as Boston College athletic director|newspaper=The Boston Globe|date=February 20, 2017|url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/sports/colleges/2017/02/20/brad-brad-resigns-athletic-director/FD4R6M85DGgFPCe4u7cVnI/story.html}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Brad Bates out BC as athletic director|newspaper=Boston Herald|date=February 20, 2017|url=http://www.bostonherald.com/sports/college/on_campus/2017/02/brad_bates_out_bc_as_athletic_director|access-date=September 17, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170917123519/http://www.bostonherald.com/sports/college/on_campus/2017/02/brad_bates_out_bc_as_athletic_director|archive-date=September 17, 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref>
Bates was previously the athletic director at Miami University from 2002 to 2012. He also spent 17 years working in athletic administration at Vanderbilt University.<ref name=Bio>{{cite web|title=Brad Bates biography|publisher=Miami University|accessdate=September 16, 2017|url=http://www.miamiredhawks.com/school-bio/mioh-ad-bio-bates.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170917123345/http://www.miamiredhawks.com/school-bio/mioh-ad-bio-bates.html|archive-date=September 17, 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref>
He played college football under Bo Schembechler as a defensive back at the University of Michigan where he received a varsity letter as a member of the 1980 team that won the 1980 Rose Bowl.<ref>{{cite web|title=1980 Michigan Wolverines football Roster|publisher=University of Michigan, Bentley Historical Library|accessdate=September 16, 2017|url=https://bentley.umich.edu/athdept/rosters/search.php?data=football&year_option=equals&year=1980&sortby=lastname%2C+firstname%2C+year&find=FIND}}</ref> He received a bachelor of arts degree from Michigan in 1981.<ref name=Bio/>
At BC, Bates finalized a $200 million strategic plan for new athletic facilities. He was responsible for hiring football coach Steve Addazio and men’s basketball coach Jim Christian. During Bates tenure as AD, the school’s marquee sports programs suffered from poor performance and decreased attendance.<ref>{{cite news|title=Brad Bates out BC as athletic director|newspaper=Boston Herald|date=February 20, 2017|url=http://www.bostonherald.com/sports/college/on_campus/2017/02/brad_bates_out_bc_as_athletic_director|access-date=September 17, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170917123519/http://www.bostonherald.com/sports/college/on_campus/2017/02/brad_bates_out_bc_as_athletic_director|archive-date=September 17, 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref> During the 2015-16 academic year, Boston College went winless in the ACC in football and men's basketball and compiled an 8-70 record in football, men's basketball and women's basketball.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Rittenberg |first1=Adam |title=Boston College AD Brad Bates leaving after school year |url=https://www.espn.com/college-sports/story/_/id/18725138/boston-college-eagles-ad-brad-bates-step-down |access-date=24 December 2021 |work=ESPN |date=August 30, 2019}}</ref>
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