Long Island University's athletic director Ryan Kelly is set to become the new Senior Associate AD for Football at Syracuse University. Kelly joined LIU in 2021 and has since led the department to what they call 'unprecedented heights'.
Kelly has been at the forefront of infrastructure upgrades in and around the sports facility, but his calling card has been being able to bring LIU to a national front. The LIU football program scheduled Baylor, Rutgers and Eastern Michigan under his watch, and thus brought the largest budget in the department.
Kelly has always had a close association with football having arrived at LIU after a 3 year stint serving as director of football operations for the American Athletic Conference and also served as associate director of football operations at Baylor.
He joins the Syracuse Orange after their disappointing 6-7 season. The Orange began the year 4-0 before dropping five straight and ending the season with a 45-0 bowl game loss to South Florida.