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Chad Weiberg, the 2014 National Association of Athletic Development Directors (NAADD) Fundraiser of the Year, was named Texas Tech's Deputy Director of Athletics on May 5, 2015.

In his role, Weiberg serves as the chief operating officer overseeing many of the day-to-day functions of the athletics department. Serving as the second in command, Weiberg is involved with all administrative units and department programming.

"I have been impressed with Chad Weiberg for a long time," Texas Tech Director of Athletics Kirby Hocutt said upon Weiberg's hire. "He has been an integral part of the leadership team at Kansas State and his leadership and relationship building abilities have been recognized nationally. His character, work ethic and positive energy will align perfectly with the team we have in place and I know his leadership will further strengthen the positive momentum of Texas Tech Athletics."

Weiberg arrived at Texas Tech following nine years at fellow Big 12 Conference member Kansas State where he most recently served as Senior Associate Athletics Director for Development. He began his tenure at K-State as Director of Major Gifts in 2005 before being promoted to Senior Associate AD in 2013.

The K-State Ahearn Fund experienced unprecedented success under Weiberg as donations to the department increased in each of his final five years while participation more than doubled, going from 5,000 to over 10,000 members, a department record.

"I am very excited to be joining the Texas Tech Athletics family," Weiberg said upon accepting the position at Texas Tech. "I am grateful to Kirby for giving me this terrific opportunity. He is a great leader that has earned an excellent reputation in college athletics and it is an honor to get to work alongside him and his team. Although it is with mixed emotions that we leave the wonderful people that have been so good to us at K-State, my family and I look forward to meeting Red Raider fans, building new relationships and helping make Texas Tech Athletics the best it can be."

Weiberg revamped K-State's fundraising efforts during his tenure, directing a philosophy that focused on personal interaction and communication to Ahearn Fund donors on all levels. K-State benefited from a grass-roots fundraising campaign that was the department's largest source of revenue.

During the 2013-14 academic year, K-State totaled $46.4 million in athletics gifts, a new department record that almost quadrupled the amount from the year prior to the Ahearn Fund being re-launched in 2010. Weiberg and his staff have generated 22 private gifts in excess of $1 million since the fall of 2009 compared to only five such donations previously in K-State Athletics history.

Weiberg helped launch the National Leadership Circle in 2009 which is K-State's comprehensive annual giving program for $10,000 and above donors. The initiative began with less than 200 members giving at that level and eventually grew to over 435 members representing 19 different states.

K-State completed more than $190 million worth of comprehensive facility improvements during Weiberg's tenure, highlighted by the Vanier Football Complex and West Stadium Center at Bill Snyder Family Stadium. K-State also added a state-of-the-art basketball training facility, a $3 million intercollegiate rowing center and the Mike Goss Tennis Stadium over his final five years.

Weiberg is a 1994 graduate of the Oklahoma State Spears School of Business where he also holds a master's in business administration. He was honored in 2008 with the Spears School of Business Outstanding Young Alumnus Award and then again in 2011 as one of the top 50 MBA graduates in the program's first 50 years.

Weiberg began his professional career at his alma mater where he worked for nine years in various institutional advancement positions with Oklahoma State Athletics, the OSU Alumni Association and the OSU Foundation.

Weiberg and his wife, Jodi, have two children, Ella and Grant.