Nearly a year after leaving the top job at Nike, former Swoosh chief executive officer John Donahoe has joined Stanford University as the next athletic director. He will begin at Stanford on Sept. 8.

STANFORD, Calif. -- Stanford University announced a nationwide search for a new director of Athletics has ended with an alumnus with Bay Area ties getting the job. Stanford has hired former Nike CEO ...

STANFORD, Calif. (AP) — Former Nike CEO John Donahoe has been hired as athletic director at Stanford. Donahoe will become the school's eighth athletic director and replace Bernard Muir, who stepped ...

FILE -John Donahoe, President and CEO of eBay, speaks at the Web. 2.0 Conference in San Francisco, Oct. 17, 2011. STANFORD, Calif. (AP) — Former Nike CEO John Donahoe has been hired as athletic ...