UC Irvine A.D. Mike Izzi Signs Contract Extension

IRVINE, Calif. --- UC Irvine Athletic Director Mike Izzi has signed a contract extension through 2016.

Izzi was named UCI’s A.D. in December 2007 after previously serving 16 years in athletic administration at Stanford University.

Under his leadership, UCI Athletics has finished in the top five of the Learfield Sports Division I-AAA All-Sports Trophy competition each of the last four years.

He also oversaw the department’s shoe and apparel deal with adidas, marking the first time that UCI intercollegiate athletics programs have been included in a single, all-encompassing apparel agreement. 

During Izzi’s tenure, 22 Anteater teams have advanced to NCAA postseason play, including men’s volleyball that won the 2009 NCAA title.  Baseball has competed in the NCAA postseason each of the last four seasons, including two Super Regionals.    Men’s soccer has participated in three NCAA Tournaments, including a Sweet 16 appearance in 2008, and women’s soccer has moved onto the past two NCAA tourneys, including the Sweet 16 in 2010. 

The Anteaters have won 13 conference regular-season titles and eight Big West Conference Tournament championships since 2008.

UCI has had 608 conference scholar-athletes, 271 all-conference honorees and 52 All-Americans in the past four years.