LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Nick Bowes has been named the University of Louisville’s Deputy Athletic Director and Chief Financial Officer, UofL Director of Athletics Josh Heird announced Friday.
Bowes’ appointment was approved by the UofL Athletics Association Board of Directors last week.
Bowes will serve as the lead fiscal officer for the athletic department and oversee all finance and business activities, serve as liaison to the university, ULAA board and Board of Trustees, and provide leadership oversight to equipment operations, capital projects, facilities and the UofL Golf Club.
Additionally, Bowes will also act as the sport administrator for football and serve on Heird’s executive team and senior staff.
“We’re excited to have Nick join us in a vital role for Louisville Athletics,” Heird said. “He’s a highly skilled financial officer and administrator with significant experience in budgets, contracts, capital projects, sport administration and many other areas. He is also a proven leader, and his talents and counsel will be critical to our financial success now and into the future.”
“I want to thank Josh Heird for the opportunity to join his team and serve the student-athletes, coaches and staff of the University of Louisville,” Bowes said. “I look forward to contributing to the tremendous success that has become synonymous with Louisville athletics.”
Bowes comes to Louisville after working as Executive Senior Associate Athletic Director and Chief Operating Officer at the University of Southern California since April 2021.
There, he managed the annual facilities, operations and capital project budgets as well as implemented a long-term capital investment strategy to modernize facilities for USC Athletics.
He served as the athletics liaison to numerous facility/city/event entities and assisted or led negotiations on several contracts, including head coach, apparel and vendor contracts.
Bowes also worked as a lead on USC’s Big Ten and Big Ten Network transition including branding and capital investments.
Before arriving at USC, Bowes was the Senior Associate Athletic Director for Internal Affairs/CFO at the University of Cincinnati, where he advanced since joining the Bearcats’ staff in 2009.
Highlights of his time at Cincinnati included being chief advisor on the department’s $75 million annual operating budget, serving as sport administrator for men’s basketball and men’s soccer, overseeing a $95 million renovation of Fifth Third Arena, overseeing the development of a $4 million football locker and team room renovation and assisting in the negotiation and development of coaching contracts.
A Worthington, Ohio, native, Bowes received a bachelor’s degree in business administration from Ohio State in 2008 and a master’s in business administration from Cincinnati in 2016. He’s married to his wife, Lindsay.
Bowes’ appointment was approved by the UofL Athletics Association Board of Directors last week.
Bowes will serve as the lead fiscal officer for the athletic department and oversee all finance and business activities, serve as liaison to the university, ULAA board and Board of Trustees, and provide leadership oversight to equipment operations, capital projects, facilities and the UofL Golf Club.
Additionally, Bowes will also act as the sport administrator for football and serve on Heird’s executive team and senior staff.
“We’re excited to have Nick join us in a vital role for Louisville Athletics,” Heird said. “He’s a highly skilled financial officer and administrator with significant experience in budgets, contracts, capital projects, sport administration and many other areas. He is also a proven leader, and his talents and counsel will be critical to our financial success now and into the future.”
“I want to thank Josh Heird for the opportunity to join his team and serve the student-athletes, coaches and staff of the University of Louisville,” Bowes said. “I look forward to contributing to the tremendous success that has become synonymous with Louisville athletics.”
Bowes comes to Louisville after working as Executive Senior Associate Athletic Director and Chief Operating Officer at the University of Southern California since April 2021.
There, he managed the annual facilities, operations and capital project budgets as well as implemented a long-term capital investment strategy to modernize facilities for USC Athletics.
He served as the athletics liaison to numerous facility/city/event entities and assisted or led negotiations on several contracts, including head coach, apparel and vendor contracts.
Bowes also worked as a lead on USC’s Big Ten and Big Ten Network transition including branding and capital investments.
Before arriving at USC, Bowes was the Senior Associate Athletic Director for Internal Affairs/CFO at the University of Cincinnati, where he advanced since joining the Bearcats’ staff in 2009.
Highlights of his time at Cincinnati included being chief advisor on the department’s $75 million annual operating budget, serving as sport administrator for men’s basketball and men’s soccer, overseeing a $95 million renovation of Fifth Third Arena, overseeing the development of a $4 million football locker and team room renovation and assisting in the negotiation and development of coaching contracts.
A Worthington, Ohio, native, Bowes received a bachelor’s degree in business administration from Ohio State in 2008 and a master’s in business administration from Cincinnati in 2016. He’s married to his wife, Lindsay.
