Pat Chun
Sports Management Trailblazer
YEAR INDUCTED
2022
CATEGORY
Sports
HOMETOWN
Youngstown, Ohio
As athletic director of the Washington State Cougars, Patrick Chun is the first Asian American athletic director at a Power Five school. Since arriving in 2018, he has overseen a transformation of Cougar Athletics, on and off of the field, from record student-athlete academic achievement to transformative facility projects. Under his leadership, Cougar programs have reached NCAA Championships in six sports. Chun has also instituted programs to improve mental health awareness, as well as a commitment to diversity and inclusion initiatives. Chun was born in Youngstown, Ohio, to a Korean-American family. His parents had immigrated to Ohio from South Korea. Growing up, he played baseball, basketball and football. Chun earned his Bachelor of Arts from Ohio State and a Master of Arts from Duquesne University. Upon graduating, he took a sports information internship with Ohio State's athletic department where he remained until becoming athletic director at Florida Atlantic University.
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Pat Chun at his introductory news conference at the University of Washington in 2024 (Ken Lambert / The Seattle Times)
“[Sports are] the one thing that regardless of what you look like, what you sound like, if you can play it, if you can talk it, it just connects you.”
– PAT CHUN
