{{Short description|American sports administrator (born 1960)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}} {{Infobox college coach | name = Mike Bohn | image = | alt = | caption = <!--Bohn in February 2014 --> | current_title = | current_team = | current_conference = | current_record = | contract = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1960|11|16}} | birth_place = Hinsdale, Illinois, U.S. | death_date = | death_place = | player_sport1 = Football | player_years2 = 1982 | player_team2 = Kansas | player_sport3 = Baseball | player_years4 = 1982–1983 | player_team4 = Kansas | player_positions = Quarterback (football)<Br />Pitcher, first baseman, outfielder (baseball) | coach_sport1 = Football | coach_years2= 1983–1984 | coach_team2 = Ohio (GA) | admin_years1 = 1984–1992 | admin_team1 = Air Force (assoc) | admin_years2 = 1992–1995 | admin_team2 = CFA (marketing) | admin_years3 = 1996–1998 | admin_team3 = Colorado State (assoc) | admin_years4 = 1998–2003 <!--Mar 98 - Oct 03 --> | admin_team4 = Idaho | admin_years5 = 2003–2005 <!--Oct 03 - Apr 05 --> | admin_team5 = San Diego State | admin_years6 = 2005–2013 <!--Apr 05 - May 13 --> | admin_team6 = Colorado | admin_years7 = 2014–2019 <!-- Feb 14 - Nov 6 --> | admin_team7 = Cincinnati | admin_years8 = 2019–2023 <!-- Nov 6 - --> | admin_team8 = USC | overall_record = | bowl_record = | tournament_record = | championships = | awards = 2008 Diversity in Athletics Award | coaching_records = }} '''Michael Robert Bohn''' (born November 16, 1960) is an American sports administrator. He served as the athletic director for the Idaho Vandals, San Diego State Aztecs, Colorado Buffaloes, Cincinnati Bearcats, and USC Trojans.

==Career== Born in Hinsdale, Illinois, Bohn's family moved to Boulder, Colorado, when he was a year old; he was a three-sport athlete at Boulder High School and graduated in 1979. At the University of Kansas in Lawrence, Bohn was a quarterback on the Jayhawks' football team in 1982, and was also on the baseball team in 1982 and 1983.<ref>''[https://issuu.com/kuathletics/docs/18_kufb_mediaguide_web 2018 Kansas Football Media Guide]'', p. 179.</ref> He graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1983, and earned a master's degree in sports administration from Ohio University in 1984.

After more than five years as athletic director at Idaho,<ref name=srbhnoffrd>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=qfIzAAAAIBAJ&pg=5010%2C1970893 |work=Spokesman-Review |location=(Spokane, Washington |title=Bohn offered UI's A.D. job |date=March 14, 1998 |page=C3}}</ref><ref name=lmtuiwel>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Q7VeAAAAIBAJ&pg=4448%2C317908|work=Lewiston Morning Tribune |location=Idaho |last=Grummert |first=Dale |title=UI welcomes Bohn as AD |date=March 17, 1998 |page=1B}}</ref><ref name=mpdnad>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Vc0qAAAAIBAJ&pg=2547%2C1050272|work=Moscow-Pullman Daily News |location=Idaho-Washington |last=Nailen |first=Dan |title=Bohn named athletic director at UI |date=March 16, 1998 |page=1A}}</ref><ref name=ibcgrws>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=rPIzAAAAIBAJ&pg=1778%2C5224285 |work=Spokesman-Review |location=Spokane, Washington |last=Meehan |first=Jim |title=Idaho booster club grows when Vandals hire Bohn |date=March 17, 1998 |page=C1}}</ref> and eighteen months at San Diego State,<ref name=bhtsdsr>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=r9wnAAAAIBAJ&pg=6219%2C6868170 |work=Spokesman-Review |location=Spokane, Washington |last=Meehan |first=Jim |title=Bohn heading to San Diego|date=October 7, 2003 |page=C1}}</ref><ref name=lmtsds>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=h7heAAAAIBAJ&pg=2979%2C1865886 |work=Lewiston Morning Tribune |location=Idaho |title=UI's Bohn takes San Diego State job |date=October 7, 2003 |page=1B}}</ref><ref name=bbolts>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=1cYjAAAAIBAJ&pg=1818%2C704620 |work=Moscow-Pullman Daily News |location=Idaho-Washington |title=Bohn bolts to SDSU |date=October 6, 2003 |page=1A}}</ref> Bohn was appointed at Colorado in <!--April 13,-->2005, succeeding Dick Tharp and Jack Lengyel (interim);<ref name=srapcolnn>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=c2tWAAAAIBAJ&pg=3357%2C562666 |work=Spokesman-Review |location=Spokane, Washington |agency=Associated Press |title=Colorado hires Bohn for A.D. job |date=April 13, 2005 |page=C4}}</ref><ref name=hbcol>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=MdgyAAAAIBAJ&pg=4118%2C1406394 |work=Moscow-Pullman Daily News |location=Idaho-Washington |title=Bohn headed to Colorado |date=April 13, 2005 |page=3B}}</ref> his appointment was extended for a second five-year term in 2010.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/college-sports/story/_/id/6851319/colorado-ad-mike-bohn-gets-new-5-year-deal|publisher=ESPN |agency=Associated Press |title=Colorado's Mike Bohn gets 5-year deal |date=August 10, 2011|access-date=March 15, 2014}}</ref> Hired at Cincinnati in 2014, he succeeded Whit Babcock.<ref name=pcinirdxn>{{cite news|url=http://www.denverpost.com/colleges/ci_25101244/mike-bohn-eager-point-cincinnati-bearcats-right-direction |newspaper=Denver Post |last=Frei |first=Terry |title=Mike Bohn eager to point Cincinnati Bearcats in right direction as AD |date=February 10, 2014 |accessdate=March 15, 2014}}</ref>

Bohn was hired for the same role with the USC Trojans on November 11, 2019.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=r9wnAAAAIBAJ&pg=6234,6987890 |newspaper=Spokesman-Review |last=Meehan |first=Jim |title=Bohn heading to San Diego |date=October 7, 2003 |page=C1}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/college-sports/news/story?id=2035506 |publisher=ESPN |agency=Associated Press |title=Bohn leaving San Diego State for CU |date=April 12, 2005 |access-date=September 25, 2012}}</ref><ref>Rocky Mountain News December 7, 2005. [http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=RM&p_theme=rm&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=10E5B54F877FEFE8&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM Rocky Mountain News]</ref> He resigned on May 19, 2023.<ref>{{cite web |title=USC athletic director Mike Bohn resigns |website=Los Angeles Times |date=19 May 2023 |url=https://www.latimes.com/sports/usc/story/2023-05-19/usc-athletic-director-mike-bohn-resigns}}</ref>

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