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.

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.

Donati has served as athletic director at TCU since December 2017 but has been with the athletic program in Fort Worth since 2011. South Carolina is replacing athletic director Ray Tanner, who announced on Sept.