WEST LAFAYETTE - The Purdue University Board of Trustees approved a contract extension on Friday (Oct. 6) for Vice President and Director of Intercollegiate Athletics Mike Bobinski through June 30, 2028.
In his eighth year guiding Purdue Athletics, Bobinski has raised expectations, expanded support for all student-athletes and inspired the Boilermakers' passionate fan base with notable academic, competitive and development successes, including the rise of Purdue Men's Basketball to consistent national prominence under head coach Matt Painter, monumental victories and bowl trophies for Boilermaker Football and multimillion dollar facility enhancements to Ross-Ade Stadium, Mackey Arena and the Birck Boilermaker Golf Complex.
"I'm grateful to President Chiang, Board Chairman Berghoff and the entire Board of Trustees for providing me the opportunity to continue working alongside our talented Boilermaker student-athletes, coaches and staff," said Bobinski. "It's an extremely dynamic time in college athletics, and I look forward to helping Purdue navigate the challenges and opportunities that lie ahead."
Success across all 18 sport programs has become an expectation at Purdue, with noteworthy accomplishments in recent seasons of competition. The Old Gold & Black's volleyball program twice reached the NCAA Regional Finals (2020, 2021), the soccer squad advanced to the NCAA Tournament (2021) and the women's basketball team returned to the NCAA Tournament for the first time in six seasons with a March Madness berth in 2023. Purdue's golf programs have excelled, with both the men's and women's squads combining for 11 NCAA Regional appearances since 2017.
Three Big Ten Conference regular season championships have been claimed by Purdue Men's Basketball (2017, 2019, 2023), as well as one tournament trophy (2023). Football claimed its first-ever Big Ten West Division title in 2022, and additionally, women's outdoor track & field won the 2017 Big Ten Championship.
Purdue set an athletics department record during the 2021-22 school year with 265 Academic All-Big Ten honorees. In total under Bobinski's watch, Boilermaker student-athletes have earned 47 Academic All-America or All-America scholar recognitions.
Fundraising success has been significant during Bobinski's tenure, including the COVID-necessitated More Than A Game campaign, which raised $18.5 million and allowed Purdue Athletics to continue functioning without reducing sport programs or assuming any debt.
The John Purdue Club (JPC) secured a record-breaking $83 million in donations in 2022, including the largest cash gift in Purdue Athletics history at $20 million. JPC membership growth has been substantial, with the annual scholarship fund bringing in a record-setting amount of $13.5 million in 2023 to fully cover student-athlete scholarships for the second consecutive year. Bobinski and his team have been responsible for raising $95 million in capital project funding that will be completed by Fall 2024 on the athletics campus.
Purdue's energized fan base has responded, with Mackey Arena currently holding a 57-game sellout streak for Coach Painter's hoops program. Football attendance has grown from a season average of 34,500 in 2016 to more than 57,000 last season, spurring forward the recently completed $45.4 million opening phase of renovation at Ross-Ade Stadium.
In his eighth year guiding Purdue Athletics, Bobinski has raised expectations, expanded support for all student-athletes and inspired the Boilermakers' passionate fan base with notable academic, competitive and development successes, including the rise of Purdue Men's Basketball to consistent national prominence under head coach Matt Painter, monumental victories and bowl trophies for Boilermaker Football and multimillion dollar facility enhancements to Ross-Ade Stadium, Mackey Arena and the Birck Boilermaker Golf Complex.
"I'm grateful to President Chiang, Board Chairman Berghoff and the entire Board of Trustees for providing me the opportunity to continue working alongside our talented Boilermaker student-athletes, coaches and staff," said Bobinski. "It's an extremely dynamic time in college athletics, and I look forward to helping Purdue navigate the challenges and opportunities that lie ahead."
Success across all 18 sport programs has become an expectation at Purdue, with noteworthy accomplishments in recent seasons of competition. The Old Gold & Black's volleyball program twice reached the NCAA Regional Finals (2020, 2021), the soccer squad advanced to the NCAA Tournament (2021) and the women's basketball team returned to the NCAA Tournament for the first time in six seasons with a March Madness berth in 2023. Purdue's golf programs have excelled, with both the men's and women's squads combining for 11 NCAA Regional appearances since 2017.
Three Big Ten Conference regular season championships have been claimed by Purdue Men's Basketball (2017, 2019, 2023), as well as one tournament trophy (2023). Football claimed its first-ever Big Ten West Division title in 2022, and additionally, women's outdoor track & field won the 2017 Big Ten Championship.
Purdue set an athletics department record during the 2021-22 school year with 265 Academic All-Big Ten honorees. In total under Bobinski's watch, Boilermaker student-athletes have earned 47 Academic All-America or All-America scholar recognitions.
Fundraising success has been significant during Bobinski's tenure, including the COVID-necessitated More Than A Game campaign, which raised $18.5 million and allowed Purdue Athletics to continue functioning without reducing sport programs or assuming any debt.
The John Purdue Club (JPC) secured a record-breaking $83 million in donations in 2022, including the largest cash gift in Purdue Athletics history at $20 million. JPC membership growth has been substantial, with the annual scholarship fund bringing in a record-setting amount of $13.5 million in 2023 to fully cover student-athlete scholarships for the second consecutive year. Bobinski and his team have been responsible for raising $95 million in capital project funding that will be completed by Fall 2024 on the athletics campus.
Purdue's energized fan base has responded, with Mackey Arena currently holding a 57-game sellout streak for Coach Painter's hoops program. Football attendance has grown from a season average of 34,500 in 2016 to more than 57,000 last season, spurring forward the recently completed $45.4 million opening phase of renovation at Ross-Ade Stadium.