Austin Van Poucke (rhymes with “BOOK”) is in his first season as Purdue Football's director of operations. Van Poucke served as UNLV’s director of football operations for two years under Barry Odom (2023-24), joining the head coach in the move to Purdue.
Before going out west, he was the director of operations for the Yale football program during the 2022 campaign. Van Poucke got his start in football operations by serving as a football operations graduate assistant at Arkansas for three seasons (2019-21). He moved to that position after working the previous two years as a football recruiting assistant for the Razorbacks.
Van Poucke earned his bachelor’s degree in recreation & sport management from the SEC school in 2019 and his master’s in 2021.
Austin Van Poucke
TitleDirector of Football Operations
Brandon Lee Named General Manager of Purdue Football as Odom Adds Support Staff
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Three of the most crucial off-field positions have been solidified for Purdue Football. Head coach Barry Odom selected Brandon Lee as the program's general manager, while Brad Odom (Director of Recruiting) and Austin Van Poucke (Director of Operations) joined the team from UNLV. A player under Odom, Lee arrives at Purdue after serving as associate athletic director for student-athlete brand strategy and innovation at Mississippi State.