Overview
- Babcock, who announced Thursday, will retire June 30 and become athletics director emeritus to advise university leaders.
- He said he is stepping down to improve work-life balance and to focus on family and health as college sports change fast.
- The recent hire of former Penn State coach James Franklin to lead football was one of his last moves to keep momentum through the handoff.
- Since taking over in January 2014, he became the ACC's second-longest-tenured AD and oversaw 30 of the school's 46 ACC championships.
- His tenure also brought national honors and major investments, including a 2018 AD of the Year award and nearly $230 million in new funding last fall for the revenue-sharing era.