Prior to that, the academy athletic director was a U.S. Navy officer with the last being Captain James O. “Bo” Coppedge, who held the position from 1968 to 1988.

At USF, Kelly served as Vice President for Athletics since 2018, nearly doubling the department’s budget to $100 million and securing over $100 million in philanthropic gifts. He oversaw major ...

The 54-year-old was raised in Washington, D.C. and is the son of a 1967 Naval Academy graduate. Kelly, who grew up going to Navy football games and other sporting events with his family, said he ...

Kelly’s father, Dennis, is a 1967 graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy and was a Naval officer who served in Vietnam.

Kelly graduated from St. John's College High School, where he was also a member of the varsity basketball team, in Washington, D.C. in June of 1988. Michael and his wife, Lisa, have two daughters, ...

Michael Kelly, the transformative Vice President for Athletics at the University of South Florida (USF) since 2018, has accepted the position of Athletic Director at the United States Naval Academy.

TAMPA, Fla. (June 3, 2025) – Michael Kelly, vice president for athletics at the University of South Florida, has accepted the position of athletic director at the United States Naval Academy. Since ...

The University of South Florida will be searching for a new athletic director because Michael Kelly is taking on the same role with the U.S. Naval Academy. Both USF and Navy announced the move in news ...

The U.S. Naval Academy welcomed approximately 1,200 plebes, or freshman, members into the Class of 2029 when they reported ...

Trinity Christian Graduate Walker Neufeld and Rachel Hollingsworth from West Plains High School in Amarillo were both ...