Head of the athletics department for seven years, Donati, who has a law degree, has overseen TCU's rise to win eight different national championships in various sports and double-digit Big 12 Conference crowns; his hiring of Sonny Dykes also helped the Horned Frogs reach the College Football Playoff title game two years ago.

Jeremiah Donati, the athletic director at Texas Christian Univeristy, is set to become South Carolina’s athletic director, FootballScoop’s John Brice and ESPN’s Pete Thamel first reported. An industry source confirmed to The State that Donati is expected to be the Gamecocks’ hire.

South Carolina will hire TCU athletic director Jeremiah Donati as its new athletic director, according to a person with direct knowledge of the hire.