Danny White elevated to Deputy Athletics Director at Virginia Tech

BLACKSBURG — Virginia Tech Director of Athletics Whit Babcock introduced Friday the promotion of Danny White to Deputy Athletics Director, recognizing his longstanding management and broad impression throughout the division.

White, who beforehand served as an Executive Associate Athletics Director, will tackle an expanded function with a major emphasis on soccer operations and total departmental efficiency. As a part of this transition, White will shift out of his management of the Hokie Club to focus extra straight on advancing key priorities inside the soccer program, the place he has served as its sport administrator oversight since 2018, and enhancing the student-athlete expertise on the highest degree.

A nationwide search, performed collectively by college development and the athletics division, will start instantly for the Hokies’ Executive Associate AD for Advancement.

“As part of the overall Invest to Win initiative approved by our BOV on Sept. 30, 2025, and such a critical importance of fundraising at such a pivotal time, university leadership, Whit and I all agreed that we needed a leader of the Hokie Club whose sole focus is fundraising,” Virginia Tech Senior Vice President for Advancement Tom Wamsley stated. “The collaboration and success between Athletics and University Advancement improved tremendously beneath Danny’s management, and we glance to proceed the momentum with our subsequent rent.

“We will conduct a thorough search process and identify an outstanding candidate to lead us into this ever-evolving era of college athletics.”

Over his time at Virginia Tech, White has supplied oversight of the Hokie Club, sport efficiency and student-athlete assist models, together with sports activities diet, educational assist and sports activities psychology. He additionally served as the game administrator for soccer and males’s and girls’s swimming and diving, whereas working intently with student-athlete growth and the college’s provost workplace to assist profession and educational success initiatives for all 22 varsity packages.

“Danny has been an integral part of Virginia Tech Athletics for nearly two decades, and this promotion reflects both his exceptional leadership and the trust we place in his vision moving forward,” stated Babcock. “His impact on our student-athletes, particularly in the areas of performance, fundraising, academics and holistic development, has been profound. We are excited for Danny to take on this expanded role and continue to elevate our football program and department as a whole.”

Since becoming a member of the Virginia Tech Athletics workers in 2007, White has constructed a fame as a collaborative and revolutionary chief. His tenure main the Hokie Club has been marked by significant engagement with donors and sustained assist for the division’s fundraising efforts, serving to higher place Virginia Tech on this evolving period of faculty athletics. Combining income from the Hokie Scholarship Fund, premium seating and sport-specific programmatic assist, the Hokie Club raised the best whole ever recorded in a drive yr in 2026.

“Danny has been an invaluable partner to our program from day one,” head soccer coach James Franklin stated. “He has a uncommon means to see the complete image—what it takes to assist student-athletes on the highest degree on the sector, within the classroom, and in life—after which execute with precision.

“His leadership, professionalism, and team-first mindset make a direct and lasting impact on our program. Danny elevates everyone around him. I’m excited to continue working alongside him in this expanded role and have no doubt our program will be stronger because of him.”

White has been a key determine in shaping the holistic growth mannequin for Virginia Tech student-athletes, together with establishing the division’s first Leadership Institute, which offers alternatives for management coaching and world studying experiences in places such because the Dominican Republic, Switzerland and Rwanda. His earlier work additionally included management in student-athlete growth areas corresponding to Student-Athlete Advisory Council (SAAC), neighborhood outreach and profession programming.

“Virginia Tech has been home to me and my family for nearly two decades, and I’m incredibly grateful for the opportunity to continue serving this department in a new capacity,” White expressed. “I’m proud of what we’ve accomplished through the Hokie Club and deeply appreciative of the relationships built with our donors and supporters. As I transition into this new role, I’m energized to further support our football program and continue enhancing the overall student-athlete experience. I’m thankful to Whit and our leadership team for their trust, and I look forward to what’s ahead for Virginia Tech Athletics.”

White earned his Ph.D. in Planning, Governance and Globalization and his grasp’s diploma in training from Virginia Tech, in addition to a bachelor’s diploma in finance from the University of South Carolina. A former workforce captain for the Gamecocks males’s swimming program, he has remained lively within the sport, together with serving as chair of the ACC Swimming and Diving Committee.

White and his spouse, Meredith, a 2006 Virginia Tech alumna, reside in Blacksburg with their 5 kids: Addison, William, Amelia, Abigail and Owen.